Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
The MOST Story Bank is a live archive of stories on the most current events, people and cultural perspectives of Muslims in America and around the world. With writers in mind, MOST carefully selects story-driven news from the most reputable published sources.
In Israeli hospitals, schools and businesses, Palestinians, Jews and Israeli Arabs are working together for a better future. According to The Guardian, the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital is “a rare … [Read more...]
Twice a month, journalist Anna Gyulai Gaal hosts a dinner party at her Berlin apartment but this is no normal feast -- the cooks are Syrian refugees, women who have just arrived to Berlin after making … [Read more...]
Mohamed Khairullah is mayor of Prospect Park, New Jersey and describes himself as “an American mayor who happens to be Muslim… I don’t impose my religion when it comes to running the town. But my … [Read more...]
According to Ad Age, Twitter just announced that tweets related to Ramadan, which ended July 5, were viewed more than 10.7 billion times -- up from 8.4 billion in 2015! Media Partnerships Director … [Read more...]
We here at Muslims on Screen and Television (MOST) have crafted an 'in case you missed it' #ICYMI list of this past week's most timely and relevant stories from across the web: 1) New Polls Show … [Read more...]
Internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami died last week at the age of 76. In 1997, his film “Taste of Cherry won top prize at the Cannes Film Festival and recently, he directed … [Read more...]
It has been said that Morocco is just a “very large movie set” for Hollywood – doubling for Arabia in Lawrence of Arabia," Abu Dhabi in "Sex in the City 2," Egypt for "Evil Mummy" and for fantasy … [Read more...]
At the start of the Syrian civil war, artist and scholar Jumana Jaber fled Syria, along with her family, and eventually immigrated to the United States through the help of the Institute of … [Read more...]
For decades, Muslims and Christians lived together in Bambari and throughout the Central African Republic, but in the past few years, sectarian conflict has ripped the country apart, displacing … [Read more...]
This week, Anne Aly became the first Muslim woman elected to Australian parliament. At an early age, Ms. Aly Anne migrated with her family from Egypt to Australia. She says of the achievement, “I … [Read more...]
