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.
The Dardenne brothers are art-house darlings, having co-directed “Two Days, One Night” (starring Marion Cotillard) and “The Kid with a Bike,” twice-winning the prestigious Palme d’Or. They premiered … [Read more...]
When Sughra Hussainy was a child in Afghanistan, the Taliban was in power and, as she tells NPR, she never imagined that she would get the opportunity to become an artist. Now at 27, Ms. Hussainy is … [Read more...]
With anti-immigrant/anti-Muslim sentiment on the rise throughout Europe, the Guardian interviews citizens from various countries as to what their thoughts are with London electing their first Muslim … [Read more...]
Seventy fashion designers took part last week in the International Modest Fashion Week in Istanbul, a two-day event hosted by the online retailer Modanisa. "(We want) to create mainstream fashion out … [Read more...]
Stephen Ranzini runs University Bank, a community bank in Michigan, and tells NPR that he was running a traditional bank until one day a Muslim customer told him he wasn’t serving the local community … [Read more...]
Coinciding with the famous Cannes film festival is another world film festival – this one is in Gaza. Now in its second year, The Gaza Film Festival is a five-day event featuring thirty feature films, … [Read more...]
Muhterem Aras, 50, is the first Muslim woman to be elected Speaker of State Parliament of Germany. Coming in with a significant majority, Ms. Aras told reporters, “We wrote history today.” As a … [Read more...]
Metal music is all the rage in Muslim-majority Indonesia (yes, really). In fact, President Joko Widodo recently told the press that “rock is my passion” citing Metallica, Napalm Death and Led Zeppelin … [Read more...]
Ambreen Razia is the 23-year-old British writer and actress of “The Diary of a Hounslow Girl” which is about a young, Muslim woman who may look “traditional” to those outside the faith, but … [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) Sadiq Khan, … [Read more...]
