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 this New York Times profile, we follow a day in the life of busy Muslim-activist Linda Sarsour. Ms. Sarsour is one of the founders of the Arab American Association, and is known for helping unravel … [Read more...]
“Comedy has the ability to get people who would normally hate you, to relate to you. It’s a great equalizer,” funny-woman Maysoon Zayid tells Katie Couric in this funny and compelling interview. Dean … [Read more...]
British investment banker Shahzad Younas has created the mobile app MuzMatch, a match-making site catering to serious-minded Muslims wanting to get married. “By and large, younger Muslims tell us the … [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) Second … [Read more...]
Instead of a big wedding banquet, a newly married Turkish couple did something really charitable and donated their wedding money to feed 4,000 Syrian refugees in their hometown of Kilis. And on their … [Read more...]
Forced to leave their home country, Myanmar, many Rohingya Muslim women find themselves stranded in nearby Thailand where smuggler fees are often exorbitant, and are forced into another tough and … [Read more...]
After years of renovation, the Islamic galleries of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art reopened in 2011 with fifteen new galleries, and performance and lecture space. This summer Met curator Navina … [Read more...]
Al Jazeera provides a photo-gallery of artists living in Gaza. “In a society struggling to survive, artists in Gaza do not enjoy a lot of attention. They are an isolated but living community that is … [Read more...]
After winning best dressed by her senior class at Clifton High School in New Jersey, Abrar Shahin story went viral and was also picked up by many mainstream publications. Even Ashton Kutcher commented … [Read more...]
Talks have begun for Britain’s first “female-managed” mosque in Bradford where a quarter of the population is Muslim. The mosque will be inclusive of both sexes, and run by the local Muslim Women’s … [Read more...]
