101 on Turkey’s Elections 2015
Wondering what the results of the recent elections in Turkey mean globally and domestically for the country? Enter Gonul Tol, director of the Center for Turkish Studies at The Middle East Institute in … [Read more...]
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.
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Wondering what the results of the recent elections in Turkey mean globally and domestically for the country? Enter Gonul Tol, director of the Center for Turkish Studies at The Middle East Institute in … [Read more...]
In Sunday’s elections in Turkey, 98 women won seats bringing the percentage of female deputies to a historic high of 17% compared with 14% in the 2011 elections. A look at some of the most influentual … [Read more...]
Led by young people in Yangon, a social media campaign is taking-on hate speech, discrimination and violence in Myanmar (where the Rohingya Muslims have been notoriously mistreated). The public is … [Read more...]
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The National Council of Canadian Muslims has recently launched an online service which tracks anti-Islamic hate crimes and incidents in Canada. “Hate crime is one of the most under-reported crimes in … [Read more...]
With a population of 450,000, Toronto has the largest Muslim population in Canada. Recently the local paper, The Star, did a “temperature read” on Muslims across the GTA (Greater Toronto Area), … [Read more...]
In light of the Supreme Court ruling that Abercrombie & Fitch had violated a federal ban on religious discrimination when it refused to hire a Muslim woman who wore the hijab, the New York Times … [Read more...]
The Syrian civil war has displaced thousands upon thousands of students. The Institute of International Education in New York has helped organize a group of U.S. and Portuguese schools, providing 158 … [Read more...]
Virginia-based NGO Ascend is leading an effort to enable a dozen Afghan female mountain climbers to summit the tallest mountain in the country, the 24,580-foot Mt. Noshaq. And along the way, these … [Read more...]
Attempting to counter-balance an anti-Islam protest held outside its grounds a few weeks ago, the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix recently hosted an event called 'Love Not Hate' with the clear … [Read more...]
Born into a Muslim family, professional footballer Asisat Oshoala is a rising star in Nigeria, playing for the Liverpool Ladies. Last year, she was the highest goal scorer at the 2014 FIFA U-20 … [Read more...]