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.
For the past four years, Katerine Merriman has been giving Muslim history tours of New York City with a focus on Harlem… for free. “New York is one of the most, if not the most, diverse Muslim cities … [Read more...]
For the past ten years, the Utah Islamic Center has been meeting in a rented warehouse behind a strip mall in Salt Lake City. But at 350 members, the congregation has clearly outgrown its quarters. … [Read more...]
Richard McKinney recently spoke at the Oklahoma City University and declared that he once hated Muslims. Of note, the speech was co-sponsored by The Council on American-Islamic Relations-Oklahoma … [Read more...]
On September 12, 2001 Manal Ezzat was focused on one thing --- rebuilding and repurposing the area of the Pentagon that was hit on 9-11. Ms. Ezzat, an Army Corps of Engineers employee who was … [Read more...]
According to PRI, teachers and students in Canada have returned to school for the first time since a law banned teachers and public employees in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols — … [Read more...]
For centuries the Rahman family have looked after a Hindu shrine in Northeast India – an interesting enough story but what’s fascinating is that the family is… (you guessed it) Muslim. Every morning … [Read more...]
The Washington Post begs the question -- how effective has the "Travel Ban" (AKA Muslim Ban) been? In one word, the paper states, "dramatic." As a reminder, the policy involves seven countries: five … [Read more...]
A new report of how media covers minorities in America has found that "stories about Muslims are more negative than stories about any other group," states Erik Bleich, director of the Media Portrayals … [Read more...]
In this op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, Cynthia Schneider (who served as U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands and is currently Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown … [Read more...]
The Christian Science Monitor takes a look at American Muslim female comedians explaining that "generations of comics have used stand-up to educate the broader society about their culture or ethnic … [Read more...]
