Interview with Burkini Inventor
This summer the burkini (a swimsuit which covers the whole body except for the face, hands and feet) has been banned in various French resort towns, and now Germany is considering following suit. So … [Read more...]
About the MOST Story Bank ...
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.
#LetThemPlay Inspires People To Petition Hijab Basketball Ban
Twitter campaigns #LetThemPlay and #FIBAAllowHijab are in full operation, protesting the International Basketball Federation rule which states that hijabs are not to be worn during a game. In 2014 … [Read more...]
Muslim American Wins Olympic Gold
26-year-old Dalilah Muhammad is an American track and field athlete who last week became the first American woman to win a gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the Rio Olympics, at a breath-taking … [Read more...]
Photojournalist Breaks Stereotypes of Iranian Women
Photojournalist Randy Goodman's new exhibition "Iran: Women Only” showcases her stunning work from the past thirty plus years. During the early 1980s, Ms. Goodman visited Iran multiple times as a … [Read more...]
During His Life, Prince Helped The Girl Scouts… Of Afghanistan
Marni Gustavson is the executive director of Parsa (which stands for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Services for Afghanistan and also means “integrity” in Farsi), an independent charity that runs … [Read more...]
“Bake Off” Star Rises Above Islamophobia and Embraces the Positive
Nadiya Hussain is a big deal in the UK –she won the mega popular cooking show “Great British Bake Off” (which was the most-watched television show of 2015). Since then, she’s released a new cookbook, … [Read more...]
Middle East YouTube Female Stars Make An Impact
Across the Middle East and North Africa, female driven content on YouTube has had a phenomenal growth these past few years -- Saudi Arabia, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, and Iraq are the leaders … [Read more...]
New Report: British-Muslim Women ‘Disadvantage’ At Workplace
A new report by the Women and Equalities Committee finds that Muslim women are the most economically disadvantaged group in British society. The report states that Muslim women are three times more … [Read more...]
ANGLE ON: Rights Of Hijabi Basketball Players
Indira Kaljo is a Muslim professional basketball player who wears the hijab, and has started an international movement through the hashtag #fibaALLOWhijab with the goal of getting the International … [Read more...]
Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad Challenges Stephen Colbert To A Duel!
Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad made history on Monday as the first American woman to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab. She was recently on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” where she gave a great … [Read more...]
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