Exhibit: The Middle East Revealed
A new exhibit at the New Museum in New York tackles female stereotypes in the Arab and Middle Eastern world head on. … [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.
A new exhibit at the New Museum in New York tackles female stereotypes in the Arab and Middle Eastern world head on. … [Read more...]
How does music play a role in Islamic culture? And does the Quran ban it? An Islamic scholar answers all questions -- … [Read more...]
Muslim women talk about the discrimination they face wearing the hijab at work. … [Read more...]
Top Arab films are chosen for the Toronto Film Festival, and a judge says the films are very strong and compelling noting that the Arab Spring has given filmmakers a much needed sense of creative … [Read more...]
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British diplomat Alastair Crooke explores the history of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia and the unfortunate influence it has with the extremist group, ISIS … [Read more...]
In this op-ed, a former CIA analyst talks about the less publicized but still abhorrent threat by ISIS – the destruction of Iraq’s culture, as the extremists have systematically destroyed sacred … [Read more...]
Meet the Saudi photographer of this glorious photo who happens to be – female! Manal Al-Dabbagh is Saudi Arabia’s first female sports lensman – um, lenswoman. … [Read more...]
In this Huffington Post piece, Executive Producer Alexander Kronemer talks about the little known history of the Muslim community who helped to save Jews during World War II. This gripping and … [Read more...]
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Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein is the first Muslim to take the post as United Nations High Commissioner for human rights. In his first speech he strongly condemned extremism, and urged international action to … [Read more...]
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The Atlantic takes a look at how Middle East Studies professors go about teaching sensitive topics such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and how they handle bias in the classroom, including their … [Read more...]