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 powerful op-ed for the New York Times, UN Refugee Agency Special Envoy Angelina Jolie writes a powerful and important essay about the Iraqis and Syrian refugees displaced from the long-going … [Read more...]
The Washington Post has called playwright Ayad Akhtar, "a dazzling new voice in American theatre." In this video clip, CBS News talks to the writer about his Pulitzer Prize winning play “Disgraced,” … [Read more...]
From a viral video of Saudi Arabia’s rules regarding women driving (“No Woman, No Drive”) to humorous blog posts mocking ISIS (yes, really), the Muslim world is clearly not running from highly … [Read more...]
Yusuf Islam (FKA Cat Stevens) catches us up on everything – last year’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the new album and tour, his musical roots and history, and even… his faith. … [Read more...]
Faten Hamama sadly passed away last week - she was known as the “First Lady of Arab Cinema.” A look at her life and what it meant to be an Egyptian actress in the sixties and seventies (and was also … [Read more...]
In this op-ed piece, creator of the popular Canadian show “Little Mosque on the Prairie,” Zarqa Nawaz, talks about how the Muslim-Canadian community (particularly conservative members) first reacted … [Read more...]
Move over Justin Bieber (um, please) – a video of a 15 year old Indonesian girl named Meliani Siti Sumartini jamming on the guitar to a heavy-metal song has just gone viral, promoted by metal blogs. … [Read more...]
“Satirizing yourself and your own community is a tradition in Muslim literature and arts — and so is mocking people in power,” says scholar Bruce Lawrence. NPR takes a look at satire in the Muslim … [Read more...]
Jordanian comic book author Suleiman Bakhit pens Middle Eastern stories which he says are an alternative to extremist ideologies. He continues, “The biggest threat in the Middle East is terrorism … [Read more...]
PRI talks to Alexander Cary, one of the writers and producers of “Homeland,” about how the writers use real world politics to shape story-lines and characters on the hit Showtime series. … [Read more...]
