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.
Right-wing and anti-Muslim sites have launched a vicious attack on Linda Sarsour, the well-known Muslim activist and organizer of the Women’s March in D.C.. In response, thousands of people took to … [Read more...]
In this op-ed for Forward, Ilana Schachter, who is the campus rabbi at University of Pennsylvania, writes about attending the Women’s March in D.C. with a group of Muslim and Jewish students, … [Read more...]
Over the weekend, teen sisters Ekram and Yasmin Seid attended the Women's March in D.C. where they proudly waved homemade neon green signs which read “Girls Just Want To Have Fun(damental) Human … [Read more...]
Artist Shepard Fairey recently opened his “American Civics” exhibition in Los Angeles which will run until mid-February. According to Los Angeles Times, “the exhibit also features his ‘We the People’ … [Read more...]
In this piece for Forbes, journalist Cynthia Anderson takes a look at her hometown, Lewiston, Maine, and how the recent arrival of Somali Muslims have impacted the former mill town – for the … [Read more...]
As of last spring, 540 undergraduate students who attend Benedictine University in Chicago identify as Muslim. That's roughly 24% -- a pretty high number for any university, but especially one that is … [Read more...]
In this op-ed for Religion News Service, Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin talks about attending the recent “Jews and Muslims in America” conference which was sponsored by the Shalom Hartman Institute and … [Read more...]
In response to the distressing high levels of Islamophobia, particularly in the last year or so, Mona Haydar decided to do her part in combating negative stereotypes so she set up a booth outside a … [Read more...]
Last Sunday, Muslim comics performed a sold-out show in a comedy club in Manhattan, with the tagline: “The Last show before Trump Deports us!" Dean Obeidallah created "The Big Brown Comedy Hour” … [Read more...]
Last week, lawmakers pressed President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for Secretary of State (Rex Tillerson), Attorney General (Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.) and Homeland Security Secretary (retired … [Read more...]
