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.
Aneelah Afzali was born in Afghanistan and emigrated to California with her family in 1982. Graduating from Harvard Law School, she worked for several law firms and eventually became General Counsel … [Read more...]
Kholoud Succariyeh recently chose to marry her husband in a Civil Marriage, a first for Lebanon. Succariyeh wishes to be independent and to have equality alongside her husband, and felt that a Civil … [Read more...]
Muslim Frenchwomen Struggle With “Laicite” Laws has garnered a lot of attention, and in this new piece for the New York Times, over two dozen Muslim women explain why they have chosen to wear the … [Read more...]
The Brookings U.S. Islamic World Forum is to be held in early June and one of the topics to be discussed are women’s rights in “the unstable Middle East.” As scholar Jomana Qaddour says in the piece, … [Read more...]
Founder of The Women's Mosque of America, M. Hasna Maznavi, says that the Los Angeles mosque has “erroneously been framed as a ‘liberation’ from Muslim men” and thereby, has made a list of “nine … [Read more...]
The New York Times takes a look at how Muslims in France are affected by the "laicite" laws which dictate a strict separation of church and state. Under this mandate, France has passed two laws -- one … [Read more...]
“Shugs and Fats” is a new web comedy about two Muslim women who have recently immigrated to Brooklyn. It’s creator, Nadia Manzoor, says the intent is to offer an unseen perspective of Muslim women. … [Read more...]
After decades living in the U.S., Harvard educated Razia Jan decided to return to her home country of Afghanistan so she could, in turn, “educate the country’s daughters.” On donated land that was … [Read more...]
Many girls are discouraged from riding bicycles in Afghanistan. So, what’s the work-around? Enter skateboarding. British photographer Jessica Fulford-Dobson visited a skateboarding school in Kabul … [Read more...]
The Hijabi Chronicles is a collective of female hip-hop and spoken word artists of the Muslim faith who are challenging and taking down stereotypes in the Bay Area. “We’re knowledgeable, we have … [Read more...]
