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.
Attacks on Muslims and Jews in London have soared by more than 60% the past year according to police statistics. The city’s police recorded a 64% increase in anti-Muslim incidents, and a 62% increase … [Read more...]
BBC reports that Muslims have lived among the forests and lakes of Lithuania for more than 600 years, indicating a surprising tolerance that goes back to the Middle Ages. In 1398, Lithuanian Grand … [Read more...]
In what Forbes says is their “smartest move in years,” fashion industry titans Dolce & Gabbana have launched their first collection of abayas and hijabs with a strategic eye to the booming Middle … [Read more...]
Professor Jackie Ying, 49, executive director of the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), has won the Mustafa Prize which is the top science and technology award of the Islamic world. … [Read more...]
ISIS recently made a recruitment appeal for which a large number of Muslims on Twitter responded with mocking humor: - Sorry but I'm watching Star Wars, maybe tomorrow... - I wanna wait until … [Read more...]
Last month’s Dubai Film Festival included diverse winners such as Leyla Bouzid who took home the coveted Best Fiction Film award for her rite-of-passage film “As I Open My Eyes.” Hany Abu Assad’s “The … [Read more...]
Most of us know about the despicable (and defining) shooting of teen activist Malala Yousafzai, shot because she wanted an education not just for herself but for every girl in Pakistan. But what many … [Read more...]
Canada is home to more than one million Muslims, and 8% of Toronto’s citizens practice Islam. “We have fifth-generation Torontonians who happen to be Muslim descent, Muslim heritage. They’ve been here … [Read more...]
In this op-ed for Broadly (Vice’s sister publication), fashion editor Erin Cunningham pens about modest fashion declaring: “…modesty is so much more than getting dressed in the morning, it's a … [Read more...]
Coined Egypt’s Jon Stewart and named one of the world’s 100 Most Influential People by Time magazine, social satirist Bassem Youssef folded his hit show El Bernameg (“The Program”) in 2014, after … [Read more...]
