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 mosque in Ontario, Canada was deliberately set on fire over the weekend. Fortunately no one was hurt but smoke damages were said to be at $80,000. A crowfunding campaign was soon established and by … [Read more...]
NPR reports that in the aftershock of Friday’s Paris attacks, many French Muslims find themselves grieving over the violence and also a fear of a backlash against their faith. Rokhaya Diallo, a … [Read more...]
As the world mourns the Paris attacks, the people of Beirut are also grieving over their own tragedy when on November 12th, extremists (most likely ISIS) attacked the Bourj al-Barajneh district … [Read more...]
After years dedicated to serving women in war and conflict zones, activist Zainab Salbi is now shifting gears and is hosting a primetime talk show called The Nida’a Show which premiered last month on … [Read more...]
In Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) appears to be the overwhelming winner of last Sunday's election. Of note, the country’s largest Muslim party, the United National … [Read more...]
Having once taught at the University of Damascus in Syria, Amr Al-Azm is now an Associate Professor of History at Shawnee State University in Ohio. Having left just before the civil war started, his … [Read more...]
Thousands of Syrian refugees have been arriving on the shores of a tiny seaside village in the northern coast of Lesbos, Greece called Skala Sykaminia – many of the townspeople, especially the … [Read more...]
In the UK, a local organization called British Future is making sure the young generation knows about the Muslim community’s immense contributions during World War I. During the war, approximately 1.5 … [Read more...]
There are a lot of “firsts” in mountaineer Samina Baig’s career – in 2013, she became the first Pakistani woman and the third Pakistani to climb Mount Everest at the age of 21. Ms. Baig is is also the … [Read more...]
26-year-old Syrian-American Suzan Boulad is no armchair activist. In March 2013, she spent time living in a village near Idlib, Syria, experiencing life during wartime with frightening, daily … [Read more...]
