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.
Most struggling comics in America only have to worry about paying their rent and colleagues stealing their material, but for Pakistan’s comedians, these creatives have to worry about offending the … [Read more...]
Active Change Foundation is a teenage group based in London who are trying to take away the space that ISIS occupies on social media, and turn it around for good. Using the hashtag #MessageToIsis, … [Read more...]
For the first time, women in Saudi Arabia have been able to register to vote in the country's municipal elections which takes place in December but to date, there have been just sixteen women who have … [Read more...]
Born in Lebanon and raised in Saudia Arabia, seventeen-year old Gheeda Chamasaddine has big dreams – that of being the first female pro wrestler in the Arab world. Now living in Dubai, Ms. … [Read more...]
In this piece for the Miami Herald, a travel journalist goes to Istanbul and pens: “This is the mystical Istanbul I had imagined as, in anticipation of a two-week trip to Turkey… Every day, I wake up … [Read more...]
As the American comic book industry has started to feature Muslim and Arab heroes/heroines so has the Muslim and Arab world, as the demand for comic books in the Middle East has exploded. And these … [Read more...]
Last week, a photo of a Syrian man selling pens in Lebanon while holding his daughter was tweeted by Gissur Simonarson, founder of the website Conflict News. The photo captured the hearts of tens of … [Read more...]
As founder of the Peace Action Network (PAN), an organization that provides “a platform for global business leaders committed to making a difference in areas of conflict,“ Dick Simon has led … [Read more...]
At the year anniversary of the fifty-day war with Israel, photographer Ezz Zanoun has captured life in Gaza where tens of thousands of homes have been destroyed leaving 100,000 people homeless. … [Read more...]
As a Muslim businessman, Fazal Bahardeen was often frustrated at the lack of awareness for the religious traveler's needs – hotels didn’t serve halal food and there were usually no, or little, … [Read more...]
