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.
Over 600 Muslim and Jewish women came together early this month for the fourth annual Muslim Jewish Women’s Leadership Conference which took place at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, and was … [Read more...]
Mexican-American writer and poet Mark Gonzales’s Yo Soy Muslim: A Father’s Letter To His Daughter hits bookstores this week. It was among the first acquisitions of Salaam Reads – a Simon & … [Read more...]
Farah Elahi is a research and policy analyst for the British think-tank Runnymede Trust which just released an important study on the impact of anti-Muslim racism on British society and the need to … [Read more...]
In 1997, a landmark report by think tank Runnymede Trust first introduced the word “Islamophobia” to public discourse. A new study entitled Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for us All has recently been … [Read more...]
A new study by the FBI has just been released reports Vox: In 2016, the number of reported hate crimes increased by nearly 5% to more than 6,100 in total. Hate crimes based on race were the biggest … [Read more...]
With the rise of Islamophobia and the worrisome Muslim Ban, MTV reports that young Muslim Americans refuse to take “these targeted acts" lying down. Nazra Amin, a student at George Washington … [Read more...]
The Star Tribune reports that Minnesota is emerging as a national leader in Muslim-Jewish relations. "Thanks to groundwork laid by religious leaders over the years, and jolted by heightened … [Read more...]
Iraq is home to one of the oldest Christian communities in the Middle East but tragically, the faith has been heavily targeted by ISIS militants which forced many to flee the city of Mosul. Last week, … [Read more...]
Farwa Shakeel is a sophomore at Ithaca College and is spearheading a campaign to create a new position for an on-campus Muslim religious leader or chaplain, and already has the full support of the … [Read more...]
Journalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon recently visited the Syrian town of Tabqa (outside of Raqqa) and found that access to education, specifically for girls, is under great threat. Whereas books and … [Read more...]
