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.
Between 2011 and 2014, right in the middle of Egypt’s multiple revolutions, Bassem Youssef was creating a revolution of his own – on television. Each week, 30 million people tuned in to watch … [Read more...]
We here at Muslims on Screen and Television (MOST) have crafted an 'in case you missed it' #ICYMI list of this past week's most timely and relevant stories from across the web: 1) In The Wake Of … [Read more...]
Imam Omar Suleiman is the founder and president of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and an adjunct professor of Islamic Studies at Southern Methodist University, and in this op-ed for CNN … [Read more...]
Dalia Mogahed is one of the American-Muslim community’s leading activists and writers. She co-authored the book Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think, and is currently Director of … [Read more...]
According to the Pew Research Center: Muslim Millennials were born from 1981 to 1999 and generally came of age after 9/11. The Muslim population in the United States is younger than the U.S. … [Read more...]
A new report published Monday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) finds that in the past two years, more Muslim students in California say that they have been bullied, had their hijabs … [Read more...]
This semester marks a big change on the University of Texas, Austin campus as they welcomed Mu Delta Alpha, the school’s first Muslim sorority. Sorority President Maria Haseem says she was nervous and … [Read more...]
In Denver, more than a hundred Muslim volunteers volunteered recently to distribute lunches to the homeless across the city. This was part of the Pious Project initiative which 20 other cities also … [Read more...]
Jere Van Dyk is an acclaimed author, journalist and friend of MOST. He is also one of the leading experts on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Recently, he was a guest on the Tavis Smiley show where he talked … [Read more...]
Nancy and Yara Helmy moved to America from Egypt in 2000, and for the past five years, the sisters have trained nearly every day in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Both girls wear the hijab which Nancy says is a … [Read more...]
