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.
Ayana Ife is a contestant on the new season of Project Runway, and as someone who wears the hijab, has found herself representing the Muslim faith on the popular fashion design contest show. … [Read more...]
A new report from Germany's Bertelsmann Foundation looks at the education, employment and social engagement of Muslims in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France and the United Kingdom, and has found … [Read more...]
Muslim Aid, a UK-based humanitarian organization, recently broke the Guinness World Record for the largest samosa weighing in at 153.1 kgs! A samosa is a fried dumpling stuffed with a savory filling … [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) This Fall, A New … [Read more...]
22-year-old fashion designer Ajmal Haqiqi recently organized a very special fashion show in Kabul featuring Afghan models displaying traditional clothing to a local Afghan audience. Over two-dozen … [Read more...]
55 years ago the late Marghoob Quraishi and his wife, Renae "Iffat" Quraishi, founded Muslim Youth Camp in Northern California to help American Muslim children gain a sense of community and learn more … [Read more...]
It took just six weeks and they traveled over 3,000 km, but they did it -- a group of nine British Muslim cyclists have journeyed all the way from London to Saudi Arabia! The men arrived in Medina on … [Read more...]
So take this factoid in -- about a quarter of all doctors in America are foreign-born which means they have had to secure a J-1 visa. A J-1 is a non-immigrant exchange visa conditioned on an … [Read more...]
"Sometimes Muslims in today's society are afraid of other people judging them," says Laiba Amjad, a 19-year-old senior at MDQ Academy Islamic school in Brentwood, New York. "[Non-Muslims] are also … [Read more...]
Funny-woman Maysoon Zayid has the receipts. She co-created the Arab-American Comedy Festival with fellow comic Dean Obeidallah and her Ted Talk I got 99 problems … palsy is just one has been viewed … [Read more...]
