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.
Kumail Nanjiani is best known for his work on HBO’s “Silicon Valley” but on June 23, his new movie The Big Sick opens which he co-wrote with his wife, Emily Gordon. The film is based on their … [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) A Look At The … [Read more...]
In this op-ed for Allure, fashion journalist Fareeha Molvi writes about the current movement of embracing the Muslim identity in fashion, noting that Muslim-American activist Linda Sarsour opened Mara … [Read more...]
Funny man Azhar Usman has opened for Dave Chappelle more than 50 times, and headlined the concert film Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert which followed Muslim comedians, on stage and off, as they … [Read more...]
When Waheed Arian arrived in the UK as a teenager from war-torn Afghanistan in the 1990s, he was told he should set his sights on becoming a cab driver – many years later, he set his ambitions a bit … [Read more...]
Los Angeles tourism officials have just launched a new advertising campaign with the message “Everyone is welcome” which the Los Angeles Times calls “a clear response to President Trump’s proposed … [Read more...]
Karen Hinks saw that Muslims were underrepresented in local politics in Orange County, CA and wanted to do something about it. Hinks' organization "WELead OC" along with Rima Nashashibi, who is a … [Read more...]
Nancy Khalil is a doctoral candidate at Harvard who has previously served as a Muslim chaplain at Wellesley College. She is currently writing a dissertation entitled: “Without a Profession: The … [Read more...]
Known as the first Muslim woman to wear a hijab on the cover of an American fitness magazine, Rahaf Khatib completed the Boston Marathon in an impressive 5 hours and 13 minutes on Monday. She tells … [Read more...]
Born in in Yemen, Mai Noman is a London-based BBC journalist who has been trying to focus the world's attention on the deadly conflict in her home country. "No matter how many times we go on TV and … [Read more...]
