Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
AP reports on the black Muslim experience in America saying that the community often feels discrimination on multiple fronts - “for being black, for being Muslim and for being black and Muslim among a … [Read more...]
Oral historian Zaheer Ali recently launched Muslims in Brooklyn which features 50 interviews with local Muslims. “Brooklyn is a gathering place for Muslims from all over the world,” remarks Mr. Ali, … [Read more...]
“Science fiction provides a way of speaking about the Muslim community that shows Muslims have the same concerns and issues as everyone else,” states Rebecca Hankin, a research librarian at Texas … [Read more...]
Muslim writers and authors share their 2019 Writing Goals. Sakeena Rasheed, Founder – Muslim Writers and Publishers In 2017 I participated in NANOWRIMO. I wrote over 30K words in 30 days. In the … [Read more...]
Hana Siddiqi is a writer and filmmaker, and in this op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle she writes about taking her 11 year old daughter to see the Contemporary Muslim Fashions exhibition at the de … [Read more...]
Standing tall at 5'11, 21-year-old Shahira Yusuf was signed by the agency that discovered Kate Moss and is one of a handful of Muslim models who proudly wears the hijab as she walks down the runway. … [Read more...]
In this op-ed for Quartz, Haroon Moghul (author of How to Be a Muslim: An American Story) writes about American Muslims changing attitudes on Christmas. "There was a time when just saying 'Merry … [Read more...]
"Not even American Muslims always know this stuff exists," says Amir Muhammad, founder and chief curator of America’s Islamic Heritage Museum. Muhammad has quite the collection in his DC museum. He … [Read more...]
CBC reports that a new generation of Muslims "are expressing themselves while honoring their religion in many different ways, including everything from traditional Islamic patterns and geometric art … [Read more...]
Fatima Farheen Mirza is a 27 year-old graduate from the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop and her first book, A Place For Us, has been chosen by actress Sarah Jessica Parker as the first title for … [Read more...]
