Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
Exasperated at seeing Muslim women portrayed as having no agency in their own narrative, author Dr. Seema Yasmin has "reframed" to write about everything Muslim women CAN do and the powerful, … [Read more...]
In 2013, Musbah Shaheen left war-torn Syria, re-settling into the States, where he attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. At university, students and even professors were curious … [Read more...]
Miski Noor is an organizer and writer based in Minneapolis, MN, where she works as a Communications Strategist for the Black Lives Matter Global Network. In this op-ed for Huffington Post, she writes … [Read more...]
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...]
“We’re not just going to sit back and do nothing," quips Hamza Deib, co-owner of Taheni restaurants, located in Manhattan and Brooklyn. While Deib's family was forced to close their restaurant … [Read more...]
Unsha Bakker is a registered nurse who had plans to marry her fiance Farzan this summer when the Coronavirus pandemic disrupted their plans. So they decided to do the prudent thing and postponed … [Read more...]
In this op-ed for MTV News, journalist Ahmad Ibsais writes about how young Muslims are preparing for a socially distanced Ramadan, and here are some snippets from the piece: -- ... our holidays are … [Read more...]
“Our mission is to disrupt the narratives which say our elders are disposable or a burden, rather than what they are, which is carriers of our truth and protectors of our legacy,” proclaims Asha Noor, … [Read more...]
A recent Los Angeles Review of Books' column took a look at Maryam Ekhtiar's How to Read Islamic Calligraphy stating that it is "impossible to deny the enduring and ubiquitous presence of calligraphy … [Read more...]
“My work is all about people coming together,” proclaims artist Salma Arastu. “That is my dream. … I want to show people what the Quran has taught me about diversity, community, friendship and … [Read more...]
