Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
Author Sajidah K. Ali started the hashtag campaign #MuslimShelfSpace with a simple mission: readers were asked to share photos of books by Muslim authors on their bookshelves (or e-readers) in order … [Read more...]
In this book review for the New York Times, activist and athlete Kareem Abdul-Jabbar looks at two new books about “being Muslim in today’s volatile world.” They are Omar Saif Ghobash’s “Letters to a … [Read more...]
Kishwar Rizvi teaches the history of Islamic art and architecture at Yale University and in this op-ed for the Washington Post writes about the challenges teaching Islamic art “in a time of … [Read more...]
2016 was the year that Muslim Americans made an impact in advertising – not just as consumers but stars of their own story, having been featured in major ad campaigns from Amazon, Honey Maid, … [Read more...]
Purdue University professor Su’ad Abdul Khaber’s new book “Muslim Cool” focuses on the intersection of cultures – between hip hop, African American and Islam, theorizing that this is what is defined … [Read more...]
After hearing that the Quran had never before been transcribed on silk, Azerbaijani painter Tünzale Memmedzade set to meticulously transcribe the Quran onto sheets of transparent black silk. The … [Read more...]
In the middle of an Ikea store in Norway, shoppers rounded a corner last October and instead of happening upon a modern, minimal home display were encountered by something else entirely – a 25' square … [Read more...]
In this new photo series called America 2.0, photographer Mark Bennington captures images of young American Muslims in New York City creating, as he says, “a visual translation through representation … [Read more...]
Known as the Pink Mosque, the Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran is appropriately nicknamed due to the beautiful rose-colored tiles interspersed on its stained glass windows. Morning is said to … [Read more...]
Nadia Iqbal performed a monologue at the Muslim Writer’s Collective about online dating, talking about one “digital Casanova” who told her that he would treat her like a princess. “Inside of my head, … [Read more...]
