Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
Aysha Khan, a Muslim Miss England contestant, has made it through to the final stage of the contest and many say she has successfully taken on stereotypes. For instance, she chose to participate in … [Read more...]
In Spider-Man: Far From Home, British actress and model Zoha Rahman plays Spider-Man’s Muslim classmate, making it the first hijab wearing character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe! When Ms. … [Read more...]
June 20th was World Refugee Day and Glamour magazine asked high fashion model Halima Aden to write about her experiences growing up in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, and here are some snippets from … [Read more...]
Last week rapper and actor Riz Ahmed (“The OA,” “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and “The Night Of") was onstage at the CAA Amplify conference in Ojai calling for the audience there -- Hollywood … [Read more...]
In this op-ed for the Hollywood Reporter, Ramy Youssef, star and creator of his self-titled Hulu show, Ramy, discusses the pressures of being a trailblazer in Hollywood. And here are some … [Read more...]
As Special Agent Omar Adom Zidan on the Dick Wolf-produced procedural FBI, Zeeko Zaki is said to be one of the few Arab American leading men currently on television. In this revealing interview with … [Read more...]
Variety reports on UPF (our parent company) first feature, an animated film called "Lamya's Poem." Mena Massoud, star of the upcoming Disney film “Aladdin,” will play the lead role of Rumi in the … [Read more...]
The Hollywood Reporter covered MOST's third annual iftar. Here's what they had to say -- The third annual event was hosted by the Muslims on Screen & Television Resource Center, Unity … [Read more...]
Standup comic Ramy Youssef stars in the self titled television show Ramy which recently premiered and is currently streaming on Hulu. Youssef plays a 20-something living at home with his … [Read more...]
In this op-ed, scholar Shalom Goldman writes about the "often overlooked" contribution that American Muslims made to the jazz movement. "Fans of what is now known as the 'straight-ahead' jazz of the … [Read more...]
