Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
Between 2011 and 2014, right in the middle of Egypt’s multiple revolutions, Bassem Youssef was creating a revolution of his own – on television. Each week, 30 million people tuned in to watch … [Read more...]
Rohina Malik is a Chicago playwright whose play “Yasmina’s Necklace” premiered last week at the Goodman Theatre in the windy city. Ms. Malik says her play is about two families. “There’s Yasmina, … [Read more...]
Kumail Nanjiani was the guest host on “Saturday Night Live” this past weekend, and opened with an inspired monologue which took on Islamophobia, joking that it was a lot like Will & Grace. “It was … [Read more...]
The CW series Legends of Tomorrow returned for its third season on October 10th featuring a new superhero who happens to be... Muslim! Iranian-American actress Tala Ashe plays Zari Adrianna Tomaz, … [Read more...]
After 15 years of entertaining Japanese American senior citizens with singing American classic songs and standards, the Los Angeles theatre trope The Grateful Crane Ensemble realized they should … [Read more...]
"I have cerebral palsy. I shake all the time," Maysoon Zayid announces at the beginning of this hilarious (and moving) Ted Talk. "I'm like Shakira meets Muhammad Ali." In this Ted Talk, comedian … [Read more...]
"Father and Son," "Wild World," "Moonshadow" and "Peace Train" are beloved classic rock hits of the early 70s by British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens (who now goes by the name Yusuf), A few years … [Read more...]
There are approximately 272,015 Muslims of African heritage in the UK which represents nearly 10% of the UK's Muslim population (per the Muslim Council of Britain). The new digital series, Black and … [Read more...]
Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad is a senior data scientist at Groupon and teaches computer science at the University of Washington. In this op-ed, he makes the point that western readers often over look the … [Read more...]
Filmmaker Lena Khan’s debut film The Tiger Hunter is not only a film festival success-story, but a clear win for Muslim-driven films. The film stars Danny Pudy (“Community”) and Jon Heder (“Napoleon … [Read more...]
