Female Muslim Band’s Rehearsal Space Burns Down in UK
After two months of racist hate mail, Britain's first female Muslim band has been burned out of their arts collective. An arson investigation is underway. … [Read more...]
Playwright Ayad Akhtar Takes on the Muslim-American Experience
Pulitzer winning playwright Ayad Akhtar talks about his latest piece, which tackles Muslim-American life in a post 9/11 world. … [Read more...]
Israeli Singer-Songwriter Aspires to Heal Through Song
Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza uses music to bridge the Muslim-Jewish divide at the Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem. … [Read more...]
The First All-Emirati, All-Girl Rock Band
It’s a common enough scene: opening riffs of heavy rock music pound out across a college mall. But there is nothing ordinary about the five musicians pounding out familiar chords. They are Random … [Read more...]
Speaking Rap’s Universal Language in the Ferment of the Arab Spring
Rap artists, bringing a voice to the disenfranchised from Tunisia to Palestine to Tahrir Square to Mali, inject brilliant protest lyrics into a musical genre dominated by self-centered performers, … [Read more...]
Horror Movie “Jinn” Inspired By Islam
The movie Jinn is not just your ordinary horror movie, as the title's supernatural creature is taken straight from the Quran. … [Read more...]
Syrian Musician Mixes Traditional With New Beats
A video from Syrian musician Omar Souleyman, whose music crosses between folk and electronica, mixing old world and new. … [Read more...]
Arab Hollywood Emerges
Hollywood moguls offer their expertise with helping launch film and television industries in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha. In turn, power-players in these countries are investing back into an Arab … [Read more...]
Egypt’s Jon Stewart Remains the Same Amidst Charges
The doctor-turned-entertainer is accused of insulting the president in skits that draw comparison to Stewart's "The Daily Show." With sharp wit, Bassem Youssef has emerged as a celebrity in … [Read more...]
Madonna and Islam
Move over Cat Stevens, Madonna reveals she is studying Islam and is also planning to build schools for girls in Islamic countries. … [Read more...]