Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
A new study from Biola University has found that television characters of Middle Eastern and North African descent are often written stereotypically or are even ignored on screen, and that the few … [Read more...]
Mona Haydar's family had some advice for her: “If you want to be taken seriously as an academic, you can’t be rapping.” Haydar -- a 30-year-old Syrian-American activist, poet and mother of two from … [Read more...]
StepFeed presents this listicle of Muslim superhero characters pronouncing "if anyone is in need of superheroes today, it's the people suffering from the backlash of Islamophobia." 1. Ms. Marvel - … [Read more...]
GQ magazines declares that Riz Ahmed “is the best man for the job.” What “job” you may ask. Let us give you a clue – the name is Bond. JAMES BOND. GQ declared last year that Riz is the man to play … [Read more...]
Disappointed in the way that the Middle East is often portrayed in Hollywood films and television shows? Enter Lebanese cinema. The New York Times declares that "there are plenty of films made by … [Read more...]
Very pleased to report that our parent company, Unity Productions Foundation, has just been nominated for their first Emmy! Here's the deets (via RNS): The Sultan and the Saint, a 60 minute … [Read more...]
StepFeed features the following Muslim funny ladies in this #MustWatch video segment: - Eman El-Husseini is a Palestinian Canadian funny lady who is performing shows throughout the U.S. in the … [Read more...]
CNN spent a year interviewing more than 100 American Muslims in their quest to generate a "crowd-sourced" list of 25 influential Muslims in various fields. "They are comedians and congressmen, … [Read more...]
According to Vice News, the comic book scene in Pakistan is "having a moment" citing it's energized by the "Marvel and DC movie universes, anime on cable TV, and local comic book artists looking to … [Read more...]
After years of war and strife, the cinema of Iraq is aiming to make a comeback with the first locally produced film in 25 years. The Journey, which tells the story of an Iraqi woman struggling under … [Read more...]
