Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
As executive director of Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights, Philadelphia native Rahmah A. Abdulaleem Esq. says the goal of her organization is to educate and empower Muslim women by … [Read more...]
Religion News service interviewed high school and young adult Muslim women on their Muslim female role models, and here are their findings: -- 23-year-old Rabia Khan (recent graduate of Princeton … [Read more...]
Huffington Post reports: A Muslim woman who was robbed and brutally beaten by a group of young people last month says the New York Police Department and the Bronx District Attorney’s office failed … [Read more...]
In April, Austria’s parliament approved a law which bans headscarves in public primary schools, prohibiting “ideologically or religiously influenced clothing associated with the covering of the head.” … [Read more...]
Yes it's true, 11-year-old Tara Sharif scored 162 points on the Mensa IQ test (which she recently took in Oxford, England) and scored two points higher than both famous geniuses Albert Einstein and … [Read more...]
Al Jazeera reports: Omani author Jokha Alharthi has become the first Arabic-language writer to win the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for Celestial Bodies, a novel that deals with … [Read more...]
PBS News Hour reports: The deadly California synagogue shooting on April 27th, at the Chabad of Poway, is the latest in a series of attacks that raise profound questions about keeping sacred spaces … [Read more...]
Growing up in Sacramento with Egyptian immigrant parents, Noor Ahmed says she experienced the loss of friendships when she decided to wear the hijab at age 13. “Some people just said she’s not one of … [Read more...]
This just in: "We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Halima Aden is the newest member of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit family, making history as the first Muslim model to wear a hijab and … [Read more...]
CTV News reports that "in an effort to build an inclusive space for Muslim women to practice their faith, and heal from Islamophobic attacks," The Women’s Mosque of Canada has officially launched in … [Read more...]
