Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
Meet Aqilah Nizar, a Malaysian-born photographer, who talks about her work and the discrimination she has faced including being asked to remove her hijab (religious head covering) by an employer. … [Read more...]
Her resume is impressive -- a graduate from NYU with a Masters in the Visual Arts who now lives in Brooklyn as a writer, filmmaker and teacher. Another thing that sets Ms. Mariam Ghani apart is that … [Read more...]
Two top British generals would like more awareness about the role of Muslim soldiers during World War I, and have called for greater recognition of Khudadad Khan, the first Muslim soldier to be … [Read more...]
Many foreign policy experts are concerned that given the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, girls’ education could suffer from a resurgence of the Afghan Taliban. … [Read more...]
In post-war Gaza, psychiatrist James Gordon is on the ground and says in his twenty years working with psychological trauma, he has “never seen psychological devastation this intense.” The Washington … [Read more...]
There are 700 Muslims currently serving in the British Armed Services, and many feel it’s important to recognize the role they’ve played in the war against terror. Be sure to watch this fascinating … [Read more...]
The Muslim population is increasing in Northern Ireland and in this video segment, BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson speaks to a group of Muslim women about life there. … [Read more...]
Startup Istanbul draws Middle-Eastern tech companies from Jordan, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and for the first time this year, Iran. In fact, “start-up fever” is exploding in Iran where 65% of the … [Read more...]
In Lebanon, thousands of Syrian refugee children are not getting the opportunity to attend school and are instead forced into working as migrant laborers, tending local farmlands. As Robert Frisk … [Read more...]
BBC has teamed up with a local radio station in Gaza to create a daily program called “Atheer Gaza" ("Gaza Lifeline") with the goal of helping Gazans through the “recovery period” since the summer … [Read more...]
