Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
Despite losing her son and husband to the Syrian war and almost dying herself by sniper’s bullets, Umm Abdu refuses to leave war-torn Aleppo where she serves as the town’s medic and is considered by … [Read more...]
One moment he's enjoying domestic life with his wife and children in Jordan, the next he "commutes to work" in nearby Syria. His job? Syrian rebel leader in the country's civil war. … [Read more...]
In a war where women and children are said to be the group most at risk, human rights groups have found that Syria’s children face trauma and assault. Those who carry out the attacks on the children … [Read more...]
"Syria: The Trojan Women" takes the lives of real Syrian women who enact their own stories of life during wartime. Set to open this fall at Georgetown University, the play has recently suffered a … [Read more...]
Known as the “Festival of the Sacrifice,” Eid al-Adha is an important holiday in the Muslim faith. Many Muslims take the day off work, wear their best clothes, and attend a prayer service at their … [Read more...]
According to recent UN report, there are 145,000 Syrian refugee women who are the sole breadwinners for their families. Al Jazeera interviews one 36-year old woman who used to live in a pleasant … [Read more...]
The beloved Sayeda Zeinab, a Syrian shrine (which many believe is the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad's granddaughter), has managed to survive despite the atrocities of war. … [Read more...]
The Brookings U.S. Islamic World Forum is to be held in early June and one of the topics to be discussed are women’s rights in “the unstable Middle East.” As scholar Jomana Qaddour says in the piece, … [Read more...]
In this powerful op-ed for the New York Times, UN Refugee Agency Special Envoy Angelina Jolie writes a powerful and important essay about the Iraqis and Syrian refugees displaced from the long-going … [Read more...]
Local Muslim religious leaders are often the first line of defense against a terrorist plot. Imams tap into undercurrents in the community and share potentially harmful information with the … [Read more...]
