Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
"The war didn’t leave any choice for me… I had to come here with my daughter.” Those are the first words of “Dalya’s Other Country,” a documentary airing on PBS’ series “POV,” which chronicles … [Read more...]
A look at two poets Bejan Matur (who is Kurdish) and Maram al-Masri (who is Syrian) who are part of a new generation of female poets writing about the affects of the ongoing civil war in Syria. … [Read more...]
Sahar Mahayni was forced to leave Syria in 2012 and now lives with her son and husband in Irvine, California. While she stresses how fortunate she feels, she writes “like many other Syrian families, … [Read more...]
In Beirut, "Love and War on the Rooftop - a Tripolitan Tale" takes on sectarian conflict and violence in Lebanon and neighboring Syria. The play is loosely based on the Romeo and Juliet tragedy with … [Read more...]
Reuters reports: According to a State Department Memo, grandparents of U.S. citizens from six Muslim-majority countries are now eligible to receive U.S. Visas under Trump's Travel ban. On … [Read more...]
We here at Muslims on Screen and Television (MOST) have crafted an 'in case you missed it' #ICYMI list of this past week's most timely and relevant stories from across the web: 1) Michelle Obama … [Read more...]
"He's got no parents, so he depends on us, we have to be his parents," says Bashar, a civil engineer from Syria, who is also a refugee. "He's our refugee! We wanted a better life for him, now we hope … [Read more...]
In this piece, journalist Paul Salopek talks about his time recently spent with the Kurdish people of Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran -- a “tough and independent mountain people." And while he found the … [Read more...]
Now that the extremist group ISIS has taken over Palmyra, Syria, the world is reacting in horror to the humanity implications as well as culturally, for the city is the site of historically … [Read more...]
In 2014, Sawsan Ghazal was one of 30,583 Syrians applying for asylum in Sweden. The Los Angeles Times accounts her personal journey, from a once successful dressmaker in Aleppo (she co-owned a dress … [Read more...]
