Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
Born and raised in the Paris suburbs, Yassine Belattar, 35, is the Muslim son of a Moroccan cleaning lady and a taxi driver, and, according to The Guardian, “is the most talked-about French comic of … [Read more...]
Comedy writer Hasna Maznavi recently did something rather extraordinary in Los Angeles. She opened a female-only mosque. As PRI reports, this is the first women’s mosque to open in the United States … [Read more...]
British-Pakistani actor Riz Ahmed just made history at the 69th Emmy Awards. The British Muslim became the first male actor of Asian descent to take home a highly coveted Emmy Award for acting. Ahmed … [Read more...]
Most struggling comics in America only have to worry about paying their rent and colleagues stealing their material, but for Pakistan’s comedians, these creatives have to worry about offending the … [Read more...]
“It’s very hard to be a female filmmaker in Hollywood, that is for sure,” says writer-director Lena Khan, whose parents hail from India and eventually settled in Los Angeles. “I think they feel like … [Read more...]
Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad made history on Monday as the first American woman to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab. She was recently on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” where she gave a great … [Read more...]
In this 60 Minutes clip, Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef (“the Jon Stewart of Egypt”) is interviewed just months before the cancellation of his show. He talks about the threat that laughter can … [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) Muslims Help To … [Read more...]
Teen Vogue's culture and entertainment director Dani Kwateng-Clark writes about the significance of this year's Golden Globe wins from Ramy Youseff and Awkwafina. Youseff took home the Best Lead Actor … [Read more...]
Funny men Dean Obeidallah (who is Palestinian-American) and Scott Blakeman (who is Jewish-American) both feel that the best way to start a conversation is with laughter. For the past thirteen years, … [Read more...]
