Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
In high school, Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir set the state record for the highest all-time high school basketball scorer (for both men and women). She then went on to play ball for the University of Memphis in … [Read more...]
Big news in the fashion world with the announcement of a new international edition of Vogue -- Vogue Arabia. The new magazine will officially launch next year with Saudi Princess Deena Aljuhani … [Read more...]
In this two-part series for Roger Ebert’s blog, scholar and Hollywood consultant Omer M. Mozaffar discusses Islam in Western cinema, taking a look at such diverse films as “Batman v Superman: Dawn of … [Read more...]
Founded in 2016 by Samira Maddox, Mu Delta Alpha is the first Muslim sorority in Texas, opening its Beta chapter at UT-Austin in the fall of 2017. In its first year, the sorority saw more than 100 … [Read more...]
Last month the first U.S. mosque financed and built by a Muslim woman opened in Las Vegas called Masjid Ibrahim. "It is… a lifetime dream, “ says Sharaf Haseebullah. "It is the final … [Read more...]
Fifteen-year old Inas Nofal is Gaza’s first and only competitive female runner, according to Al Jazeera. "Running is my life," says the teen athlete. "Before I go to sleep, I think about which routes … [Read more...]
Claire Beckett's photography exhibit entitled “The Converts” was recently on display at a gallery in Boston, and took on the subject of American converts to Islam. Ms. Beckett first thought of the … [Read more...]
A baby boom is occurring in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan which houses many Syrian refugees. According to NPR, “The crude birth rate in the camp far exceeds that of both Jordan (24.5) and pre-war … [Read more...]
Last year, Summer Yousif Bales, 21, was a senior at UC San Diego where she was co-captain of the UCSD women’s soccer team which went all the way to the NCAA Div. II Semifinals. Growing up in Temecula, … [Read more...]
Vogue profiles one of London’s “most stylish locals” -- 20-year-old Amaal Said, a poet, photographer, and Instagram star. Vogue says this on the fashionista, “Said regularly documents how young Muslim … [Read more...]
