Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
The MOST Story Bank is a live archive of stories on the most current events, people and cultural perspectives of Muslims in America and around the world. With writers in mind, MOST carefully selects story-driven news from the most reputable published sources.
Fatimah Hussein is a Somali-American woman who resides in Minnesota. A few years ago, she noticed an absence of Muslim girls in sports and realized this was due to a conflict between rigorous … [Read more...]
"Jinn" is filmmaker Nijla Mu’min’s first feature film about a carefree African American teenager whose mother converts to Islam. The film is inspired by Mu’min’s own upbringing within a Black Muslim … [Read more...]
Fatima Farheen Mirza is a 27 year-old graduate from the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop and her first book, A Place For Us, has been chosen by actress Sarah Jessica Parker as the first title for … [Read more...]
According to VOA: Riding solid gains for Democratic candidates in the U.S midterm elections, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar are now set to make history when they become the first Muslim American … [Read more...]
According to Vox: Former Michigan state Rep. Rashida Tlaib has become one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, after winning her race for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District on … [Read more...]
According to CBS News: Fresh off her victory as the first refugee, the first Somali-American, and one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, Democrat Ilhan Omar said Wednesday that she is … [Read more...]
One Small Step is a new effort produced by Storycorps that brings together Americans with differing political views. In one of their recent stories, we meet Amina Amdeen, a Muslim student at the … [Read more...]
It's no surprise that approximately 98% of students at Brigham Young University are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints however, what you likely do not know, is that there are … [Read more...]
Contemporary Muslim Fashions opened earlier this fall at the de Young Museum in San Francisco and is said to be the first major museum exhibit that explores Islamic culture within a fashion context. … [Read more...]
In this op-ed for the Philadelphia "The Inquirer," Jerry Sorkin writes about the tragic Tree Of Life synagogue shooting saying that "the actions in Pittsburgh by the Muslim community highlight the … [Read more...]
