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.
Forbes reports that Insomniac Game’s new Spider-Man video game is not only taking the world by storm but holds significant advancements in representation for the Muslim faith and customs. This … [Read more...]
Leila Ali Elmi has made history as the first East African, Muslim woman and Somali to be voted into the Riksdag (as the Swedish parliament is referred). Face2Face Africa reports that Ms. Elmi ran … [Read more...]
Though there have been previous instances of Muslim women taking part in the qualifying rounds of the Miss England pageant, this year 20-year old-law student Sara Iftekhar became the first hijabi … [Read more...]
The Denver Post reports: "A Fort Morgan meatpacking plant and the union that represents its employees will pay settlements to Muslim workers whose civil rights were violated when they were denied … [Read more...]
A Waikato University study has found that Muslim sportswomen often are misrepresented, overlooked or purposely left out of mainstream media coverage. Comparing and contrasting the hijabi athlete … [Read more...]
Hardy King is mayor of a small South Carolina town called Irmo, population 11,851. Last June, the Daily Beast reported Mayor King had posted anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant memes on his Facebook page. … [Read more...]
In light of the Driver Ban lifting in Saudi Arabia and other Women's Rights gains across the Middle East and North Africa, scholars Benjamin G. Bishin and Feryal M. Cherif ask some pertinent … [Read more...]
Muslim and Christian women have come together for interfaith walks in Glasgow's Queens Park to discuss their lives and faith. Reverend Susan Brown's organized these walks to encourage diverse people … [Read more...]
Rahmat Phyakul and his wife Sukatee founded Masjid Al-Fatiha, a small Thai mosque in Azusa, California. Rahmat was raised as a Buddhist in Thailand until he met Sukatee in the 1960s and converted to … [Read more...]
A new study from Biola University has found that television characters of Middle Eastern and North African descent are often written stereotypically or are even ignored on screen, and that the few … [Read more...]
