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.
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...]
Across the Middle East and North Africa, female driven content on YouTube has had a phenomenal growth these past few years -- Saudi Arabia, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, and Iraq are the leaders … [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...]
The Guardian describes actor and rapper Riz Ahmed as “straddling cultures, pushing buttons, and challenging the status quo.” Ahmed was born into a British Pakistani Muslim family in Wembley, London, … [Read more...]
This article from the Barnes & Noble blog explores faith-based themes in children’s literature and talks to eleven Teen & YA writers including Muslim author Aisha Saeed who wrote “Written in … [Read more...]
Internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami died last week at the age of 76. In 1997, his film “Taste of Cherry won top prize at the Cannes Film Festival and recently, he directed … [Read more...]
It has been said that Morocco is just a “very large movie set” for Hollywood – doubling for Arabia in Lawrence of Arabia," Abu Dhabi in "Sex in the City 2," Egypt for "Evil Mummy" and for fantasy … [Read more...]
Considered the “Jon Stewart of Egypt," Bassem Youssef’s take on the Daily Show – called "Al Bernameg" – was must-watch television during the Arab Spring. But mounting political pressure took its toll … [Read more...]
In this op-ed for the Washington Post, funny-man (and social commentator) Dean Obeidallah writes about the effective use of comedy, especially when battling political foes (ahem, Donald Trump). Dean … [Read more...]
By some accounts, nearly a third of Lebanon’s population is comprised of Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war in the neighboring country. History tells us that in difficult times, people have an even … [Read more...]
