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.
Gaza is home to 1.8 million Palestinians, making it the most densely populated place on earth. It also has the highest employment, coming in at a frightening 43%. But there’s a large group of people … [Read more...]
Three Muslim organizations have raised a whopping $100,470 to help rebuild African-American churches in the South that have tragically burned down after the June 17 deadly shooting in a South Carolina … [Read more...]
Ramadan is a time for piety, fasting, and for many Muslims, absorbing themselves in dramatic Turkish televisions shows. After the evening fast is broken, families gather around to watch popular shows … [Read more...]
In this powerful op-ed for Teen Vogue, Hishaam Siddiqi gives her top-ten misconceptions “about Islam and Muslims" to help break the cycle of stereotyping and discrimination. As she says in the piece … [Read more...]
A recent study published with the National Institutes of Health concluded that 62% of Afghans had experienced at least four traumatic events in the last ten years with women at an even higher rate. … [Read more...]
“A husband’s job is to earn money, a wife’s job is to look after the home and family.” This question was posed to 38,952 British Muslims from randomly selected households, and according to Dr. … [Read more...]
On the heels of beloved Omar Sharif’s recent passing, The Hollywood Reporter asks the question: will there ever be “another Arab figure in the entertainment industry to ever come close to reaching the … [Read more...]
On the passing of beloved Egyptian actor Omar Sharif last week, it is worth noting five other important Muslim actors including Iranian born actress Shohreh Aghdashloo (“House of Sand and Fog”), … [Read more...]
Launching this fall in the Middle East and North Africa is a talk show called “Nida’a” which means “the calling” in Arabic. Hosted by Iraqi-American journalist and activist Zainab Salbi, the TLC show … [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) Iran’s Nuclear … [Read more...]
