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.
This year Ramadan falls in the midst of summer and that’s a lot of hours between suhoor (pre-dawn breakfast meal) and iftar (after sunset, breaking of the fast). Mohamed Abdelkader says of fasting, … [Read more...]
Last week, a federal judge in Minneapolis ordered three young men accused of plotting to join ISIS be kept in detention while awaiting trail. The defense argued that the best way to insulate these … [Read more...]
Middle East Correspondent Azadeh Moaveni lives in Tehran and in this op-ed, talks about the Iranian perspective on the nuclear deal agreement: “It is difficult to enumerate the endless ways – … [Read more...]
Reza Aslan is a well-regarded religious scholar and author who came to America in 1979 with his family, fleeing the revolution and, like so many Iranians, settled in Los Angeles. In this op-ed for the … [Read more...]
“This year, Iranian state TV says we have 35 million viewers,” says producer Hamid Modaressi. “But I think the number is higher.” Mr. Modaressi is talking about the wildly popular Kolah Ghermezi … [Read more...]
Taken in 1988, during the first Palestinian intifada, an iconic photo shows an eight-year-old boy about to hurl a stone, with clear fear in his eyes. That boys' name is Ramzi Aburedwan. Fortunately, … [Read more...]
This past weekend was the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre – the killing of 7,000-8,000 Muslim men and boys by Serb forces in and around the town of Srebrenica during the Bosnian War. The … [Read more...]
Though some young Egyptians say they don’t know actor Omar Sharif’s work, many of the older generation see him as an important icon and were saddened by his death last week. “Before [him], no one … [Read more...]
Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace laureate and education advocate, celebrated her 18th birthday by inducting a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley which is near the border of Syria. … [Read more...]
Ramadan is a time where many Muslims come to study the Quran, often by listening to religious apps or online programs such as QuranExplorer.com. Religious scholar Jerusha Lamptey found one thing … [Read more...]
