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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.

Culture and Lifestyle, World — March 31, 2015

A Look at Saudi Arabia’s New $100 Billion City

Hoping to end oil dependence by creating a new “Silk Road” trade route, Saudi Arabia is in the beginning stages of building a new $100 billion city on the Red Sea. … [Read more...]

Culture and Lifestyle, World — March 30, 2015

Afghanistan’s New Cultural Center

An architecture firm in Argentina has won the contract to design a new cultural center in the Bamiyan Valley of Afghanistan which will also serve as a memorial for the historic Buddhas that were … [Read more...]

World — March 30, 2015

Afghanistan’s Future: A Local and Public Official’s POV

PRI talks to a former Under Secretary and an Afghan college student getting his PHD in Boston University about Afghanistan’s future – and they’re both surprisingly optimistic. As Michèle Flournoy, … [Read more...]

Media & Entertainment, World — March 30, 2015

Preserving the Past in Qatar

A former first lady of Qatar has founded The Qatar Digital Library making public for the first time historical archives of Arab art and maps, as well as an extensive music catalog from the Gulf … [Read more...]

— March 27, 2015

MOST WEEKLY RECAP

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) In this … [Read more...]

Media & Entertainment, World — March 27, 2015

IndieWire’s Top 30 Iranian Films

In honor of Nowruz (Persian New Year), Indiewire presents their top 30 Iranian films. As the trade remarks on what makes Iranian cinema so vital and special: “[most] impressive is the fact that as … [Read more...]

Media & Entertainment, Women — March 27, 2015

British Play Knocks Out Stereotypes

Partly inspired by female boxer Ambreen Sadiq, the critically acclaimed play "No Guts, No Heart, No Glory” tells the story of Muslim female boxers in North England, and how they break through … [Read more...]

Business, Tech & Science, World — March 27, 2015

Pakistan’s E-Commerce Innovators

Meet the Pakistani entrepreneur who created one of his country’s first e-commerce ventures called Homeshopping.pk, Pakistan’s answer to Amazon. … [Read more...]

Culture and Lifestyle, Faith, National — March 26, 2015

New England’s Largest Mosque’s New Youth Program

The Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center realized they needed mental health programs geared to teenagers and young adults with the crucial ingredient that the candidate needed to understand youth … [Read more...]

National — March 26, 2015

Controversy Over Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic

It was National Foreign Language week at Pine Bush High School in New York when a student was chosen to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic. Unfortunately what happened next was probably not … [Read more...]