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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 12, 2015

New Angle on the Syrian War

Could climate change have contributed to the Syrian war and brought ISIS into existence? A new study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests as much. A fascinating … [Read more...]

Media & Entertainment, World — March 12, 2015

“The Onion” of The Middle East

"The Pan-Arabia Enquirer" is the creation of an anonymous British man who used to live in the Gulf region and says it is a satirist’s duty to make fun of extremists like ISIS (see photo on their take … [Read more...]

Culture and Lifestyle, Women, World — March 12, 2015

Adoption and Islam

As Al Jazeera reports, adoption is often incorrectly thought to not be permitted in the Islamic faith. However, that is definitely not true in the United Arab Emirates, where marriage rates have … [Read more...]

Culture and Lifestyle, World — March 11, 2015

Monuments Men Take on ISIS

Meet the new era’s Monuments Men, working in Syria today, who are trying to preserve and protect antiquities from ISIS, the Syrian regime, and smugglers… and risking their lives to do so. … [Read more...]

Culture and Lifestyle, World — March 11, 2015

Race to Save Art Stolen by ISIS

It is said that Iraq has survived many invaders, but what about its art and culture? Museum curators and historians from all over the world are desperately trying to preserve and document the lost … [Read more...]

Media & Entertainment, Women, World — March 11, 2015

Female Cinematographer Captures New Ground in U.S. and Pakistan

Female cinematographers are an extreme rarity in Hollywood (there’s only a few working in independent cinema) but what about Pakistan? Meet Nausheen Dadabhoy who’s Pakistani and Muslim… and yes, she’s … [Read more...]

World — March 11, 2015

Germans Open Their Homes To Muslim Refugees

In Germany, refugees (mostly from Muslim countries) have been flooding in at record numbers, with more than 200,000 having applied for asylum last year. A young German couple recently launched the … [Read more...]

Business, Tech & Science, Women, World — March 11, 2015

Afghan Girls Become Computer Literate

In Afghanistan, a nonprofit called Digital Citizen Fund teaches Afghan girls to use computers and “express themselves” on social media. So far the non-profit has trained 7,900 girls in their … [Read more...]

Women, World — March 10, 2015

International Women’s Day in Syria

Even the war-torn country of Syria celebrated last Sunday’s International Women’s Day where women who were at the forefront of the protest movement against the government of Bashar al-Assad gathered … [Read more...]

National, Women, World — March 10, 2015

State Dept Awards Courageous Women

Last Friday in Washington DC, ten women received this year’s Women of Courage Award from the U.S. State Department. Winners included female activists on the front lines of the Syrian war to those … [Read more...]