How do citizens start over after the rush of revolution? Months after uprisings in countries like Egypt and Tunisia, we can watch that question play out — in different stages — across the Middle East.
(The Conversation) — Post 9/11, brown and sometimes Black Muslim characters were portrayed as ‘good’ only when aligned with US state power. Muslim filmmakers are trying to change that. Such depictions ...
If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. "As a Muslim American myself, I know that our identities can be complicated," writes author Deena ElGenaidi Deena ElGenaidi is a writer ...
With their podcast #GoodMuslimBadMuslim, hosts Zahra Noorbakhsh and Tanzila "Taz" Ahmed want to shake up labels. Ahmed says, "We're taking the... What Is A 'Good Muslim' Anyway? A Podcast Disrupts The ...
On September 11, 2001, I was a senior in college in Berkeley, California. I was a member of the Muslim Student Association who played NBA2K on his Sega Dreamcast with other chai-drinking dorks. Before ...
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For over a century, Hollywood has tended to portray Muslim men through a remarkably narrow lens: as terrorists, villains or dangerous outsiders. From shows such as “24” and “Homeland” to procedural ...
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Tazeen M. Ali, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) For over a ...