Sabir Pirzada on writing in Hollywood
Screenwriter Sabir Pirzada talks about writing for Ms. Marvel and The Moon Knight, as well as breaking into the industry without connections....
“Never Have I Ever” seen 2 brown girls on camera
Season two of Mindy Kaling's "Never Have I Ever" breaks convention by giving us 2 brown women characters playing opposite each other....
What is an “American Eid?”
"American Eid," a short film on Disney+ captures the frustrating challenges of celebrating Eid, an underrepresented holiday, in America...
The Eid episode of Disney’s “Mira”
The Muslim holiday of Eid ul Fitr gets the Disney treatment in "Mira Royal Detective." The cartoon represents the South Asian Muslim experience....
Four Weddings and a Cool Muslim Woman Character?!
Mindy Kaling's "Four Wedding and Funeral" remake is a typical rom-com in many ways but it's depiction of a Muslim woman character is revolutionary. ...
Introducing #BadmaashWeek!
Badmaash means naughty, mischievious, rogue and troublemaker. Brown in Media's first Badmaash Week highlights "bad" behavior in South Asian diaspora stories. ...
Dal, yogurt rice and the intimacy of cooking “home foods”
Quarantine comfort cooking in the pandemic has unexpectedly brought South Asian home foods (dal, yogurt rice, kichdi) to the forefront....
Hasan Minhaj is the diaspora’s “Cool Brown Friend”
After the end of Hasan Minhaj's "Patriot Act," his significance to the South Asian-American diaspora cannot be overstated....