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....
“The Long Goodbye” says a lot quickly
Riz Ahmed's Oscar-winning short packs an emotional rollercoaster into a 12-minute film, tackling what it's like to be brown in a post-Brexit UK....
“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....
That time Gigi called Zayn “Middle Eastern,” and why it was actually fine
Their relationship exemplifies something we don't have a good word for: a shared heritage rooted in "cultural Muslim-ness"...
From terrorists to critical darlings: Muslim men in Hollywood
After many years of championing Islamophobic shows like “24” and “Homeland,” it seems Hollywood has developed a taste for Muslim men....