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Posted Tuesday 5/03/22 at 1:31AM EDT
Ms. Marvel poster celebrates the end of Ramadan
A new poster for the Marvel's first Muslim superhero series highlights the celebration of Eid al-Fitr.
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A Special Episode Highlights Why United States of Al Is Such a Special Show
Chuck Lorre is an unapologetic Hollywood liberal with a Borscht-belt sense of humor and a damn fine ear for what...
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Posted Tuesday 9/14/21 at 1:33PM EDT
Abubakr Ali to star in Netflix's Grendel, becoming the first Arab Muslim male to lead a comic book adaptation
The Katy Keene alum will play the titular role in Grendel, a series from Supernatural alum Andrew Dabb based on...
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Posted Saturday 9/11/21 at 2:39AM EDT
Ramy is the only show to capture the paradox and loneliness of being Muslim American after 9/11
"Shared among many of the TV shows and movies produced about September 11 is a hushed veneration for the day’s...
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Posted Saturday 4/24/21 at 3:13AM EDT
The United States of Al is yet another stale immigrant story, making its "good immigrant" the butt of all jokes
It's clear from the script that you are not supposed to find Adhir Kalyan's Al interesting, let alone relatable, says...
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Posted Tuesday 4/06/21 at 11:50PM EDT
TBS' Chad is painfully funny, but not just because Nasim Pedrad is playing a 14-year-old Persian boy
SNL alum Pedrad's plan to play a teenage boy (initially for Fox) was revealed more than 5 years ago, in...
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Posted Thursday 4/01/21 at 10:03PM EDT
CBS' The United States of Al turns Afghan Al into the "textbook Good Immigrant," but fails to make him as interesting as the other characters
"Making a classic 'odd couple' out of an American veteran and his trusted Afghan translator is an interesting idea to...
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Posted Monday 3/22/21 at 10:21AM EDT
Chuck Lorre's United States of Al is under fire over its Afghan character
Even though the trailer for the CBS comedy was released on March 4, it garnered new attention over the weekend...
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Posted Friday 9/04/20 at 4:04AM EDT
Joy Reid's "super-bizarro non-apology" for her offensive Muslim comments was cringeworthy
"Thirty seconds would have done the trick," says Erik Wemple of Reid's non-apology Wednesday night.
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Posted Wednesday 9/02/20 at 11:28PM EDT
Joy Reid doesn't apologize after being accused of Islamophobia, but acknowledges "not exactly the most artful" phrasing
The MSNBC host's comments Monday night on The ReidOut comparing radicalized Trump supporters to the "way Muslims act" was decried...
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Posted Tuesday 9/01/20 at 6:40PM EDT
Joy Reid accused of Islamophobia for comparing the "way Muslims act" to radicalized Trump supporters
“That’s how we talk about the way Muslims act,” Reid said on her MSNBC The ReidOut show on Monday.
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Posted Thursday 8/13/20 at 1:35PM EDT
Big Brother added bidets at Muslim houseguest Kaysar Ridha's request
"We're told Kaysar asked production for a bidet in order to come on the show," reports TMZ.
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Posted Saturday 8/08/20 at 3:15AM EDT
TV industry needs to get over its fetishization of Muslims as solely religious and political beings
While Muslim-Americans have made great strides on shows like FBI and Ramy, there is still a need to show the...
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Posted Friday 7/31/20 at 3:27AM EDT
Ramy Youssef has been surprised by Ramy's positive reception in the Middle East
“They get that we’re skipping all the entry-level conversations and trying to get into nuances about faith and ego," he...
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Posted Saturday 6/13/20 at 2:35AM EDT
Wajahat Ali: Ramy is refreshing -- I wish it was on when I was a kid
The Muslim-American CNN contributor, journalist and playwright says of Ramy Youssef's Hulu series: "Last time I checked, I was a...