TV Legend David E. Kelley to Receive ATX TV Festival's First Showrunner Award

Plus indie TV gets the spotlight at this year's fest

"...executive producer Senain Kheshgi and the eponymous matchmakers of Muslim Matchmaker, Hoda Abrahim & Yasmin Elhady, to discuss this..."

May 9, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

MAGA Moms and the Republican Resistance to School Vouchers

Make education public again

"...getting taxpayer money could be established for LGBTQ and Muslim students. She ended by calling HB 3 a government..."

March 21, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Qmmunity: We’re All in This Together

There’s lots to do in queer Austin even after the circus is out of town – and non-queer people can come, too!

"...you can grab a little analog entertainment, too. Queer Muslims Ramadan Iftar Dinner..."

March 14, 2025 Column by James Scott

Taking the John Waters Route to Female Sexuality in Fucktoys

SXSW narrative competition film embraces the “kinky and smutty and a little slutty”

"...“the Iranian character who wears a headscarf, or the Muslim character who is going to have an arranged marriage.”..."

March 14, 2025 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...exhibit titled “Perceptions: Observations & Reflections of the Western Muslim” be removed within 48 hours. In answer, one piece..."

March 7, 2025 News Feature

Walkabouts, Rallies, and Carnaval in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

The chilly weekend is heating up

"...season of fasting, prayer, and reflection. Author and second-generation Muslim American Madeeha Siddiqi reads from her new children’s book..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Santosh

A newbie cop in India navigates a corrupt system and a murder investigation

"...in the torture of the only suspect – a Muslim boy, the only person lower in social standing than..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...- the most patriotic, most peaceful, and most definitely-not-suspicious Muslim family in post-9/11 "Amreeka" as they navigate the early..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Theatre Review: Come From Away

Traveling musical examines the wake of tragedy with hopeful optimism

"...over the ugly parts of 9/11. Middle Eastern and Muslim characters aren’t suddenly embraced. As in reality, they are..."

Jan. 10, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

All We Imagine as Light

Three women seek connection in Mumbai

"...pretty and giggling and secretly being courted by a Muslim boy – definitely not what her parents want for..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

West Campus’ Nueces Mosque Readies for Renovation

The new generation at the center of the project looks to the future

"...matches his title: Imam, an Arabic term for a Muslim prayer leader. “Although the building is over 100 years..."

Dec. 13, 2024 News Feature by Amaya Austin

City Council Girds for a Second Trump Administration

Threats to undocumented immigrants are a major concern

"...Qadri, Council’s only Asian American and Pacific Islander and Muslim member, remembers vividly when, in 2017, an arsonist burned..."

Nov. 15, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Jubilant Dance, MedFest, and More Weekend Recommendations

Find the right fit for your going-out vibe

"...Deb Olin Unferth, poet and self-proclaimed “queer, Pakistani, spiritual Muslim witch” Isra Cheema, and I Scream Social newcomer Marlon..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Donald Trump Relies on Eugenics Concepts, UT Prof Argues in New Book

Examining modern effects of the American eugenics movement

"...100 days with a travel ban for people from Muslim-majority countries...."

Aug. 16, 2024 News Feature by Neha Kondaveeti

Qmmunity: People Read This?

Editor James reflects on the fact that people actually read what he writes

"...screening of writer/director Fawzia Mirza’s film about a Pakistani Muslim mother and daughter whose coming-of-ages differ yet share an..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Column by James Scott

After Pro-Palestine Campus Protests, State Senators Call Hearing on Antisemitism

Jewish, Muslim students report more hate since October 7

"...Senators did not invite a panel to speak about..."

May 15, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Calls for Federal Hate Crime Investigation Follow Stabbing of Palestinian American in Austin

After Sunday’s statewide protest, a young man was attacked

"...by the Dallas chapter of CAIR, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization. CAIR is calling for the incident..."

Feb. 6, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...for a chance to grieve his husband after his Muslim in-laws demand their son's body be sent back to..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Picture Problems

"...hate-fueled assaults, discrimination and violence toward the Jewish and Muslim communities. Israeli and Palestinian civilians continue to suffer at..."

Jan. 8, 2024 Postmarks

UT Teaching Assistants Fired Over Letter Supporting Palestinian Students

Faculty lend their support, citing censorship concerns

"...if they could provide mental health resources for Palestinian, Muslim, and Arab students, given the context of the escalating..."

Dec. 15, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Gaza Grief

"...Palestinians, including children, were expelled or massacred. Arab and Muslim students also feel unsafe in the United States. Families..."

Oct. 31, 2023 Postmarks

Austin Film Society Announces Recipients for Feature Film Grants

$110,000 distributed to 15 Texas projects

"...in post-Roe Texas until she befriends outspoken Amal, a Muslim-American woman torn between career aspirations and family obligations. Together,..."

Sept. 12, 2023 Screens Post by Mae Lackey

Uyghur Skewers Meet the American Dream at Camino Alamo BBQ

Smoke on the West Campus sidewalk

"...the same nationality or level of adherence to the Muslim faith, and this has caused some intense fragmentation within..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Food Feature by Evan Rodriguez

Cine Las Americas Review: 7th Annual Femme Frontera Filmmakers Showcase

Short films selection looks at border life through multiple lenses

"...Shireen Alihaji This experimental short film follows Amina, a Muslim teenager navigating the loss of her mother and after..."

June 27, 2023 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

Joyland

Tragedy in Lahore as wants and needs are sacrificed for propriety

"...failure in the eyes of his highly traditional Pakistani Muslim family. He barely has a role in their home..."

May 5, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

What Do You Have to Do to Get Fired at the Texas Veterans Commission?

Allegations of bigotry in Texas Veterans Commission don't seem to be sparking change

"...thought she was referring to tension over immigration from Muslim countries and reacted angrily...."

April 21, 2023 News Feature by Abe Asher

All That Breathes

The struggle by three men to save the endangered black kite

March 31, 2023 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Freedom to Boycott Israel, Buy Property Top Priorities at Texas Muslim Capitol Day

Rallyers father in first year Texas has two Muslim lawmakers in Lege

"...March 7, a member of the 20th annual Texas Muslim Capitol Day rally came forward to say a prayer..."

March 10, 2023 News Feature by Leena Alali

2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films – Documentary

Environmental warnings come with mordant humor and sweetness

"...conditioning of more than two decades of seeing every Muslim as a violent threat to him and his family,..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Slamdance 2023 Review: The Underbug

Indian politics trap paranoia, prejudice in home-invasion thriller

"...religion. The initial asylee interrogates the latecomer, “Hindu or Muslim?” He dodges the question, but that unknown identifier looms..."

Feb. 5, 2023 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

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