Earlier this year, British-Pakistani actor Riz Ahmed earned an Oscar nomination for his role in Sound of Metal, an inclusive story about a hearing-impaired musician. Now, the Primetime Emmy Award winner is turning his attention to another vitally important form of representation: positive Muslim depictions in modern Hollywood films.
CNN’s Lisa Respers France reported that Ahmed is using his growing fame and personal finances to back a new study on Muslim representation in media.
According to Respers France, “Ahmed partnered with advocacy organization Pillars Fund and the Ford Foundation to sponsor the study ‘Missing & Maligned: The Reality of Muslims in Popular Global Movies,’ which was released by Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.”
