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• Desert Warrior 2025 Film Films Saudi ArabiaUnited States

  Rupert Wyatt's Saudi-backed epic set in seventh-century Arabia on the eve of Islam, starring Anthony Mackie and Aiysha Hart — among the first major Hollywood-scale productions shot at NEOM.

• The Swimmers 2022 Film Films United KingdomUnited States

  Film about Syrian swimmer sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini who crossed the Aegean as refugees then reached the Rio Olympics; a famous refugee drama.

• Ms. Marvel 2022 Miniseries Series and programmes United States

  The Marvel miniseries on Kamala Khan — a Pakistani-American Muslim teenager in Jersey City who gains powers; Marvel's first Muslim lead, portraying mosque life, prayer and Eid.

• Mo 2022 Series Series and programmes United States

  Mo Amer's Netflix series about a Palestinian Muslim refugee in Houston navigating asylum, family and faith — one of the first US series centred on a Palestinian Muslim lead.

• Rise of Empires: Ottoman 2020 Documentary series Series and programmes TürkiyeUnited States

  A Netflix docudrama series on Mehmed II's conquest of Constantinople and its aftermath, blending Turkish dramatic scenes with historians' commentary.

• The Cave 2019 Documentary Films GermanyDenmarkFrance

  The Cave.

• Aladdin 2019 Film Films United KingdomUnited States

  Aladdin.

• Hala 2019 Film Films United States

  Film about a Pakistani-American Muslim teenager finding herself between a Muslim home and an American world; an Apple release.

• Mosul 2019 Film Films United States

  The Russo brothers' production on the Iraqi SWAT unit in the battle to retake Mosul from ISIS; starring Suhail Dabbach.

• Ramy 2019 Series Series and programmes United States

  Ramy Youssef's Hulu comedy-drama about an Egyptian-American torn between faith and appetite in New Jersey — the first major US series led by a Muslim character; Golden Globe winner.

• The Ornament of the World 2019 Documentary Films United States

  Michael Schwarz's PBS documentary based on Maria Rosa Menocal's book on eight centuries of convivencia in medieval al-Andalus.

• Jinn 2018 Film Films United States

  Nijla Mu'min's film about an American teenager whose mother converts to Islam, searching for identity between faith, art and love.

• Capernaum 2018 Film Films CyprusFranceUnited Kingdom

  Capernaum.

• The Feeling of Being Watched 2018 Documentary Films United States

  Assia Boundaoui's documentary uncovering FBI surveillance of her Chicago Muslim neighbourhood in the 1990s and her lawsuit for the files.

• Wahed 2017 Start-up Enterprise, brands and finance United Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomIndonesia

  An American fintech company in New York offering automated investment aligned with Islamic principles; it launched an automated Islamic investment platform in 2017 and, in July 2019, the first Sharia-compliant exchange-traded fund in the United States; it operates in 130 countries.

• The Big Sick 2017 Film Films United States

  Kumail Nanjiani's Oscar-nominated romantic comedy about his real-life courtship with Emily Gordon amid a Pakistani-American family's arranged-marriage expectations.

• City of Ghosts 2017 Documentary Films United States

  City of Ghosts.

• The Sultan and the Saint 2016 Documentary Films United States

  UPF's docudrama, narrated by Jeremy Irons, on St Francis of Assisi's meeting with Sultan al-Kamil at Damietta in 1219 amid the Fifth Crusade.

• Eye in the Sky 2015 Film Films CanadaUnited KingdomUnited States

  Eye in the Sky.

• A Sinner in Mecca 2015 Documentary Films United States

  A Sinner in Mecca.

• He Named Me Malala 2015 Documentary Films United Arab EmiratesUnited States

  He Named Me Malala.

• The Water Diviner 2014 Film Films AustraliaTürkiyeUnited States

  The Water Diviner.

• The Square 2013 Documentary Films EgyptUnited States

  The Square.

• The Muslims Are Coming! 2013 Documentary Films United States

  The Muslims Are Coming!.

• The Trials of Muhammad Ali 2013 Documentary Films United States

  The Trials of Muhammad Ali.

• The Reluctant Fundamentalist 2012 Film Films PakistanUnited States

  Mira Nair's adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's novel — a Princeton-educated Pakistani questioned about his path from Wall Street to Lahore after 9/11.

• Innocence of Muslims 2012 Short film Films United States

  A US short film produced by Nakoula Basseley Nakoula insulting the Prophet; its trailer ignited protests and attacks across several countries in 2012 and became a legal and diplomatic incident. Indexed as a document of anti-Islam polemics, not endorsed.

• Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World 2011 Documentary Films United States

  Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World.

• Mooz-lum 2011 Film Films United States

  Mooz-lum.

• Koran by Heart 2011 Documentary Films United KingdomUnited States

  Greg Barker's HBO documentary following three children from Senegal, Tajikistan and the Maldives through Cairo's international Qur'an-memorisation contest.

• Homeland 2011 Series Series and programmes United States

  American series about a CIA officer tracking a domestic threat; won major awards and was criticised for its depiction of Islam and Muslims.

• Saffron Road 2010 Food product Enterprise, brands and finance United States

  An American halal food brand of American Halal Company, founded by Adnan Durrani in Stamford, Connecticut, in 2009; its halal-certified products launched through Whole Foods in July 2010.

• My Name Is Khan 2010 Film Films IndiaUnited States

  Karan Johar's film starring Shah Rukh Khan as a Muslim man with Asperger's who crosses America to tell the president 'my name is Khan and I am not a terrorist' after 9/11.

• Amreeka 2009 Film Films United States

  Film about a Palestinian mother and son who emigrate to America and face post-9/11 prejudice; screened at international festivals.

• New Muslim Cool 2009 Documentary Films United States

  A PBS POV documentary on Hamza Pérez, a Puerto Rican-American Muslim rapper, and his family and community life in post-9/11 Pittsburgh.

• The Stoning of Soraya M. 2009 Film Films IranUnited States

  A film dramatising the true account of Soraya Manutchehri, falsely accused of adultery and stoned in an Iranian village — from Freidoune Sahebjam's book.

• Journey to Mecca 2009 Documentary Films MoroccoSaudi ArabiaUnited States

  An IMAX docudrama dramatising Ibn Battuta's first pilgrimage in 1325, filmed alongside real modern hajj footage inside the Haram.

• Traitor 2008 Film Films United States

  Traitor.

• The Kingdom 2007 Film Films GermanyUnited States

  The Kingdom.

• Prince Among Slaves 2007 Documentary Films United States

  Andrea Kalin's documentary on Abdul Rahman Ibrahima — the Fulani prince enslaved in Mississippi who won back his freedom — from Terry Alford's biography.

• A Jihad for Love 2007 Documentary Films United KingdomUnited States

  Parvez Sharma's documentary on gay Muslims and their relationship with their faith in twelve countries; controversial, screened at international festivals.

• Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain 2007 TV film Films United States

  Gardner/UPF's PBS documentary on seven centuries of Muslim-Christian-Jewish coexistence in al-Andalus and its end.

• Arranged 2007 Film Films United States

  American film about the friendship between a veiled Muslim teacher and an Orthodox Jewish teacher in Brooklyn, both facing arranged marriages.

• Rendition 2007 Film Films United States

  Rendition.

• The Band's Visit 2007 Film Films FranceIsraelUnited States

  The Band's Visit.

• Reel Bad Arabs 2006 Documentary Films United States

  The Media Education Foundation documentary built on Jack Shaheen's book documenting Hollywood's stereotyped portrayal of Arabs and Muslims across a thousand films.

• The Deen Show 2006 Web series Series and programmes United States

  Eddie's long-running English-language YouTube interview programme on Islam — scholars, celebrities and converts — among the oldest and widest-reaching da'wah channels.

• Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West 2005 Documentary Films United States

  Raphael Shore's US documentary framing political Islam as an existential threat to the West; mass-distributed free and widely criticised for conflating jihadism with Islam.

• Sleeper Cell 2005 Series Series and programmes United States

  American series about a Muslim FBI agent infiltrating a terror cell in Los Angeles; among the first dramas with a Muslim hero against extremism.

• Kingdom of Heaven 2005 Film Films GermanySpainUnited Kingdom

  Ridley Scott's epic about Balian of Ibelin and the defence of Jerusalem in 1187; Saladin is a major, dignified character and the film's portrayal of the Crusades has been widely discussed.

• Inside Mecca 2003 Documentary Films United States

  A National Geographic documentary following pilgrims from three continents through the hajj inside Mecca, with background on the Kaaba and the rites.

• Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 2003 Animation Films United States

  Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.

• AlMaghrib Institute 2002 School Learning and knowledge United States

  An American non-profit teaching Islamic studies in English, founded by Muhammad AlShareef in Houston, Texas, in 2002, offering intensive two-weekend and one-weekend seminars; most of its instructors are graduates of the Islamic University of Madinah, among them Yasir Qadhi and Omar Suleiman; it faced public scrutiny after 2009 and answered it by condemning extremism.

• Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet 2002 Documentary Films United States

  A UPF documentary broadcast on PBS that interweaves the Prophet's biography with the lives of contemporary American Muslims.

• Muhammad: The Last Prophet 2002 Animation Films United States

  An American animated feature about the Prophet's mission and the rise of Islam in Mecca, produced by Badr International; the Prophet is neither shown nor heard.

• Ali 2001 Film Films United States

  Michael Mann's biopic with Will Smith as Muhammad Ali — from his conversion to the Nation of Islam to the title fights and the Vietnam refusal; Smith was Oscar-nominated.

• Islam: Empire of Faith 2000 Documentary series Series and programmes United States

  A three-part PBS/Gardner Films documentary surveying Islamic history from the Prophet's mission to the Ottoman empire — one of the most-broadcast documentaries on Islamic civilisation in the West.

• Rules of Engagement 2000 Film Films GermanyUnited KingdomUnited States

  Rules of Engagement.

• The 13th Warrior 1999 Film Films United States

  John McTiernan's adventure film starring Antonio Banderas as Ahmad ibn Fadlan, the Abbasid envoy thrown in with Viking warriors — adapted from Crichton's novel drawn on Ibn Fadlan's risala.

• The Siege 1998 Film Films United States

  The Siege.

• Aladdin 1992 Animation Films United States

  Aladdin.

• Malcolm X 1992 Film Films United States

  Spike Lee's epic biopic starring Denzel Washington — Malcolm X's journey from crime to the Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam after the hajj.

• Not Without My Daughter 1991 Film Films United States

  The film of Betty Mahmoody's memoir — an American mother escaping Iran with her daughter; the most-watched US film about Iran and long debated for its portrayal of Muslim Iranians.

• Islamic Relief Worldwide 1984 Relief agency Organisations AfghanistanBosnia & HerzegovinaBangladesh

  An international relief and development NGO founded in 1984 by Hany El-Banna and fellow students of the University of Birmingham, with its international headquarters in Birmingham and offices and branches in more than forty countries; its income was £275.6 million in 2024. It has faced allegations from Israel, the UAE and others, which it denies, and an independent audit in 2014 found no link to terrorism.

• Lion of the Desert 1981 Film Films LibyaUnited States

  Moustapha Akkad's film starring Anthony Quinn as the Libyan resistance leader Omar al-Mukhtar; banned in Italy for decades for its depiction of the fascist campaign.

• Midnight Express 1978 Film Films United KingdomUnited States

  Midnight Express.