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This 1992 Disney animated film, set in the fictional city of Agrabah, was inspired by Middle Eastern folklore.
What is Aladdin?
European colonization often replaced these traditional Institutions, including educational, legal, and governmental institutions.
What are Islamic institutions?
Due to economic decline in their home country, many young Portuguese professionals migrated to this African nation for job opportunities.
What is Mozambique?
The article critiques the assumption that the actions of the Saudi regime are representative of this global religion.
What is Islam?
This massive international sporting event will be co-hosted by Mexico, the U.S., and Canada in 2026, and is already creating cultural buzz.
What is the FIFA World Cup?
In 2022, Disney+ released this superhero series featuring the first Muslim Pakistani-American Marvel character as the lead.
What is Ms. Marvel?
This European empire controlled Muslim-majority regions in North Africa, West Africa, and parts of Central Africa during the colonial era.
What is the French Empire?
Despite gaining independence, Mozambique maintained economic ties with this former colonial power.
What is Portugal?
The article argues that this Middle Eastern country should not be seen as the embodiment of Islam.
This Mexican singer, famous for fusing regional Mexican styles with pop and trap, continues to dominate charts in 2025.
What is Peso Pluma?
This Muslim hijabi character in the Spanish Netflix series Elite sparked debate and discussion around religious representation in European teen dramas.
Who is Nadia Shanaa?
This country declared itself a secular state in 1923, abolishing the caliphate and replacing Shari’ah with a European-style legal code?
What is Turkey?
In the first nine months of 2012, foreign nationals of Mozambique received over 11,800 applications for these.
What are work permits?
The article suggests that equating Saudi policies with Islam perpetuates this kind of stereotype.
What is Orientalism?
This new TikTok tool uses AI to help creators auto-edit videos, generate captions, and suggest viral music.
What is TikTok Studio (or TikTok AI Assistant)?
This Egyptian-American actor became the first Muslim to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role in Bohemian Rhapsody (2019).
Who is Rami Malek?
This European country ruled most of present-day Indonesia during its colonial expansion.
What is the Netherlands?
Some critics refer to the influx of Portuguese immigrants to Mozambique as a form of this, echoing past imperial dynamics.
What is "new colonization"?
The Saudi regime has been associated with promoting this strict interpretation of Islam.
What is Wahhabism?
In 2025, this country became the first to pass a law guaranteeing a 4-day workweek for most workers.
What is Iceland?
In Latin America, this country hosted the first Muslim film festival in 2022, aiming to promote intercultural understanding through cinema.
What is Argentina
In the late 19th century, movements for independence in Muslim cultures were inspired by both Islamic principles and this Western ideology.
What is nationalism?
Portuguese engineer Goncalo Fernandes oversees a 16-story apartment project in this Mozambican capital city.
What is Maputo?
These two cities are considered the holiest in Islam and are located in Saudi Arabia.
What are Mecca and Medina?
In 2025, this global summit focused on climate and tech inclusion was held in Mexico City and attended by innovators and activists worldwide.
What is the Global Future Forum/Summit?