# List of Muslims in entertainment and the media in non-Muslim countries

This is the list of the Muslims in entertainment and the media outside Muslim-majority countries

## Comedy

* Ahmed Ahmed – standup comedian, actor
* Humza Arshad – English comedian
* Dave Chappelle – standup comedian
* Said Durrah – standup comedian
* Maz Jobrani – standup comedian, actor
* Mohammed "Mo" Amer – standup comedian, actor
* Hasan Minhaj – standup comedian
* Preacher Moss – standup comedian, comedy writer
* Dean Obeidallah – standup comedian
* Aamer Rahman – Australian standup comedian
* Zainab Johnson -African American comedian
* Azhar Usman – standup comedian
* Ramy Youssef – standup comedian, actor
* Maysoon Zayid – standup comedian, actress
* Jamel Debbouze – French Moroccan comedian, actor, singer

## Film and television

* Fady Elsayed - actor
* Mammotty – Malayali actor
* Cinta Laura – Indonesian Hollywood actress
* Nathalie Issa - Lebanese British actress
* Manal Issa - Lebanese British actress
* Ahmed Malek - Egyptian British actor
* Kinda Alloush - Syrian British actress
* Ali Suliman-Palestinian British actor
* Tania Gunadi - Indonesian Hollywood actress
* Tan France -Pakistan Hollywood actor
* Janab Kareem -African, Asian, European Hollywood actress
* Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – director, novelist, screenwriter, journalist, Palme d'Or winner
* Nabil Abou-Harb – filmmaker, writer-director of Arab in America
* Riz Ahmed – actor, rapper, MC, activist, first Muslim actor to win Emmy for The Night Of.
* Mahershala Ali – actor, first Muslim actor to win Oscar (for Moonlight)
* Mara Brock Akil – screenwriter, producer
* Moustapha Akkad – film director, producer
* Lewis Arquette – film actor, writer, and producer
* Dulquer Salmaan - actor
* Sayed Badreya – actor, filmmaker
* Asghar Farhadi – director, screenwriter, Academy Award winner
* Aamir Khan – actor, producer, director, Academy Award nominee
* Iman Meskini - Norwegian actrsss
* Irrfan Khan – actor
* Mehboob Khan – director, producer, actor, writer, Academy Award nominee
* Saif Ali Khan – actor, producer
* Salman Khan – actor, film producer, television personality
* Shah Rukh Khan – actor, producer, television presenter
* Abbas Kiarostami – director, screenwriter, producer, photographer, Palme d'Or winner
* Dilip Kumar (Muhammad Yusuf Khan) – actor, producer, activist
* Madhubala – actress
* Majid Majidi – director, producer, screenwriter, Academy Award nominee
* Aasif Mandvi – comedian, actor
* Rizwan Manji – actor
* Mumtaz – actress
* Mehmet Oz – medical doctor, talk show host
* Kamran Pasha – screenwriter, producer
* Serena Rasoul – comedian, actress, writer and founder of Muslim American Casting
* Saïd Taghmaoui – actor
* Iqbal Theba – actor
* Bassem Youssef – Egyptian satirist and columnist, former host of Al-Bernameg
* Sarah Khan - Producer
* Shyama – actress in Bollywood films
* Shakila – actress in Bollywood films
* Shabana Azmi – actress in Bollywood films
* Tabu – actress in Bollywood films
* Dipika Kakar – television actress
* Muhammad Asyrof Al-Ghifari – character actor, director, and writer
* Waheeda Rehman - actress in Bollywood films
* Zarina Wahab - actress in Bollywood films

## Journalism and media

* Amina Khan – science journalist, and author of Adapt
* Ali Abbasi – former Scottish TV presenter
* Tazeen Ahmad – British television and radio presenter and reporter
* Fareena Alam – Editor of British Muslim Magazine Q News. She was named Media Professional of the Year by Islamic Relief in 2005 and at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in 2006.
* Lisa Aziz – news presenter, and journalist. Best known as the co-presenter of the Bristol-based ITV West Country nightly weekday news programme The West Country Tonight, one of the first Asian presenters to be seen on television. She won the Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy Best Television News Journalist Award.
* Kristiane Backer – German television presenter, television journalist and author residing in London.
* Zeinab Badawi – BBC presenter of "Hard Talk"
* Cenk Uygur -Host on The Young Turks
* Anila Baig – columnist at The Sun
* Shamim Chowdhury – television and print journalist for Al Jazeera English.
* Mehdi Hasan – senior politics editor at the New Statesman and a former news and current affairs editor at Channel 4
* Ginella Massa – Host of Canada Tonight on CBC News. Canada’s first hijab wearing national news anchor.
* Nina Hossain – journalist, newscaster, and sole presenter of ITV London's regional news programme London Tonight.
* Kanak 'Konnie' Huq – television presenter, best known for being the longest-serving female Blue Peter presenter.
* Mishal Husain – currently an anchor for BBC World
* Rizwan Hussain – barrister, television presenter, philanthropist, international humanitarian worker, former Hindi music singer and producer. TV presenter for Islamic and charity shows on Channel S and Islam Channel.
* Faisal Islam – economics editor and correspondent for Channel 4 News. He was named Young Journalist of the Year at the Royal Society of Television awards 2006.
* Nurul Islam – broadcast journalist, radio producer, and presenter best remembered for his work with the BBC World Service.
* Saira Khan – runner-up on the first series of The Apprentice, and now a TV presenter on BBC's Temper Your Temper and Desi DNA
* Waheed Khan – documentary television director working in British television
* Tasmin Lucia-Khan – journalist, presenter, and producer. Best known for delivering BBC Three's nightly hourly 'World News' bulletins on in 60 Seconds, and presenting E24 on the rolling news channel BBC News. Currently delivers news bulletins and breaking stories on ITV breakfast television programme Daybreak.
* Mazher Mahmood
* Fatima Manji – British television journalist, Britain's first hijab-wearing TV newsreader
* Sarfraz Manzoor – British writer, journalist, documentary maker, and broadcaster. He writes regularly for The Guardian, presents documentaries on BBC Radio 4.
* Ajmal Masroor – television presenter, politician, Imam, and UK Parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow constituency representing Liberal Democrats in 2010 General Election. He is a television presenter on political and Islamic programmes on Islam Channel and Channel S.
* Shereen Nanjiani – radio journalist with BBC Radio Scotland
* Adnan Nawaz – news and sports presenter working for the BBC World Service
* Amna Nawaz – Pakistani-American anchor and correspondent for PBS Newshour.
* A. N. M. Serajur Rahman – journalist, broadcaster, and Bangladeshi nationalist.
* Tahera Rahman – newscaster for WHBF-TV and KLJB. Widely covered by the media for being the first American hijabi Muslim newscaster.
* Adil Ray – British radio and television presenter, for BBC Asian Network
* Fareed Zakaria – Indian American journalist and author, host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS
* Abdallah Goollamallee – Mauritian journalist and entrepreneur, consultant

## Literature and art

* Kia Abdullah – Novelist and journalist. She contributes to The Guardian newspaper and has written two novels: Life, Love and Assimilation and Child's Play.
* Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed – Author, lecturer, political scientist specialising in interdisciplinary security studies, and participant of the 9/11 Truth Movement.
* Ayad Akhtar – Writer, actor
* Kaniz Ali – Makeup artist and freelance beauty columnist. She won Best Make-Up Artist category at the 2011 International Asian Fashion Awards.
* Monica Ali – Author of Brick Lane a story based on a Bangladeshi woman.
* Tariq Ali – Historian and novelist
* Moniza Alvi – Poet and writer
* Tahmima Anam – Author of A Golden Age which was the Best First Book winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
* Nadeem Aslam – Novelist
* Reza Aslan – Iranian-American author of No god but God and Zealot, public intellectual, religious studies scholar
* Shamim Azad – Bilingual poet, storyteller and writer
* Imtiaz Dharker – Poet and documentary filmmaker
* Roopa Farooki – Novelist.
* Ruby Hammer MBE – Fashion and beauty makeup artist, and founder of Ruby & Millie cosmetics brand.
* Mohammed Mahbub 'Ed' Husain – Writer of the book The Islamist on account of his experience for five years with the Hizb ut-Tahrir.
* Kazi Nazrul Islam – Poet, write, musician and revolutionary from Bengal. He is the national poet of Bangladesh.
* Muhammad Iqbal – One of the most important figures in Urdu literature, with literary work in both the Urdu and Persian languages.
* Razia Iqbal – Arts correspondent for the BBC; born in East Africa and is of Muslim Punjabi origin.
* Runa Islam – Film and photography visual artist, nominated for the Turner Prize 2008.
* Hanif Kureishi – Playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer
* Rohina Malik – Playwright, solo performance artist, story teller and speaker;
* Daaimah Mubashshir – Playwright, winner of 2021 Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting
* Dr Ghulam Murshid – Author, scholar, and journalist. He's received numerous top literary awards from India and Bangladesh including the Bangla Academy award.
* Shahida Rahman – Award-winning author of Lascar, writer and publisher
* Ramisha Sattar - Digital artists
* Qaisra Shahraz – Novelist, journalist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a director of Gatehouse Books
* Rezia Wahid MBE – Award-winning textile artist whose work has been exhibited both in the UK and abroad.
* G. Willow Wilson – American comics writer, prose author, essayist, and journalist.
* Rekha Waheed – Writer and novelist best known as the author of The A-Z Guide To Arranged Marriage.
* Saladin Ahmed – Novelist, best known for writing Throne of the Crescent Moon.
* Sabaa Tahir – Novelist, wrote Ember in the Ashes.

## Modeling

* Farida Khelfa – Algerian and French model
* Katoucha Niane – French model, who was Yves Saint Laurent's egerie.
* Arjumman Mughal – Indian model and actress
* Anissa Bakhti – French and Algerian model. Égérie of Balmain hair couture and Eddine Belmahdi
* Thanina Medjber – French and Algerian model. Egerie of Eddine Belmahdi
* Anwar Hadid – European and Palestinian fashion model
* Halima Aden – American fashion model, first Somali-American to compete and become a semi-finalist in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant.
* Hanaa Ben Abdesslem – Tunisian model, first Muslim spokesmodel for the French perfume and cosmetic house Lancôme.
* Kenza Fourati – Tunisian model, first Arab Muslim model to be featured in Sports Illustrated.
* Mariah Idrissi – British Moroccan and Pakistani model, public speaker, and online personality.
* Iman (Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid) – Model and designer, Muslim originally from Somalia.
* Bella Hadid – American fashion model.
* Gigi Hadid – American fashion model.
* Esma Voloder – Model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Australia 2017.
* Hammasa Kohistani – British model

## Music

* Anggun – singer World Music Award winner, songwriter, and television personality.
* Shabab Zayn - Singer, Songwriter
* Ahmed Bukhatir – Emirati Nasheed Singer. He is one of the famous Islamic singers in UAE.
* Ahmad Hussain – faith inspired singer/songwriter. Inducted into the Muslim Power 100 list. Founder of IQRA Promotions.
* A. R. Rahman – composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, philanthropist, Grammy Award winner, Academy Award winner
* Atif Aslam – Filmi singer
* Jade Thirlwall - North African, European singer
* Ahmad Jamal – jazz pianist
* Ahmet Ertegün – songwriter and founder of Atlantic Records
* Akon – singer
* Ali Shaheed Muhammad – producer, DJ and rapper. Formerly of A Tribe Called Quest. He is a Sunni Muslim.
* Art Blakey – American jazz drummer and bandleader
* Bas – rapper
* B.G. Knocc Out – rapper from Compton, California, (converted to Islam in 1999)
* Beanie Sigel – rapper
* Big Daddy Kane – rapper. He is a 5 percenter.
* Brother Ali – rapper. Converted to Sunni Islam.
* Busta Rhymes – hip-hop artist and rapper. He is a 5 percenter.
* Chali 2na – rapper. Formerly of the alternative hip-hop group Jurassic 5, and of Ozomatli
* Dawud Wharnsby – Canadian singer-songwriter, poet
* DJ Khaled – rap artist and DJ
* Everlast – rapper from the Irish-American hip-hop group House of Pain. Converted to Sunni Islam.
* Flesh N Bone – rapper
* Freeway – rapper, Sunni Muslim
* Freddie Gibbs – rapper
* French Montana – rapper
* Ghostface Killah – rapper. Member of the hip-hip group the Wu-Tang Clan
* Ice Cube – rapper, actor and producer.
* Jermaine Jackson – singer, bass guitarist
* Jay Electronica – rapper
* Junoon – Sufi rock band
* Kevin Gates – rapper
* K'naan – Canadian rapper of Somali descent He is a Sunni Muslim, and visited the Prophet's Mosque in Medina in 2015.
* Lupe Fiasco – rapper. He is a Sunni Muslim.
* MC Ren – rapper
* Mona Haydar – rapper
* Mos Def – rapper. Initially joined the Nation of Islam before converting to Sunni Islam.
* Napoleon – former member of Tupac Shakur's rap group the Outlawz, now a motivational Muslim speaker
* Native Deen – artist rap group
* Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Pakistani traditional singer, helped popularise Qawwali singing throughout the non-Muslim world
* Q-Tip – rapper. Formerly of A Tribe Called Quest. He is a Sunni Muslim.
* Raekwon – rapper. Member of the hip-hip group the Wu-Tang Clan
* Rakim – 5 percenter, rapper and former member of the hip-hop duo Eric B. & Rakim.
* Rhymefest – Grammy Award-winning hip hop artist and co-writer of the single "Jesus Walks"
* Rondodasosa - Italian rapper
* Scarface – rapper
* Sheck Wes — Senegalese rapper and songwriter
* Shila Amzah – Malaysian singer
* Sinéad O'Connor — Irish singer-songwriter. Converted to Islam in 2018
* Swizz Beatz – Producer
* SZA – American singer
* T-Pain – singer, rapper
* Rutaba Yaqub – Saudi Arabian singer
* Richard Thompson – British singer-songwriter
* Vinnie Paz – rapper in the hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks.
* Yuna – Malaysian singer-songwriter
* Yusef Lateef – jazz musician and Grammy Award winner
* Yusuf Islam – commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, a British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, humanitarian, and education philanthropist.

## YouTube

* Fouseytube -Palestinian YouTuber
* Nas Daily -Palestinian YouTuber
* Daud Kim -Korean YouTuber