How TikTok Is Giving Us The Muslim Representation That Hollywood Can’t

How TikTok Is Giving Us The Muslim Representation That Hollywood Can’t

TikTok has quickly become a major player in the media space, and so too a platform for diverse ... [+] representation (Photo Illustration by Chesnot/Getty Images)



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“We no longer need Hollywood,” said Malek, a Muslim content creator better known as @arabicmclovin on TikTok. “We don't need those people to give us a platform. We're creating our own.”

The lack of authentic Muslim representation in Hollywood is well known. And while there has been promising signs of change, repeated setbacks continue to frustrate a community looking to see themselves reflected onscreen. So, with the rise of the massively popular social media app TikTok, Muslim content creators have decided to take things into their own hands.

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