{
  "id": 11586357,
  "title": "New York’s Inaugural Muslim Film Festival Aims to Move Past Counter-Narratives, Unveils Lineup, Jury (EXCLUSIVE)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/new-yorks-inaugural-muslim-film-festival-aims-to-move-past-counter",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-03T03:00:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/new-yorks-muslim-film-festival-counter-narratives-1236898067/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A festival launching Oct. 11 at Manhattan’s SVA Theatre is positioning itself as an answer to the flattened, stereotyped picture of Muslims Western media often traffics in. The New York Muslim Film Festival (NYMFF), billed as the city’s first for Muslim filmmakers, wants them telling their own stories. Hassan Babar, the festival’s artistic director, said […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}