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LOS ANGELES – Actors and characters of Middle Eastern and North African descent are either ignored by TV or stereotyped, according to a new study. The few such actors who get work are largely ...

HitFix's Daniel Fienberg writes about why it matters that FX’s ‘Tyrant’ didn't cast a Middle Eastern actor in its lead role, going instead with British thespian Adam Rayner.

It's a good time to be an actor from the Middle East and Asia right now. The upcoming glut of Hollywood films dealing with the region has seen a dramatic increase in opportunities for thesps of ...

When a actor who is Middle Eastern of North African portrays a character that’s of MENA heritage (which happens only about half the time), 78% are playing either dictators or what the study ...

Armenian-American author and playwright Shahe Mankerian, whose one-act Worm appears in ReOrient, sees the trend toward staging more Middle-Eastern theatre in San Francisco and L.A. as a good sign ...

CAIRO, Egypt -- Earlier this year, Egyptian actor Amr Waked landed a role in a miniseries about the life of Saddam Hussein. For Mr. Waked, who had appeared with George Clooney in the film "Syriana ...

ATLANTA — Producers working on the upcoming Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect” are looking for fresh faces. Marinella Hume Casting are looking for two men who have a Middle Eastern background ...

Middle Eastern actors ignored, stereotyped by US TV, study finds Only 1 percent of regularly seen American television actors have roots in countries such as Egypt, Turkey and Israel, despite ...