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Muslim Oscar Nominees

This is is a list of every Muslim person to be nominated for an Oscar.

The last ceremony to not have a single Muslim nominee was the 96th Academy Awards, held in 2024.

Special Note: The award for Best International Feature is technically given to the submitting country and not to any individual. However, it is the director who accepts the award on behalf of the country and so, for the purposes of recognizing Muslim contributions to the Oscars, films directed by Muslim people that were nominated for this category will be included.

Categories:
Best Adapted Screenplay:
- Nominated: 1935 (Achmed Abdullah - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer)
- Total: 2/0
Best Live-Action Short:
- Nominated: 1960 (Ismail Merchant…

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  • The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
  • The Creation of Woman
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • The Forbidden Volcano
  • A Room with a View
  • Howards End
  • The Remains of the Day
  • Twister
  • The Wings of the Dove
  • Children of Heaven
  • Killing Joe
  • The Perfect Storm
  • Speed for Thespians
  • Johnny Flynton
  • House of Sand and Fog
  • Paradise Now
  • Apocalypto
  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • 127 Hours
  • Saving Face
  • A Separation
  • Five Broken Cameras
  • The Square
  • Karama Has No Walls
  • Omar
  • Parvaneh
  • Amy
  • A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
  • Moonlight
  • The Salesman
  • Last Men in Aleppo
  • The Big Sick
  • The Insult
  • Green Book
  • Of Fathers and Sons
  • The Cave
  • For Sama
  • Brotherhood
  • Sound of Metal
  • The Long Goodbye
  • In the Shadow of the Cypress
  • No Other Land
  • It Was Just an Accident