A weekend of fashion and beauty
Thousands of shoppers descended on London’s Docklands for London Muslim Shopping Festival
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The UK’s biggest pre-Ramadan retail event returned for its seventh year at the ExCel centre in east London on 25 February. The London Muslim Shopping Festival, which attracted more than 20,000 attendees over two days, featured leading brands selling Muslim-friendly fashion, beauty and food products.
Here are some of the highlights.




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