Section: Culture
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Tära: singing to keep Palestinian culture alive
A growing fanbase across Italy is responding to this singer’s message of hope and unity
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Top 5 films from the Middle East and north Africa at Cannes
These films from the Mena region and its diaspora demonstrate the power of storytelling as a form of resistance
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‘Home is a safe space’: a photo essay by Ash Islam
In this exclusive documentary project, the photographer takes an intimate look into the lives and homes of a small but growing UK Muslim community
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From Palestine to Sudan, the sounds of Shubbak grapple with a world in turmoil
Musicians at the London-based cultural festival respond to themes of war and violence with humanity, unity and imagination
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‘I’m a sucker for mixing genres’: Babak Anvari on his family horror Hallow Road
The British-Iranian director on creating his nerve-shredding yet dreamy drama
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‘It’s about being human’: Muslim women redefining chaplaincy in Britain
Chaplains offering pastoral care and support in both the public and corporate world are changing what religious leadership looks like
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‘It is our right to make our art’ — the creators of acclaimed show Milk ahead of its UK premiere
Bashar Murkus and Khulood Basel on their visual performance at Shubbak festival, the largest Palestinian theatre production to be staged in Britain in decades
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5 pieces of architecture that show how Islamic culture is built into Spain
Some of the country’s most glorious designs reveal its centuries-long Muslim history
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5 shows to look out for at the South Asian Sounds festival
The event comes to London’s Southbank Centre from 15-18 May with artists representing a wide range of genres from the region
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‘Through war and disillusion, how can Lebanon still be home?’
Photographer Ghaleb Cabbabé captures the changing landscape of his home country through the fragile beauty of daily life
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‘Every performance is treated as my last’: Aakash Odedra on his lifelong relationship with dance
The dancer speaks about his latest production, Songs of the Bulbul, based on the Sufi poem of the captured bird
