Section: Culture
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Recipes from an Iranian prison: ‘If there is one book that shows the power of words, it’s this one’
Sepideh Gholian’s The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club is a memoir-cum-cookbook from the Iranian activist held in the country’s notorious jail
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Sikandar: an irresistibly explosive Bollywood drama
Despite the plot holes and silliness, there’s so much fun to be had in AR Murugadoss’ new action film
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Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali are reigniting a centuries-old musical tradition
After a recording hiatus of more than 20 years, the nephews and students of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan have released a new album and are ready to take their family’s artistic heritage to new heights
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Artist Mahtab Hussain on turning the gaze back on the surveillance state
What Did You Want To See? celebrates British-Muslim identity while exploring the tension between being visible and being monitored
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In pictures: Eid celebrations around the world
Millions of Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting
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Inside the BBC’s first ever live Eid broadcast
The Eid al-Fitr service at Bradford Central Mosque is set to be streamed live as part of the BBC’s faith coverage
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Disco Tehran comes to the UK
The New York-based party celebrates the 1970s golden age of Iranian dance music and imagines a different present
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Ramadan Revelations — a study of faith and prayer under pandemic lockdown
During an unprecedented Ramadan, photographer Nadia Girach used her camera to capture the essence of faith
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War Paint: documentary shines light on radical role of women artists
Margy Kinmonth’s latest film showcases 16 artists on the front lines of conflict and their powerful responses to war through art
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A Bulgarian artist’s journey to unearth her family’s forbidden Muslim name
Vera Hadzhiyska’s multimedia project recovers her family’s names that were erased in Bulgaria’s forced assimilation campaigns of the 20th century
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The magic of carpets
With a collection of more than 4,000 intricately woven antique rugs, a family business is bringing this ancient art form to a new generation
