Section: Culture
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Photo essay: Mohamed Hassan’s Our Hidden Room
In a new book, the Wales-based photographer uses images made by his late father to confront loss and keep their relationship alive
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A House of Dynamite: nuclear thriller shatters the myth of American exceptionalism
Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film is the culmination of a trilogy that examines fear — not of the ‘other’, but of the dark potential of Washington
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Kia Abdullah: ‘Crime fiction can tackle all of society’s big issues’
The bestselling author talks about faith, race, class and her gripping new novel
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Darbar Festival celebrates 20 years bringing Indian classical music to the UK
This year’s event at London’s Barbican Centre highlights the healing elements of the ancient tradition alongside shows from pioneering artists
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Somali Week 2025 is telling real stories on their own terms
From a theatrical premiere to film, literature and family days, the annual event continues to break new cultural ground
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Lyrical jokes and creative insults: inside the world of Arabic dubbing
The people behind our favourite characters – Bluey to Captain Majid – rarely appear on screen, but you’ll recognise their voices. They are the invisible actors shaping childhoods, identities and language skills
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Arab artists to look out for at Frieze London
We select the galleries from the south-west Asia and north Africa region showing at this year’s art fair in the capital
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Three electric films from Muslim voices at the BFI London film festival
Khartoum, With Hasan in Gaza and Black Rabbit, White Rabbit are works that share a restlessness and refusal to be reduced to headlines or easy archetypes
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Grace and Poise: inside the dance school changing the face of ballet
At what’s believed to be the world’s first Muslim ballet school, children perform to poetry, not music, making the artform accessible to all
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Hyphen’s cultural guide to Black History Month
Here’s our pick of the films, books, podcasts and lectures that celebrate Black Muslim stories in the UK and beyond
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Composer Bushra El-Turk: ‘You feel like an alien, but maybe that’s the curse of being an artist’
The British Lebanese composer speaks ahead of the UK premiere of her new work Oum, which takes inspiration from Umm Kulthum’s classic Al-Atlal
