Section: Culture
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The lost recordings of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are testament to the enduring power of the qawwali singer
A new album, Chain of Light, with previously unheard tracks by the Pakistani musical icon, will be released this September, 34 years after they were first recorded
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Review: In Camera satirises the film industry, but also shows how its future can be brighter
The debut feature from Naqqash Khalid, with its terrific lead Nabhaan Rizwan, proves that a far more interesting story lies away from the prototypical white protagonist
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In Brutal Presence: the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower disaster
A poignant selection of images from a long-term photographic project on social housing and the effects of gentrification on community life
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Sweden’s immigrant hip-hop stars are redefining Swedishness
They may not broadcast their faith, but Muslim rappers are dominating the charts with music sharing the Swedish Muslim experience
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Muslim reality TV stars: where are they now?
From Bake Off to Love Island, UK Muslims have become some of the nation’s favourite overnight celebrities
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Slow Horses review: an anomaly in a media landscape that has for decades reinforced Islamophobic stereotypes
Series four of the celebrated Apple TV+ show is back, reshaping the cultural picture of what terrorism looks like
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Muslim and minority artists fear for their survival in Geert Wilders’ Netherlands
After triumphing in the 2023 Dutch elections, a far-right cabinet is withdrawing support to both arts and cultural activities
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‘It is the politics of visibility’: the community archives saving their histories from erasure
Marginalised communities have long fought to preserve their own stories and provide an alternative to the Eurocentric, colonial archive
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Moin Hussain Q&A: ‘Sky Peals is a story about alienation and this feeling that I was partly from somewhere else’
The director on his debut feature and why science fiction was the right genre for a film about mixed-race identity
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‘People in the Arab world don’t know that they have classical music of their own’
Oud player, academic and archivist Mustafa Said on his mission to preserve and revitalise a rich cultural legacy
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‘It’s too raw’: comedians feel conflicted over using their routines to criticise Israel’s war on Gaza
Comedy has historically been used as a form of protest, yet the conflict may be too painful for many Muslim comics










