Section: Culture
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Qais Essar: ‘Music is banned in Afghanistan. The quieter it gets there, the louder I have to be’
On two new albums, the boundary-breaking artist pushes the traditional rabab into uncharted territory
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Inside Kosovo’s feminist art festival
For the past 12 years, FemArt has created a space where important ideas are discussed and creativity flows freely
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The Apprentice: Ali Abbasi’s Trump origin story unveils a grotesque truth
The Iranian-Danish director returns with another grim tale — this time tracing a younger Donald Trump, whom he makes odious without becoming an inhuman caricature
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Reclaiming narratives for Black History Month and beyond
Across the UK, a wealth of organisations are dedicated to telling Black Muslim stories. Here are just a few of them
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‘If not now, when?’: Khalid Abdalla on revolution, hope and Nowhere
The actor speaks to Hyphen about his new play inspired by his experience of the Egyptian revolution
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Mustafa: ‘All I can do is remain as sincere as possible in the midst of all this madness’
The Canadian-Sudanese folk artist on his stunning new album Dunya, and how music should be a vehicle to speak out against injustice
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New exhibition weaves together the many strands of Palestinian experience
From painting and sculpture to the intricate embroidery of the Palestinian History Tapestry project, Art of Palestine brings a wealth of culture to the heart of London
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Fawzia Mirza on The Queen of My Dreams: ‘Love and joy are revolutionary’
The writer-director speaks to Hyphen about her first feature film, now in cinemas, drawing on her own experience as a queer Pakistani Muslim
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Venice film festival: a slim but exceptional selection of films from the Swana region
Our film critic reflects on her top picks by Muslim film-makers who screened their work at the 81st festival in Italy
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Another Sky: the festival exploring experimental music from the Swana region
The London event brings together experimental artists from south-west Asia and north Africa and the diaspora, exploring the possibilities of sounds and composition
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The surprising sounds of the Silk Roads
With a long history as a cultural crossroads, a new compilation shows how 1980s Uzbekistan became a crucible of sonic fusion — from Uyghur rock to glitzy disco
