Section: Culture
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Events and screenings to look out for at London Indian Film Festival
Highlights include a discussion with Bollywood star Aamir Khan and a reunion of the cast of Goodness Gracious Me
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Hala Alyan on her ‘messiest, most uncomfortable experience of writing’
I’ll Tell You When I’m Home, the author’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated memoir, explores trauma, displacement and the stories we pass on to our children
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The Migration Matters Festival returns to Sheffield with a packed programme
Encompassing art, film, food and conversation, the nine-day event explores identity and belonging and celebrates the diverse culture of the UK’s first City of Sanctuary
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The Camden helpline that supported South Asians at the height of racist violence in 1980s London
As racial tensions increased in the capital in the capital, volunteers started a monitoring helpline and arranged for safe transport for people of colour. A new play, Camdenwalla, looks back at this history
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Photo essay: Ikram Abdulkadir’s Soft Focus
The Swedish-Somali photographer’s first hometown exhibition is an intimate celebration of family and community
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DJ SaiSounds wants you to Play Somali House music
A new blend of east African heritage and cutting-edge electronic rhythms is taking over clubland
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Why Italian writer Igiaba Scego stopped ‘playing the defence attorney’ for Islam
The acclaimed author of Cassandra in Mogadishu discusses identity, visibility and why she no longer feels obliged to apologise for violence carried out in Islam’s name
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New novel brings the forgotten story of Saddam Hussein’s atrocities against Iraqi Kurds to life
Human rights investigator Joost Hiltermann spent years documenting the murderous Anfal campaign. Now he is using fiction to tell the real story
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Deli Boys season 2 — the only disappointment is how quickly it ends
The Disney+ comedy carries all the swagger of a show that’s already won over its audience, and creator Abdullah Saeed remains committed to making audiences laugh by any means necessary
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‘Not just ticking the box’: what representation really means for Muslims in the arts
More writers across TV and theatre are now creating work that pushes back against limiting and sometimes harmful portrayals of Muslim life
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The P Word returns and has become ‘even more relevant’
The Olivier-winning play about a queer South Asian love story in the context of the UK’s asylum system is showing at London’s Bush Theatre
