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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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
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The best of Turkish psychedelia, from Selda to Derya Yıldırım
Blending experimental rock, funk and electronica with traditional instrumentation and Anatolian folk melodies, this genre has been pushing boundaries for more than half a century
