Topic: Colonialism
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Famous faces back campaign for partition memorial in UK
MPs Naz Shah and Apsana Begum are among hundreds of names on an open letter ahead of the 80th anniversary of Britain’s 1947 partition of India
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Suzannah Mirghani on making her debut feature at a ‘time of destruction in Sudan’
The director’s debut feature film, Cotton Queen, is a story of women’s rights and the scars of British colonialism
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Lebanese poet Nur Turkmani on building a life in a city that’s continually being erased
A new collection of writings offers a deeply personal take on Beirut’s place in an increasingly volatile world
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Visiting Rwanda with Destination Dawah is a life-changing experience
Since 2022, the Islamic Education & Research Academy’s international outreach programme has forged connections with more than 100 communities across the country
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Campaign for Muslim war memorial in London to shut and back West Mids bid
National Muslim War Memorial Trust will close down and transfer its £19,000 balance to the Staffordshire-focused World Wars Muslim Memorial Trust
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The best summer reads for 2026
From sweeping historical fiction to propulsive thrillers, here are five books to get you through heatwaves and holidays, all from authors of Muslim heritage
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Inside London’s artivist spaces building political engagement through creativity
Artivism uses creative practice to engage with political issues, turning conversations about racism, migration and economic inequality into shared visual work
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Photo essay: Camille Farrah Lenain’s Made of Smokeless Fire
The photographer’s new monograph is a love letter to her late uncle and a moving representation of the Muslim LGBTQI+ community in France
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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
