Topic: Colonialism
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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
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Muslim soldiers’ story ‘woven into fabric of UK’, says faith minister
Nesil Caliskan made comments in light of government announcement that it wants long-awaited Muslim war memorial built by late 2028
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‘I will always fight against fascism’: Zineb Sedira on her Tate Britain commission
In her largest UK commission, the artist pays tribute to the legacy of radical 1960s-70s African cinema and the central role Algeria played as a revolutionary hub
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The Somali Village revisits Bradford’s forgotten colonial exhibition
A new exhibit examines the city’s ties to a troubling form of imperial entertainment
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Film-maker Rehana Zaman on the lands that inspire her
The artist’s latest body of work — two films examining questions of land ownership, immigration and labour — will be touring galleries across the UK and Ireland throughout the year
