Topic: Urdu
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Labour and Greens vie for Gorton and Denton’s large Muslim vote
The Greens are deploying Urdu and Punjabi speakers while Labour calls in its national big guns. We asked local Muslims if any of it has cut through
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I’m proud to be an uncle, but please still call me ‘brother’
Growing up in the UK, my uncles and aunties were only ever family friends or community elders, so I’m glad I can now be a mamu for my nieces and nephews
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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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Being bilingual has gifted me with the power of overhearing gossip
Former colleagues were unaware I was fluent in two languages, so I was the first to hear when the best pastries arrived in the staffroom and could eavesdrop on the juiciest stories
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The fine art of calligraphy enters the boxing ring
Fighting to Be Heard, a unique exhibition held as part of Bradford’s City of Culture programme, brings two unlikely disciplines together
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Dialled In festival: ‘A space where brown bodies can come together and express their creativity’
Born of frustration with the lack of opportunity in the music industry, the event returns this weekend for an all-day celebration of music and culture from South Asia and the diaspora
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The lost recordings of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are testament to the enduring power of the qawwali singer
A new album, Chain of Light, with previously unheard tracks by the Pakistani musical icon, will be released this September, 34 years after they were first recorded
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Am I failing at raising a trilingual child?
For second-generation immigrant children, our parents’ languages are so much more than mere spoken words; they are the keys to our culture and heritage
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A visual feast of recipes and remembrance
In a new culinary photographic project titled The Rice is on the Hob, Tami Aftab and her father explore the relationship between food, identity and memory
