Topic: Birmingham
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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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‘We showed strength and resilience’: The first mosques to offer Covid vaccines
In early 2021, UK mosques began setting themselves up as vaccine centres for the first time, helping fight disinformation in their communities
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Filling the Yemen-sized hole in my heart and stomach
From sumptuously spiced family feasts to glorious coffee and pastries, the country’s cuisine deserves to be among the UK’s favourites
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New wave of Muslim-run archery clubs on target to bring the sport to everyone
Mastery of the bow and arrow is deeply embedded in Islam, but high costs and lack of accessibility has kept participation low among ethnic minorities. Now, that is changing
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A halal guide to the UK’s Michelin-starred restaurants
From modern British cuisine to the old-world glamour of The Ritz, the country’s top-rated restaurants are serving up delicious — and accessible — dishes
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Ignore the sham debate over multiculturalism — the UK is already diverse
Politicians might warn of the demise of ‘British values’, but across the UK, ethnic diversity is part of the fabric of everyday life
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‘I was an optometrist. Now I’m an MP. I had to sink or swim’
One hundred days into the job, parliament’s new independent members are getting to grips with the dress code and their fellow MPs. But can they make a difference?
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A year on from 7 October, British Muslims and Jews alike are grieving and alienated
Muslim and Jewish communities in Britain both feel the trauma of a year of conflict. But politically, their experiences are very different
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‘The right isn’t the same as the far right’: what Muslim Tories think about leadership race
We asked Muslim Conservative members at the annual party conference how they felt about Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, Tom Tugendhat and James Cleverly
