Topic: London
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Author joins fight to save UK’s oldest independent Islamic bookshop
London’s Dar Al Taqwa could shut within a year thanks to falling trade. Dr Sofia Rehman is among those urging the community to use or lose the shop
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Storytelling through scarves: textile workshop celebrates women’s resistance
Designer Kazna Asker and 3EIB on their relationship to the scarf ahead of upcycling event at the Whitechapel Gallery
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Darbar Festival celebrates 20 years bringing Indian classical music to the UK
This year’s event at London’s Barbican Centre highlights the healing elements of the ancient tradition alongside shows from pioneering artists
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Somali Week 2025 is telling real stories on their own terms
From a theatrical premiere to film, literature and family days, the annual event continues to break new cultural ground
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Can the Greens and Your Party take Labour’s remaining Muslim vote?
With Green membership surging under Polanski, and Corbyn and Sultana seemingly having buried the hatchet, hesitant Labour backers have new choices
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Daddies and Diapers are building a new community for young fathers
Opening up about their role as parents and spreading a message of positivity, these four friends are winning fans across social media
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Inquest finds Black Muslim woman died after missed opportunities in care
Ayaan Ali Waeys died of natural causes, coroner concludes, but says medics had chances to ‘change course of events’
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Lyrical jokes and creative insults: inside the world of Arabic dubbing
The people behind our favourite characters – Bluey to Captain Majid – rarely appear on screen, but you’ll recognise their voices. They are the invisible actors shaping childhoods, identities and language skills
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Arab artists to look out for at Frieze London
We select the galleries from the south-west Asia and north Africa region showing at this year’s art fair in the capital
