Topic: UK

Afghan women medical students on their new lives in Scotland

One year ago, a group of 19 student doctors arrived in Edinburgh from Kabul. Here, they talk about their experiences and hopes for the future

Mariam Amini
Three electric films from Muslim voices at the BFI London film festival

Khartoum, With Hasan in Gaza and Black Rabbit, White Rabbit are works that share a restlessness and refusal to be reduced to headlines or easy archetypes

Leila Latif
Grace and Poise: inside the dance school changing the face of ballet

At what’s believed to be the world’s first Muslim ballet school, children perform to poetry, not music, making the artform accessible to all

Anita Mureithi

Sacked faith minister: government must tackle hate against Muslims

Wajid Khan said Britain needed to celebrate the contributions of migrants and warned against scrapping anti-Islamophobia work
Hyphen’s cultural guide to Black History Month

Here’s our pick of the films, books, podcasts and lectures that celebrate Black Muslim stories in the UK and beyond
Labour is openly fighting Reform on two fronts. Will it work?

Shabana Mahmood’s speech to this year’s Labour conference revealed a tension in the party’s approach to Nigel Farage
Grassroots cricket clubs welcome new indoor domes — but are they out of reach?

Government says £1.5m indoor venues in Luton and Lancashire will “break down barriers”
Composer Bushra El-Turk: ‘You feel like an alien, but maybe that’s the curse of being an artist’

The British Lebanese composer speaks ahead of the UK premiere of her new work Oum, which takes inspiration from Umm Kulthum’s classic Al-Atlal
Black Muslim woman’s death caused by missed pregnancy complication, inquest told

An inquest heard that Ayaan Ali Waeys, 35, should have been admitted to hospital with pre-eclampsia. Her family believe discrimination played a part