Topic: UK

Upcycled Sajada reclaims the prayer mat

Sustainability, creativity and conversation are at the core of this innovative community workshop

Zahra Onsori
UK Asian Film Festival 2026 preview: art as a warning against indifference

Ghost School and Shadowbox, screening at this year’s festival, are two deeply affecting portraits of women navigating impossible circumstances

Leila Latif
Starmer ‘wants to be a statesman’. But some Labour MPs are getting restless

There’s no guarantee that Starmer can have an impact internationally, and there’s still little detail on how he’ll mitigate domestic effects of war

Shehab Khan

As a mother, I hope to pass on the qualities of the remarkable women who came before me

Only now that I have children can I truly appreciate how much the generations of women in my family did to provide us with love and protection
Campaigners welcome £750,000 burials pledge but warn it is ‘temporary fix’

Newham Muslim Burial Association is calling for a permanent site in the east London borough, but says spending commitment is a positive step
Six doctors dismissed my endometriosis. Now I know I’m not the only one

My story features in a study by Endometriosis UK and Cysters that found women from ethnic minority backgrounds wait an average 11 years for diagnosis
In a world that expects the opposite from us, the joy of Muslim women is radical

Shahed Ezaydi on the harms of white feminism and why she wrote her debut book The Othered Woman
Meet the Muslim collectors whose childhood hobbies are now worth thousands

Collectables including Pokémon cards and comics now count towards zakat, depending on why they are owned, meaning childhood treasures now carry both sentimental and financial weight
Trump’s attacks on the UK have calmed Starmer’s opponents

The crisis sparked by the US president telling Britain to ‘learn to fight for yourself’ appears to have solidified support for the PM