Topic: UK

The rise of halal Korean food

Restaurants are riding an unstoppable wave of interest in Korean culture and cuisine, serving up fried chicken and spicy jjigaes to hungry Muslim customers

Zahra Al Asaadi
My Ramadan: NHS doctor Khadijah Garkuwa

This Ramadan is Khadijah Garkuwa’s first as a junior A&E doctor. Here, she talks about balancing the demands of her work with fasting, prayer and contemplation

Aisha Rimi
Ramadan recipe: Snickers chia seed pudding

For the second instalment of our weekly series, Michelle Lee offers a delicious and filling breakfast dish

Michelle Lee

As I spend Ramadan alone as a refugee in the UK, I’m reminded of the life I’ve lost in Syria

I feel lonely and isolated away from my home, family and community — all the while learning to navigate the much-longer fasting hours
Meet the women using social media to sell halal food

Hundreds of women around the UK have become successful online vendors on Facebook and Instagram, selling everything from biryanis to samosas
‘It’s a dead town’: Bradford remains a victim of the decline of the UK high street

The cost of living crisis was just the latest blow to small businesses in the Yorkshire city. Can Bradford’s City of Culture status save the high street?
Ramadan recipe: Piri piri chicken wrap pizza

In the first of four weekly instalments, TikTok food star Michelle Lee whips up a spicy iftar treat
While politicians play around with words like ‘extremism’, Muslim women feel the real consequences

Michael Gove and other Conservative MPs are locked in petty squabbles over terms such as ‘Islamophobia’ and ‘anti-Muslim hate’, making these words meaningless in the face of our lived experience
My Ramadan: Sabah Ahmedi

Working at the UK’s largest mosque, Sabah Ahmedi has carved out a prominent social media presence as The Young Imam. Here he talks about his Ramadan routine and what the holy month means to him