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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
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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
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Cloves: a warming and fragrant treasure
From biryani to chai and mince pies, this spice gives deep flavour to the cooler months
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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
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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
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Decked out in deq: traditional Kurdish tattoos enjoy a revival across the diaspora
Ten years ago, artist Elu threw herself into saving an ancient, female marking technique. Now everyone wants one
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Marseille’s ‘exile cuisine’ has made it a new gastronomic capital
France’s largest port city is reinventing its image through a thriving north African food scene
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Downing Street’s failure to defend Sadiq Khan hasn’t gone down well
Donald Trump called the mayor of London ‘terrible’ during a rant some see as Islamophobic. Some MPs say Keir Starmer should have stepped up
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Halal investors and pension holders ‘unknowingly profiting’ from war in Gaza
Sharia-compliant investment funds and pensions have more than $1bn tied up in firms accused of helping Israel destroy the coastal strip, analysis reveals
