Section: Voices
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What I learned from observing Ramadan while working in parliament
The holy month makes Muslims in Westminster more visible. For MPs, it can be particularly hard — but it’s not without its rewards
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How should we choose the right madrasa for our child?
Deciding on your child’s education is one of the many difficult conversations one has as a parent
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7 things I want Muslims to know about autism
It’s World Autism Awareness Day. While there’s no one-size-fits all set of instructions, understanding, patience, respecting boundaries and treating us like grownups are great places to start
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Trump’s tariffs could blow Rachel Reeves’s planning out of the water
As the chancellor delivers her spring statement, Britain has been trying to reassure industry without angering the US
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Labour has delivered a cruel and needless hammer blow to disabled people
Devastating cuts to benefits won’t help anyone back to work and will push thousands into deeper poverty
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An ode to the routine family chaos of Eid
Now we are adults, there are fewer visits from rude relatives but we still descend into our roles as rowdy children
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Salma Ibrahim: ‘I know so many Black and Muslim writers, but the people getting published don’t reflect that’
The author on her debut novel Salutation Road and building opportunities for writers of colour
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Starmer says welfare cuts are necessary. MPs say it’s austerity 2.0
Some disabled people could lose up to £10,000 a year thanks to new rules on Pip and incapacity benefit payments. Some backbenchers are furious
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To be transgender and religious is to live a life of tension
In living as I do — Muslim, transgender, whole — I have found a middle ground that feels sacred
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The UK can learn lessons from how Muslim leaders organised themselves against Covid-19 in 2020
On the fifth anniversary of the global pandemic, my research underlines the important work of Muslim leaders and healthcare workers
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Labour’s welfare proposals are causing deep divisions within the party
Keir Starmer’s government was elected on the promise of transforming people’s lives, but some of its MPs believe more austerity is no change at all
