Section: Voices
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Hannah Abdule Q&A: ‘There are not enough spaces for Muslim women in the arts’
Award-winning British-Somali artistic director and producer Hannah Abdule discusses her upcoming shows and her theatre collective for Black women
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Ishy Din Q&A: ‘There is a lot of generational trauma that came from the partition of India’
The award-winning playwright on his retelling of partition and the legacy of empire for British South Asians
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Young Muslims are too afraid to speak out due to Prevent
As a teacher, I see students self-censoring in the classroom, especially on issues like Gaza, out of fear of being labelled ‘extremist’ by the government’s counter-terrorism programme
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The UK’s outrage over foreign aid worker killings in Gaza highlights just how little Palestinian lives matter
The deaths of World Central Kitchen staff members have been allowed to overshadow the slaying of tens of thousands of Palestinians since 7 October
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Maysoon Zayid Q&A: ‘I became a comedian because I was a drama queen’
The comedian on the discrimination she’s faced as a Palestinian-American since 7 October
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There is beauty in the shared experience of Ramadan
I visited Muslim communities across the UK and saw why it is such a special period for so many
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I’m not a typo, so why does autocorrect keep changing my name?
A new campaign is calling for tech companies to stop othering people and erasing our names
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Marwa al-Sabouni Q&A: ‘The destruction of home is an attack on hope’
The Syrian architect on how buildings and urban planning shape conflict and societies
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My time in a psychiatric ward made my religious father confront the reality of mental illness
With every visit, his preconceptions changed to empathy and acceptance
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Areeb Siddiqui Q&A: ‘Do Muslims actually care about banking without compromise? Absolutely they do’
The halal money app CEO on helping people put their personal finances on a sound and Sharia-compliant footing
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My Ramadan: Beth Botham
As a recent convert to Islam, Beth Botham is documenting her first Ramadan through TikTok, sharing her spiritual journey with her online community
