Section: Voices
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Mass Ndow-Njie Q&A: ‘You don’t need to talk with a specific accent or have a wealthy family to be a barrister’
The lawyer and charity founder on his mission to diversify the legal profession
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Rabiah Hussain Q&A: ‘I wanted to look at the emotional impact of language’
The writer talks about her new Royal Court play, and how growing up with British bhangra and qawwali influenced her work
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Habeeb Akande Q&A: ‘I’m trying to show people that Islam is a sex-positive religion’
The sex educator and author on combating misinformation and tackling taboos
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Asim Abbasi Q&A: ‘Doors opened up for me in Pakistan because the film and TV industry was growing’
The filmmaker and director talks about ITV’s Muslim comedy horror Count Abdulla
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Sabir Zazai Q&A: ‘The UK government’s Rwanda plan is inhumane, costly and unworkable’
The CEO of the Scottish Refugee Council on the illegal immigration bill and being a welcoming country
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Turmoil in France holds lessons for the UK
Political complacency over growing inequality risks undermining Britain’s model of diversity
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Saima Duhare Q&A: ‘I want to conquer every Muslim kitchen in the UK’
The halal recipe box entrepreneur talks about her mission to change the way we eat
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Tez Ilyas Q&A: ‘We’re still a little bit non-PC up north’
The comedian and actor on why he teamed up with a charity to help the vulnerable in Syria and Pakistan, and his love of Usher
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Lucy Bushill-Matthews Q&A: ‘Nearly 4,000 Muslims applied for financial aid in a month’
The National Zakat Foundation’s chief operating officer talks about the challenges faced by charities during the cost of living crisis and the generosity of donors
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Why the Windrush scandal matters to British Muslims
The ship that brought Caribbean workers to the UK has become a shorthand for the history of postwar Commonwealth immigration — and the nation’s failure to observe the rights of its passengers
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Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi Q&A: ‘I’m interested in the unexpected feelings that rise up within us’
The writer and author speaks about language, colonialism and the rollercoaster ride of writing a first novel
