Section: Q&A
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Cancer awareness activist Allia Amjad: ‘There are still so many fears and taboos’
While undergoing cancer treatment, Amjad longed to connect with other Muslim women who shared her experience, so she founded a support group
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Bradford 2025: ‘The city’s diversity and generosity of spirit are extraordinary’
Creative director Shanaz Gulzar on building a UK City of Culture and rewriting Bradford’s narrative
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While We Wait: exhibition tells stories of displaced women in Jordan
Rayna Carruthers’ photographs showing at the Glasgow Women’s Library reflect personal stories of displacement from Sudan, Yemen and Somalia
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Poet Yasmin Ali: ‘We shouldn’t have to justify who we are’
The spoken word artist on using lyricism and poetry to challenge stereotypes of underrepresented communities
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Shorsh Saleh: ‘You have to find your roots in order to make art’
The artist and carpet weaver uses his craft to tell stories of migration, inspired by his own experience after facing years in limbo in the UK’s asylum system
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Professor Muhammad Abdel Haleem: ‘The Qur’an is with me every day’
First published in 2004, Haleem's work is still widely regarded as the authoritative English translation of Islam’s key religious text
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Murad Khan Mumtaz: ‘There’s a huge European bias in art scholarship’
The artist and historian on his latest book, the misunderstood meanings of Mughal painting and unlocking a deeper understanding of Islam
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Anti-knife crime campaigner Hawa Haragakiza: ‘If I can protect even one child, that gives me some comfort’
Tamim Ian Habimana was stabbed to death on his way home from school in 2021. His mother has since dedicated her life to tackling youth knife crime and founded a charity in his legacy
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Ruhi Loren Akhtar: ‘We always have to speak louder to be heard’
The founder of charity Refugee Biriyani & Bananas on the lack of diversity in the humanitarian field, and the challenges of working in Gaza
