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How Can I Make My Workplace More Inclusive and Culturally Aware?

In April 2018, I received an email from a Muslim colleague to help run and organise a pre-Ramadan event at work. I started to...

BOOK REVIEW: After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split by Lesley Hazleton

As a Sunni Muslim, I never had the chance to learn about this political split between Muslims. Whenever I would ask an elder growing...

Colourism: Community Racism

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article has been reposted from the Manchester Museum Our Shared Cultural Heritage blog: https://sharedculturalheritage.wordpress.com/2020/04/24/colourism-community-racism/ Colourism I wish I had known the meaning of colourism growing...

Surviving the Pandemic Away from Home

Welcome to one of the worst decisions of my existence so far. So, before COVID-19 became a worldwide pandemic, my baby brother was getting married...

The Vulnerables

In light of this month’s World Mental Health Day,  Ghazal Choudhary discusses how governmental reforms and cuts are doing nothing to help the disabled...

The Dangers of Black Henna

Charlotte Cripps writes how she put her life at risk without realising by getting a black henna tattoo on holiday in Croatia. Looking down at my...

Hetain Patel’s ‘American Boy’

Moiza Butt reviews Patel’s performance and interviews the up-and-coming visual artist about how he is using the stage to tackle stereotypes. This was a night for the...

Could the Hajj Stampede Have Been Avoided?

By Sabah Ismail Last month, in the most devastating disaster to have hit Saudi Arabia in a long while, over 2000 people were crushed to...

Seema Jaya Sharma: Forever ‘Alive’

Seema Jaya Sharma, a mother-of-two from Ilford in London, passed away after a six-year battle with cancer last month. Read Sabah Ismail’s article that she...

Muslims “Quietly Condone Terrorism” – a Desperate Lie

While Muslims around the world fasted during the holy month of Ramaḍān, both terrorists and politicians alike continued in their respective destructive crusades which...

Manchester Srebrenica Memorial Week

By Sairah Yassir Around two months ago, volunteers Aisha Mirza, Amna Abdul, Ali Raza Ilyas, Katie Rose Elizabeth Parker, Jamila Kossar, Farah Anwar-Bawany, Yusuf Tai, Noordad Aziz,...

Manchester Multiculturalism: Fasting, Food & Festival

MEND, Myriad Foundation and #ShareRamadan came together during Ramadan to hold an event at Sheridan Suite, where the diverse people of the North West,...
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‘I wrote myself a lead role because no one else is going to give me one’: Q&A with Saher Shah

Click here to read Noor's review of Saher's play Vitamin D. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been edited to make it more concise and understandable. How...

‘Vitamin D’: A Powerful Exploration of Divorce in South Asian Culture

Click here to read Noor's full interview with Saher. If you're looking for a truly captivating theatre experience in Manchester, then look no further than...

Breaking Bread and Building Belonging: The Ramadan Tent Project’s Open Iftar in Manchester

In celebration of its 10-year anniversary, The Ramadan Tent Project charity are holding their Open Iftar events in cities all over the UK, inviting...

Creature: A Disturbingly Beautiful Film

The creators London-born Akram Khan is of Bangledeshi heritage, and a choreographer known for injecting his South Asian roots and contemporary dance into his work....