Recipes from an Iranian prison: ‘If there is one book that shows the power of words, it’s this one’
“Women are second-class citizens in Iran and in prison they are oppressed even more,” Maziar Bahari says. The Iranian journalist and...
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Apr 10
When we lose parents and grandparents, it’s up to us to continue their stories
Before I knew who I was, I knew I was an immigrant. As long as I can remember, before I had a solid sense of self, passions, even...
Apr 10
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali are reigniting a centuries-old musical tradition
In the 28 years since the death of qawwali master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan , the centuries-old Sufi devotional music tradition has...
Apr 10
‘New artists need to take up the mantle now’: inside the west London scene that pioneered British Muslim hip-hop
Among the bustling market stalls in 1980s Shepherd’s Bush in west London, there was a small group of teenage boys breakdancing and...
Mar 24
‘It’s nice to be morally dubious’: Cheaters star Joshua McGuire on the hit show and his new role – as a rhino
F or the past five weeks, Joshua McGuire has been in a whitewashed room in north London pretending to be a rhinoceros. The 37-year-old...
Mar 24
Global Music Column – March
Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek – Yarın Yoksa S ince the 1960s, Turkish groups have honed a distinct blend of Anatolian folk and...
Mar 24
The one change that worked: I committed to therapy – and began to chip away at my grief and depression
I used to think I was great at therapy. From 17 to 23, I saw a total of four therapists for anywhere between two weeks and three months....
Feb 28
Yazz Ahmed interview: “I’ve always wanted to write about the rich tradition of Bahrain”
Over the past 15 years, trumpeter and composer Yazz Ahmed has been using her music to connect with her Bahraini heritage. Finding her...
Feb 28
‘This moment is medieval’: Jackson Katz on misogyny, the manosphere – and why men must oppose Trumpism
‘If it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to raise a rapist,” Jackson Katz says. “Perpetrators aren’t individual...
Feb 28
Global Music Column – February
Yazz Ahmed – A Paradise in the Hold Since the release of her 2011 debut album, Finding My Way Home, British Bahraini trumpeter Yazz Ahmed...
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