The non-Zabiha Turkey fell easily onto my plate. Not just one slice either, several. It was to be the first, in a series of challenging incidents which took place over Thanksgiving weekend in Ireland. I was invited to attend a dinner at a Christian outreach center called An Cuan (The Harbor), in the town of …
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MANCHESTER – Qaisra Shahraz, is an internationally renowned author of British-Pakistani heritage. Her novels include ‘The Holy Woman’ and ‘Revolt.’ Qaisra’s interfaith activism outside the world of writing has won her plaudits. She was the winner of the National Diversity ‘Lifetime Achiever Award’ in 2016 and a year later, named the most influential woman in …
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ISTANBUL – Sitting in a tent, surrounded by film crew, I notice a muddy streak on my new sketchers. It must have happened as I walked across the Nomadic village set before taking my seat next to the director, of Ertugrul: Resurrection, Metin Günay. I will never wash the mud off. My girlish glee has …
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Forty minutes from Istanbul, I am starting to feel car sick as our minivan turns off the road, onto a rocky mountain track, in the midst of the Beykoz forest. In the Ottoman period, this vast woodland, to the north of the Turkish capital, was a favorite hunting place and regional retreat, for the Ottoman …
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MANCHESTER – Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) held a national conference on best practice and forward thinking in UK mosques on Saturday, October 6. More than 300 attendees from different community areas gathered in a vast marquee at the British Muslim Heritage Centre (BMHC), exploring the theme #PeopleNotBuildings. Topics covered during the one-day event focused …
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Haworth. A cobbled, charming timepiece village, shunted, deep into the Yorkshire Moors. Setting off in the car with my daughters, I suspect we will soon risk stares as we (Anglo-Hijabis) join, almost uniquely, ‘white’ hiking families, on secluded walks, in the North of England . We arrive outside Ye Olde Apothecary, on the sweetly named …
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