Really touched to see dad among those remembered at the BBC News Awards earlier this week, along with the other brilliant talent that we sadly lost in the past year 🤍

I am very excited to share that I will be chairing the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre’s upcoming annual lecture next Tuesday.

Details about booking/registering are available on the link below.

Join us on Saturday 20th of April’s at Mayor of London Eid in the Square 🎪 and explore this year’s theme of ‘Identity.’
Share your thoughts on identity, have your portrait taken participate in a ‘live exhibition’, contribute to the archive.

🧵check for all the activities!

🍵Join us for a special workshop on “A Journey Through Cultures: Japanese Tea Ceremony & Talk on New Traditional Japanese Culture Inspired by Turkish Spirituality” with Dr. Naoki Yamamoto!

📅 Friday, April 26th
🕖 7:00 PM
📍10 Maple St, W1T 5HA
🎟️ …hjapaneseteaceremony.eventbrite.co.uk

Man who set fire to elderly worshippers leaving mosques in London and Birmingham handed hospital order independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…

Almost 10 days on from the remarkable Open Iftar event by Ramadan Tent Project at Trafalgar Square, we’re back for the Mayor of London Eid in the Square this weekend!

Join thousands across the country to celebrate Eid Al Fitr.

More information can be found via: lnkd.in/dXUWcXnx

Here’s the thing: someone can be both British *and* Muslim.

I’m so proud that - from June - Tower Hamlets will offer free swimming to all girls and women over the age of 16, and all men over 55.

Our borough has wide health inequalities. We will continue to think outside the box to tackle them.

Foreign press doing what Pakistani press should be doing.

Fifty years since Imran Khan's golden county summer – and now he is languishing in jail telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2024/0… #ReleaseImranKhan

Asna Tabassum, a top Muslim graduate at the University of Southern California, condemns the institution's decision to cancel her graduation speech due to complaints about her support for Palestinians ⤵️

Join us on Tue 23rd Apr at our next #CreativeCloseUp with award-winning journalist and tech entrepreneur Yusuf Omar 🎥📱 including a special screening of a first person account from Gaza ‘Ahmad Alive’. 🤳

🎟️Two ticket types are available for this event: tickettailor.com/events/nowinam…

The latest example showing the longstanding failure of the Conservatives in engaging with Muslim communities or on tackling Islamophobia.

It's a disgrace that any party of government treat Muslim communities worse than other communities.

“Reza Gholami, a professor of sociology of education at the University of Birmingham, said the prayer ban was part of a political pattern of education policymakers and leaders using ideas of Muslim extremism as a “shock tactic” to make 🧵

theguardian.com/education/2024…

Will the ‘cancel culture’ crowd speak up about the silencing of Asna Tabassum? Don’t hold your breath
The University of Southern California canceled its valedictorian’s planned speech after pro-Palestinian posts. It’s no surprise
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Interested in the history of digital community archives? 🔍
Join the free online Digital Community Archiving seminar on 24th April from Institute of Historical Research :
history.ac.uk/events/digital…