Amal Rahman, a seven-year-old schoolgirl from Halifax has sold 200 copies of her book, Ray’s Balloon Hullaballoo, worldwide. She first wrote the story at the tender age of six and impressed her school teacher with her unique storytelling abilities and illustrations. The book, which is inspired by The Great Balloon Hullabaloo written by Peter Bently

BBC journalist Samrah Fatima is producing a new five-part weekly podcast in Hindi and Urdu languages. The podcast, called ‘Drama Queen’ has the London-based journalist talk about common social issues faced by the people of both India and Pakistan. It will be available for people to listen to on BBC News Hindi and BBC News

Picture by Salma Zulfiqar British artist Salma Zulfiqar’s film ‘Migration Blanket’ is set to premiere in Venice, Italy in the attendance of HRH Princess Esmeralda of Belgium on April 23 this year. The film is based on the effects of climate change on women’s lives leading them to marry early and being unable to get a good