Image by Nq/Soho Theatre Soho Theatre has announced the appointment of Farzana Baduel (pictured above) to its Board of Trustees. Chaired by Dame Heather Rabbatts DBE, Farzana joins current Soho Theatre Board members Nicholas Allott OBE, David Aukin, Hani Farsi, Lornette Harley, Fawn James, Shaparak Khorsandi, Jeremy King OBE, Kate Mayne and David Reitman, and […]
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Image by Steve Welsh/PA Wire Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has said there is still “deep-rooted, systemic and endemic” Islamophobia in the UK and that it is getting worse. Mr Yousaf, the country’s first Muslim First Minister, is the son of first-generation immigrants. His father, Muzaffar Yousaf, came to Scotland from Pakistan while his mother,
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Image by Asian Express Scottish Cricketer Abtaha Maqsood (pictured above) has returned to CBeebies this month to read a bedtime story teaching kids about Muslim head coverings. Competing for Birmingham Phoenix, Maqsood is the first women to war a hijab while taking part in Ye Hundred. The cricketer co-designed the custom hijabs she competes in.
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Image by @ManPalestine Protesters confronted the deputy leader of the Labour Party during a recent fundraiser in Stockport. A man approaches the stage and tells Angela Rayner he had ‘lost his family in Gaza’. He was then escorted out the room by a police officer while demanding to know why there had not been calls for
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Image by Adnan Abidi/Reuters India’s Tata Group and Europe’s Airbus have signed an agreement to manufacture civilian helicopters together. Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra confirmed last Friday that the deal was signed during the state visit of French President Emmanuel Macron (pictured above). Tata and Airbus are already cooperating on making the C-295 transport aircraft
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Image by Asian Image Some shocking images and a video were released recently of a flight on the runway at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Airport shows gallons of fuel gushing out as terrified passengers watch on. The flight was supposed to take off at 9:30pm local time but didn’t take off until 2am with the
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Spinner Shoaib Bashir (pictured above) has returned to the UK in order to deal with a visa delay that is preventing him from joining the England squad in India. The uncapped 20-year-old, who is of Pakistani descent, was initially left in Abu Dhabi when the rest of the team travelled on Sunday. Bashir is still
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Image by West Midlands Police Two 15 year old boys have been arrested in connection with the death of 17-year-old Muhammad Hassam Ali who was stabbed to death in Birmingham city centre. The incident occurred in Victoria Square at 3:30pm on the afternoon of Saturday the 20th of January. Muhammad was rushed to hospital but
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Image by Richard Pohle/The Times/PA Prime Minister Rishi Sunak paid a visit to the National Film and Television School (NFTS) in Beaconsfield this week to promote the work of the UK’s film and TV industry. A £77 million funding boost for the creative industries was announced by the Government last June as part of their
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Image by aatlas from Pixabay National Research commissioned by Showcase Cinemas has shown that Cool Runnings has been named the UK’s favourite sports movie of all time. The research has been carried out in order to celebrate the release of ‘Next Goal Wins’, the inspiring true story of the American Samoa national football team, which came out on
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