This week, Peter Gould spreads the word about a calligrapher who expands her artistic boundaries to venture into entirely different realms of expression. Soraya Sanders is a gifted calligrapher based in the UK. Her recent project, Hurriyah (video below; meaning “Freedom” in Arabic), is a stunning creative fusion of calligraphy, animation and dance. Soraya has pushed and shifted … Read more
How one clever Muslim replaced a “beer challenge” with a wholesome, spiritual trend that has grown to attract big names from the online ummah. By Omar Shahid. This year’s ALS ice bucket challenge went viral. Inviting the likes of Bill Clinton, Mark Zuckerburg and even George Bush to dump ice cold water on their heads, ALS raised over … Read more
In this outdoor performance, one half of the British Muslim hip-hop and spoken word duo waxes lyrical about London’s homeless. By Sya Taha. Standing in front of a fence with trains rushing behind her, Sukina Abdul Noor of Poetic Pilgrimage performs a spoken word “Saints in the City” for the RamadanTV 2013 YouTube channel. Through their art and … Read more
ANKARA, September 30, 2013. By Fulya Ozerkan (AFP) – Turkey on Monday announced it would lift a ban on women wearing headscarves in most public offices, following other measures critics say are aimed at Islamising the staunchly secular country. In a major speech to introduce political reforms, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that, with a few … Read more