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The EFG London Jazz Festival returns with a lineup celebrating musicians from the Muslim world and beyond. ✍🏽 Ammar Kalia https://hyphenonline.com/2026/10/26/london-jazz-festival-2026-preview-muslim-artists/

Asylum seekers are housed in 'prison-like carceral facilities'. This is "a political choice to maintain a system that by design does not afford people the [bare minimum] for dignified life." M.Mouzourakis, RSA lawyer @hyphenonline.com @tsimitakis.bsky.social hyphenonline.com/2026/10/19/e...

‘We’re Spanish too’: Ceuta’s Muslims face exclusion in their own city. https://hyphenonline.com/2026/10/27/ceuta-muslim-residents-spain-morocco-immigration/

Students across France have been protesting in the streets for weeks over conditions in schools. But for young French Muslims, it’s also a response to Islamophobia and police violence. Julia Webster Ayuso reports. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/23/f...

Here are a few examples of how to elevate your caffeine fix without putting yourself at risk of type 2 diabetes. https://hyphenonline.com/2026/10/21/pumpkin-spice-latte-psl-muslim-coffee-kahawa-moroccan-masala-arabic/

Maternal rage is common among mothers, but there is still stigma and shame surrounding this emotion. In her latest parenting column, Yousra Samir Imran shares how she learned to accept her rage. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/20/m...

Daniel Malikyar shows an Afghanistan you’ve never seen before ⬇️ https://hyphenonline.com/2026/10/22/daniel-malikyar-photographer-afghanistan-new-photobook/

More than 600 people attended a Black History Month celebration organised by community groups in St Helens after the borough’s Reform UK council leader claimed that the annual observation was ‘racist’ and refused to let the local authority mark it. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/21/s...

HSBC is to review the controversial purchase of $38m in Palantir shares by its ‘halal’ fund, following revelations by Hyphen last week. https://hyphenonline.com/2026/10/20/hsbc-halal-fund-38m-investment-palantir-review/

MPs have launched an official inquiry into the government’s mosque security scheme following Hyphen’s reporting on its failings. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/20/a...

Young Muslims fall in love and have crushes, too. Writer and educator Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan wanted to put that on stage. Her play Peanut Butter and Blueberries returns to Leeds Playhouse from 22 October. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/19/s...

Greece — the EU’s biggest recipient of migration funding — has been given more than €5bn. Yet asylum seekers describe overcrowded detention centres, appalling conditions and a lack of medical care. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/19/g...

🔴 Exclusive: EU states received €600m to improve reception conditions for asylum seekers — but missed their own targets by 18,000 places. As the new EU migration pact takes effect, we investigate failures in the asylum system. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/19/e...

Egyptian-French photographer Yomna El Beyaly’s series In Her Own Way is on show at Mercatorplein in Amsterdam until 29 October. https://hyphenonline.com/2026/10/16/yomna-el-beyaly-in-her-own-way-amsterdam/

‘I spend way too long dancing on podiums’: Journalist Mobeen Azhar on his favourite spots in east London, his love for horror and his latest documentary. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/16/w...

‘The film-makers are less interested in whether individual soldiers feel remorse than in how the military allows them to distance themselves from the violence.’ @leilalatif.bsky.social reviews NAZA, the new documentary from the directors of No Other Land ⬇️ hyphenonline.com/2026/10/15/n...

A literary festival celebrating Hausa books, language and culture is heading to London for the first time. The Hausa International Book and Arts Festival will explore the west African ethnic group’s literature and diaspora communities on 24 October. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/14/h...

A mother and daughter’s campaign for a permanent memorial in London to the partition of India has been supported by famous faces in arts, politics and academia. Read more ⬇️ https://hyphenonline.com/2026/10/15/partition-80th-anniversary-memorial-campaign-london-mother-daughter/

Muslim LitFest returns to London this week and organisers are hoping for the largest turnout yet. https://hyphenonline.com/2026/10/14/muslim-litfest-2026-east-london-mosque-book-bazaar-talks-exhibitions/

Hyphen Festival is back on 4 November! Expect panels featuring special guests including Shabaz Ali, Doaa Shayea and Nayha Ahmad. 🎟️ Want to experience the festival in person? Sign up to our free newsletter to find out how to win a pair of tickets: hyphenonline.com/newsletter/

A groundbreaking project to encourage more Muslim women to take up cancer screening appointments saw an alimah join forces with GPs — and it worked. Full story ⬇ hyphenonline.com/2026/10/14/i...

'If we leave it to western people to decide whether an Egyptian, Cameroonian or Malawian story is worth telling, we’re going to lose to a French, English or Swedish story every time.' Dutch-Egyptian games developer @ramiismail.com ⬇️ hyphenonline.com/2026/09/28/r...

🔴Exclusive: the major sharia-compliant fund in which most UK halal pension schemes are invested has ploughed $38m of its backers’ cash into Palantir shares — despite the firm partnering with the Israeli military during its war in Gaza. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/13/h...

Founded in 2008, the annual Somali Week Festival returns with an opera inspired by Somali folklore and more. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/13/s...

Lebanese choreographer Omar Rajeh on improvisation, loss and the politics of dance, ahead of his new solo performance Dance Is Not for Us at the Barbican. ✍🏽M.Z. Adnan hyphenonline.com/2026/10/13/o...

To celebrate Black History Month, Diyora Shadijanova recommends five books exploring Black British life, including works by Rageh Omaar, Hakim Adi, Symeon Brown and Johny Pitts. Read the full list ⬇️ https://hyphenonline.com/2026/10/12/five-books-black-history-month-british-muslim/

Hyphen Festival is back and bigger than ever with special guests including @nazshahbfd.bsky.social, Big Zuu and Shabaz Ali. Here are the full details, including how to follow the day live online. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/12/h...

Sisters Countryside Club is helping Muslim women get outdoors, with activities such as horse riding, archery and hiking in a setting that accommodates their faith. Aniqa Lasker joins the group for a horse ride along a trail in Ruislip Woods. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/12/s...

The Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra began as a way of connecting musical heritage to the present. Now it is challenging ideas of what belongs in the canon. Tom Flanagan on its influence on the Dutch classical mainstream ⬇ hyphenonline.com/2026/10/08/a...

Comedian Ola Labib talks Portsmouth, Sudanese food, comedy and writing her memoir in Hyphen’s latest Weekend With Q&A. Read the full interview ⬇️ hyphenonline.com/2026/10/09/w...

Ryan Marley’s documentary The Blind Couple from Mali, about Amadou & Mariam, offers a joyful and intimate look inside one of the world’s great musical marriages. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/09/n...

Lucha libre wrestler Marduk Malik’s persona in the ring is carefully crafted, based on an ancient Mesopotamian god. Now, he’s opening the sport up to other young Muslims. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/08/m...

Luton locals including a priest and community organisers have rubbished claims by Tory MP Blake Stephenson that there are ‘no-go zones’ in the town where ‘white people won’t go’. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/08/l...

Religious hate crimes in England and Wales targeting Muslims are up 15%, new Home Office figures show. Aisha Rimi has the full story. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/08/a...

Ahmed Masoud’s satirical play, Application 39, is set in the near future and follows two characters in Gaza who hack the bidding process for the 2048 Olympics as a joke. Read more ⬇ hyphenonline.com/2026/10/07/a...

Muslims in Holborn and St Pancras feel disrespected by the Labour Party, one mosque leader has told us. Will it influence today's byelection result? hyphenonline.com/2026/10/06/h...

‘Not having a mosque at all in 50 kilometres, it takes you back to the 1960s, to our parents’ generation.’ A group of cyclists raised an astonishing £79,000 at the weekend to help Cumbria’s first purpose-built mosque open its doors. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/07/d...

📚What is #ESOL? The abbreviation stands for English for speakers of other languages. @bwhyphen.bsky.social, our editor in chief, explains how funding for ESOL provision has been cut over the years, and invites you to keep an eye out for our series of articles covering this important topic.

‘I want people to know that ESOL is building people’s capacity to participate in civic life.’ Dermot Bryers, founder of the charity English for Action London, speaks to Hyphen about government cuts and the importance of accessible language education. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/07/e...

London’s first purpose-built mosque celebrates its centenary. https://hyphenonline.com/2026/10/07/fazl-london-mosque-putney-centenary-100-years-1926-ahmadiyya-community/

‘Labour look like they’re reaching out to the Muslim community by putting forward a Muslim woman, but she isn’t willing to come and pitch her policies to the Muslim community.’ Saman Javed reports from Holborn and St Pancras ahead of Thursday’s vote. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/06/h...

Turkish cuisine in the UK has long revolved around the charcoal grill, but that’s now changing. Zaynab Asaadi goes beyond the ocakbaşı to track down regional street foods, pop-up restaurants and breakfast specialists ⬇️ hyphenonline.com/2026/10/06/t...

Aspiring English speakers in parts of West Yorkshire are being forced to wait up to two years for beginner ESOL classes because funding has lagged behind demand. Full story by @lucascumiskey.bsky.social. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/06/e...

‘At this point, it’s not mine, it belongs to the 5,000 performers.’ Nassim Soleimanpour on 15 years since the premiere of White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, one of the most performed plays in the world. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/05/n...

🔴Exclusive: spending on English language courses aimed at non-native speakers has been slashed by nearly 40% in real terms since 2009, Hyphen can reveal. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/05/e...

‘Going for a kebab after a gig was my night out.’ Weekend With is our series asking well-known faces how they really spend their downtime. This week: comedian Prince Abdi, on biryani, onion-induced tears, and his upcoming show at The O2 with Mo Gilligan. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/02/w...

‘It shows that our community has the power and the voice to make a change.’ A Sheffield school has revised new uniform rules after weeks of pressure from parents and the local Muslim community over pupils wearing abayas. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/01/f...

Lebanese poet Nur Turkmani’s new collection, October, available from @hajarpress.bsky.social, explores political instability, displacement and family in Beirut. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/01/n...

‘We’re putting ourselves forward and we're breaking into the industry on our own terms.’ Birmingham hijab brand Iftin marked London Fashion Week with a film reimagining fashion for hijab-wearing women. hyphenonline.com/2026/09/30/i...