Section: Theatre and dance
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Asif Khan brings his new skateboarding drama home to Bradford
The playwright’s latest work, Sisters 360, paints a nuanced picture of British Muslim life through the eyes of two young girls
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‘It is our right to make our art’ — the creators of acclaimed show Milk ahead of its UK premiere
Bashar Murkus and Khulood Basel on their visual performance at Shubbak festival, the largest Palestinian theatre production to be staged in Britain in decades
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‘Every performance is treated as my last’: Aakash Odedra on his lifelong relationship with dance
The dancer speaks about his latest production, Songs of the Bulbul, based on the Sufi poem of the captured bird
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Not just for dervishes: how (and where) to give whirling a whirl
Across Europe, Muslims and non-Muslims alike are trying this Sufi spinning dance, intended to induce a meditative state. You can join them
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‘Our mission is to make theatre spaces welcoming to Muslims’
From prayer rooms to not serving alcohol, Muslims in the arts are finding practical ways to make theatre more inclusive
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‘If not now, when?’: Khalid Abdalla on revolution, hope and Nowhere
The actor speaks to Hyphen about his new play inspired by his experience of the Egyptian revolution
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Saher Shah’s new play Vitamin D breaks down the stigma of divorce
For many women, the decision to end a marriage is made even harder by the negative attitudes of family, friends and the wider community
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Cabaret act highlights the potential for Arab-Jewish harmony
A queer, non-binary Syrian performer is promoting unity and dialogue from Germany’s drag clubs
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The Iraqi storyteller reviving Sicily’s Arabic culture
Yousif Latif Jaralla is using his passion for oral narration as a tool for integration and understanding
