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In the Shadows premieres at the @BFI London Film Festival on 9 October 🎬

Directed by Anthony Wonke, it tells the story of Somali-British boxing champion Ramla Ali — her fight to box against all odds, and what it cost to get there.

We sat down with Ramla Ali who also executive produced the film, and Bafta winner @jobson_jasmine, who plays Ramla on screen, to talk resilience, identity, family and chasing a dream nobody said you could have.

📽️In the Shadows gets a UK release on 30 October.

#InTheShadows #RamlaAli #JasmineJobson #LondonFilmFestival #BFI #Cinema

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‘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.
https://t.co/PnNqQJPcsc

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Migration is a story as old as time. It has shaped human history for as long as we have existed.
But today, it is often discussed as a modern crisis.

These five brilliant books offer a different view: https://t.co/1seVWgTANu

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Comedian @tezilyas has begun a 43-date tour of his new standup show, Tez Things I Hate About You 🎤

We caught up with him at the @HackneyEmpire, where he'll be performing on 30 October.

Read more in our interview: https://t.co/d0Q4mMyTJD

🗓Tez Things I Hate About You is on tour until 28 November

#Tezilyas #StandupComedy #ComedyTour #LiveComedy #HackneyEmpire

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‘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.

@theaisharimi reports.
https://t.co/KV9BlHyfy6

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Lebanese poet Nur Turkmani’s new collection, October, available from @hajarpress, explores political instability, displacement and family in Beirut.
https://t.co/ao9EtdBhio

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‘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.

@niluthedamaja reports ⬇️
https://t.co/gJe4cZj3v5

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Calligrapher and artist Soraya Syed on From Water, Every Living Thing, her installation for @LeightonHouse_'s Arab Hall.

Projected onto the historic fountain, her animated calligraphy flows across water, light and sound — turning one of London’s most extraordinary interiors into a living canvas.

📍From Water, Every Living Thing is on at Leighton House until 4 October

#calligraphy #arts #london #exhibition #leightonhouse

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These five books show why migration is a natural and essential part of being human.
https://t.co/1seVWgTANu

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Muslims are organising their own peer support to bridge gaps in NHS mental health services.

Full story⬇
https://t.co/86tSYdpW0m

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‘The building's not going anywhere, the community isn't going anywhere, the artists aren't going anywhere.’

Rohan Rakhit on Here to Stay, a celebration of east London’s Asian underground scene, kicking off @RichMixLondon's 20th anniversary events.
https://t.co/wqR7MiXbNn

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Home secretary Shabana Mahmood told an audience at a Labour conference event hosted by the Tony Blair Institute last night that her Muslim faith gives her a sense of accountability as an MP.

Full story ⬇️
https://t.co/tI4CTk8Unt

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A minister for Northern Ireland has said she will put forward new measures to improve community cohesion and put an ‘end to hatred’ towards Muslim communities in the region.

Sarah Owen made the comments at the Labour Party conference.
https://t.co/5pyXleViAZ

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‘We have lost much of the pride and collective power that once came with being part of the working class.’

@Taj_Ali1 traces a line from the 1976 Grunwick strike to today and asks what it will take to rebuild working-class power: https://t.co/TxZniOKbjr

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Minister to explore cash for Northern Ireland communities hit by race riots.
https://t.co/5pyXleViAZ

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Rami Islami is one of the video game industry’s most prominent Muslims. He tells Hyphen why money, language and geography still limit who gets to make games — and why he’s working to change that.
https://t.co/oczI9g536n

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Curator Mariam Elnozahy’s tenure at Konsthall C saw her spend two years exploring ‘metaphysical ways of understanding crisis’.

@hebhabib writes: https://t.co/IEuo2BsEGJ

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Senegalese restaurant Little Baobab was serving up to 600 customers a week before the sudden closure of its London base in the Africa Centre.

Now it faces thousands of pounds in losses and uncertainty over its future.
https://t.co/XpeKBmCgUC

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We were at the World Halal Food Festival at the London Stadium — watch the highlights below.

#WorldHalalFoodFestival #WHFF2026 #HalalFood #foodfestival #LondonEvents