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  • Cut the Bakwas: 'A celebration of being Brown and British'

    The Performance Lab will be returning to London with the biggest celebration of South Asian art - 'Cut the Bakwas'. Guest speakers and artists include Sonya Barlow, Co-founder of Award winning platform Like Minded Females and Reeta Loi, CEO of

  • Full list of 2019 British Muslim Awards winners

    Winners for the 2019 British Muslim Awards were announced in Bradford last night. The awards was held to recognise a wide range of achievements from outstanding Muslim individuals across the UK who positively impact business, charity, sport, arts

  • Businessman revolutionised the Asian shopping high street

    Tributes have been paid to the owner of the region’s first Asian businesses in the North West. Haji Manzoor Hussain established what is now known as ‘Poshaak’ in 1971 directly next door to the Khyber Cafe run by Sher Mohammed in Blackburn. He had

  • What’s wrong with using public wi-fi?

    In recent years, there’s been a massive increase in businesses offering free Wi-Fi in public spaces, and it’s great news for travelling professionals and everyday people alike. These free access points have been popping up in restaurants, airports

  • Three London Mosques awarded 'plaque of excellence'

    Three institutions were the first in the UK to receive the 'a plaque of excellence' as part of the Beacon Mosques initiative. The initiative by Faith Associates has been developed to recognise the role that mosques and Islamic centres play. 

  • Dear Massi, My wife threw frozen kebabs at my face

    Dear Massi, My wife has a terrible habit about lying about her cooking. She never cooks but brings home food from her mum’s and passes it off as her own.  Last week my parents came over for dinner and my wife served food cooked by her mum, as usual