I sewed, I sewed and I sewed: The untold stories of Bangladeshi seamstresses in London's East End
Publication and ArticlesWhen they came to London many Bangladeshi women became homeworkers, joining a long tradition in the East End. Although it...
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Islam in Victorian Liverpool - An Ottoman account of Britain's first mosque community
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Saturday 31st January 2015 was the date of our inaugural symposium at Bishopsgate Institute in London. The day was packed...
Chanan was born in 1926 in a village near Hoshiarpur. His family owned and farmed the land. He was the...
31 January 2015
Everyday Muslim Symposium
Saturday 31st January 2015 was the date of our inaugural symposium at Bishopsgate Institute in London. The day was packed with over twenty presentations, an art exhibition, a Spoken Word event and a heritage display reflecting the current research, projects and vision of British Muslim Heritage from museums, heritage, archives, arts, education and media professionals from across the UK. The 120 strong, delegation also represented these professions joining us not only from the whole of the UK but also, Europe.
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- Everyday Muslim Symposium
- Introduction to the Everyday Muslim Symposium - Video
- Keynote: Professor Humayun Ansari OBE
- Amena Amer: Shades of Muslims: Racialisation, representation and White British Muslims.
- Halima Khanom: Creating a Muslim historical narrative within the museum and archive space.
- Tim Powell: Why Muslim Archives Matter - Transcript
- Keynote 2: Navid Akhtar – Muslims in the Media: Telling Our Story
- Dr Mohammed Seddon Britain’s Oldest Muslim Community: A Brief History
- Stephen Terence Welsh An Image of Islam: Islamic Art and Objects in Manchester
- Dr Ian Parker Heath A question of access: Muslims, Museums and Heritage
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