Posted in Events, Media on April 1, 2008 | No Comments »
…from BBC Birmingham
Full list of winners
NON FICTION AWARD
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed (Age: 33) London
SHORT STORY AWARD
Kashif Choudry (Age: 2 Solihull, West Midlands
NOVEL AWARD
Fatima Martin (Age: 49) Woking, Surrey
POETRY AWARD
Shameam Akhtar (Age 3 Bradford
UNDER 16’s AWARD
Humaira Rashid (Age: 16) Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
BEST CHILDREN’S STORY AWARD
Aliya Vaughan (Age: 37) Brixton Hill, London
PUBLISHED WRITER AWARD
Moazzem Beg, from [...]
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Posted in Academia, Events, Media on March 5, 2008 | No Comments »
From Chris Allens blog
Birmingham Post: British and Muslim? Maybe the twain shall meet…
This month’s chunk of Birmingham Post-lite due to be published Thursday 6th March 2008. Enjoy…
This week, the University of Birmingham’s Theology Department hosted a conference on the future of British Islam. Two things were especially interesting about this. First, the conference recognised [...]
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Posted in Media, Mosques on November 21, 2007 | No Comments »
There has been a flurry of articles about Channel 4, Ofcom and the documentary on Green Lane Mosque.
Nov 21 2007
Birmingham mosque chiefs slam Ofcom ruling
Nov 20 2007
Muslims back police in Channel 4 row
Nov 20 2007
Police under fire over Ofcom ruling on Birmingham mosque documentary
Nov 19 2007
Ofcom rejects police complaints about Channel 4 Birmingham mosque documentary
Nov [...]
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Posted in Media on October 4, 2007 | No Comments »
Superficially not a lot has changed since September 11 2001 in the predominantly Muslim district on the east side of Birmingham, Britain’s second largest city. The wares of the mini-markets – exotic fruit and vegetables, pots and pans and racks of clothes – still spill out on to the pavements along with the bhangra music. [...]
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Posted in Media on September 14, 2007 | No Comments »
Unity FM has been granted a five-year licence to broadcast to the diverse communities of Birmingham.
You can listen online through their website here .
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