My name is Tanisha Zaman. I am a young British Bangladeshi woman, only just beginning my twenties, and recently I have started mourning the fragments of my childhood that managed to survive alongside ...

Award-winning Sudanese filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani explores colonialism, the impacts of extraction economies, complicated ...

Film festivals have become meeting points for stories near and far, and over the next few weeks, the spotlight is on the BFI London Film Festival 2026. Marking its 70th edition, the BFI London Film ...

At some point in your life, you’ve probably eaten fried chicken from a box.  Unwrapping a box of golden chicken wings, ...

I’ve been pronouncing my own name wrong for almost my entire life, not because I don’t know how to pronounce it, but because other people don’t. Malak is a popular Egyptian female name, but growing up ...

Summer ‘26 wasn’t like the other summers. From wildfires to droughts, floods to extreme heat, all nations have experienced new climate catastrophes and found new responsibilities we’ve had to bear. In ...

In an age of constant progress, I find myself retreating to the past. The world’s demands feel lighter when I’m watching old shows from the 2000s. My film camera gives me the satisfaction of simpler ...

‘Oh Children of Adam, take your adornment at every Masjid, and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed he likes not those who commit excess’ (Qur’an 7:31) There has been a spate of commentary over ...

We are all past the conversation of algorithms and echo chambers, because we are now fully and unquestioningly immersed in the dual reality that they’ve been shaped by. And we know the obvious ways it ...

Content warning: This article mentions and references graphic imagery from the ongoing war in Palestine. I’ve often felt like I’m being stared at by vultures waiting to feed. Since September 11, 2001, ...