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• A jam packed programme of events celebrating the city’s unique culture and heritage • Over 100 events – many of them free! • Running 7 – 17 September across the city Birmingham Heritage Week will take over the city again this September, with over 100 events giving visitors the chance to discover more about […]
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Smash Cut, Flannery, and City Poet delivers the first popular biography of Rumi, the thirteenth-century Persian poet revered by contemporary Western readers. Ecstatic love poems of Rumi, a Persian poet and Sufi mystic born over eight centuries ago, are beloved by millions of readers in America as […]
A 24-year-old from Essex who is set to become the first British Muslim to go to space after winning a competition has dedicated his win to everyone who lives with mental health problems. “This spaceship, I want to dedicate this to every single person who has suffered from mental health, every young boy, girl, man, […]
Eid-al-Adha is celebrated due to Ibrahim’s (Abraham’s) willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael, when God ordered him to do this. However, just as Ibrahim was about to kill Ishmael, God put a sheep in his place. Some people dispute that the son of sacrifice was Isaac (Isḥāq). Regardless, these events are remembered and celebrated at […]
Visit the garden terrace where Queen Victoria once sat. Her Isle of Wight home, Osborne House, is opening to the public. Visitors can now visit Queen Victoria’s seaside home on the Isle of Wight where visitors can explore the private garden terrace where the queen once sat and painted. Designed by Prince Albert panoramic views across […]
