Young Muslims fall in love and have crushes, too. Writer and educator Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan wanted to put that on stage. Her play Peanut Butter and Blueberries returns to Leeds Playhouse from 22 October. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/19/…

‘The film-makers are less interested in whether individual soldiers feel remorse than in how the military allows them to distance themselves from the violence.’ Leila Latif reviews NAZA, the new documentary from the directors of No Other Land. ⬇️ hyphenonline.com/2026/10/15/…

‘I spend way too long dancing on podiums’: Journalist Mobeen Azhar on his favourite spots in east London, his love for horror and his latest documentary. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/16/…

‘Partition has too often been treated as South Asian history rather than British history,’ says Sadiya Ahmed, the founder of a campaign pushing for a memorial in central London. Read more about the campaign: hyphenonline.com/2026/10/15/… 📷 Marshall Cartwright/The Partition Memorial Trust 2/Crowds outside the Secretariat Building in New Delhi on the day British India was partitioned, 15 August 1947 - Getty Images and Naz Shah

‘At the end, I ended up with girls, girls, girls, because that’s who I spend my life with.’ Yomna El Beyaly’s intimate and lively photographs of women and girls and the spaces they occupy are now exhibiting as part of a collaboration between Foam and Middle East Archive. View more: hyphenonline.com/2026/10/16/…

Leila Latif reviews NAZA, the new documentary examining Israel’s military targeting systems and the people behind them. 🔗Read more: hyphenonline.com/2026/10/15/…

‘I want women to leave thinking, “Actually, I can do this.”’ Founded by Ayan Abdullahi in May, Sisters Countryside Club has already held 20 events and built a network of around 4,000 people. We joined for one of its events. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/12/…

We speak to journalist Mobeen Azhar about his latest documentary, Being Muslim After 9/11. Azhar says making the film had taken him on a journey of reflecting on his own role, and the media’s role more widely, in how Muslims are perceived by the public today. 🔗Read the full interview here: hyphenonline.com/2026/10/16/… #BeingMuslimAfter911 #MobeenAzhar #DocumentaryFilm

In his new children’s memoir, The Other Boy, @hamedamiri1989 retraces his journey from Afghanistan to the UK as a refugee and wants readers facing their own challenges to know that things can get better with time. The Other Boy is published by @wrenandrookbook. 🔗Read more: hyphenonline.com/2026/09/04/…

‘If we leave it to western people to decide whether an Egyptian, Cameroonian or Malawian story is worth telling, we’re going to lose to a French, English or Swedish story every time.’ Dutch-Egyptian games developer Rami Ismail ⬇️ hyphenonline.com/2026/09/28/…

A groundbreaking project to encourage more Muslim women to take up cancer screening appointments saw an alimah join forces with GPs — and it worked. Full story ⬇ hyphenonline.com/2026/10/14/…

Hyphen Festival is back on 4 November! Featuring special guests including @NAYHAOfficial, Doaa Shayea and @ItsBigZuu, this year’s festival will bring together voices from across British public life. 🎟️ Want to experience the festival in person? Sign up to our free weekly newsletter to find out how to win a pair of tickets: hyphenonline.com/newsletter/

Muslim LitFest returns to London this week and organisers are hoping for the largest turnout yet. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/14/…

A Labour MP has slammed a sharia-complaint investment fund’s $38m spend on shares in Palantir as a ‘complete affront to Islamic finance practices’. Afzal Khan said the fund should be ‘ashamed’ to hold shares in a firm ‘that actively aided the IDF’. Read more: hyphenonline.com/2026/10/13/…

.@SomaliWeekFest returns on Friday 16 October celebrating Somali artists across the diaspora, young and old. Read @faisafication's preview. hyphenonline.com/2026/10/13/…