Consultant breast surgeon Asmaa Al-Allak says sewing is 'my way to forget all the troubles in the world and at work'. Photo: BBC

Iraq memories woven into very fabric of sewing queen Asmaa Al-Allak

Handed-down skills won the medic crown of Great British Sewing Bee champion

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English gent with an Arab heart: Nabil Najjar’s humanitarian passion

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AI captain! Rana el Kaliouby's bold mission to humanise tech

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Me, myself and identity: Artist Zineb Sedira likes to get up close and political

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How Somali pop star Aar Maanta's music bands the diaspora together

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Scottish-Egyptian musical duo The Ayoub Sisters are not just doing it for themselves

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Co-op CEO draws on family ties to run a business based on values

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Dr Khaled Azzam, Director of the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts in London, with some of the work produced by his students and previous alumni. Mark Chilvers for The National

Coronation pride for royal architect Khaled Azzam

After years lost in an educational wilderness, the Egyptian-British designer found his niche as a world authority on Islamic art and architecture with noble patrons such as King Charles III

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A moveable feast: Hafida Latta's diplomatic road less travelled

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Refugee to MBE: England's first black female Muslim football referee

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How football-loving Amer Ghalib reached his political goal

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The accidental pharmacist: How Dr Atheer Awad found her calling in the laboratory

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Mohamed Mansour, the billionaire who doesn't measure success in zeroes

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Compelling tale of London's oldest Arabic bookstore as Al Saqi closes

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A car accident meant that Dr Atheer Awad ended up in hospital and missed the window to sign up to study medicine at university. By the time she was discharged, the only degree option still open to her was pharmacy. She took that as a sign. Photo: Dr Atheer Awad

The accidental pharmacist: How Dr Atheer Awad found her calling in the laboratory

Trailblazing Jordanian-British research fellow reveals that her prescription for success requires dispensing - but only with tradition

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Mohamed Mansour, the billionaire who doesn't measure success in zeroes

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Compelling tale of London's oldest Arabic bookstore as Al Saqi closes

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The Yemeni child bride activist leading fight against early marriage

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