Aar Maanta's work is a poetic and sometimes urgent soundtrack of the migrant experience. Photo: Liverpool Arab Arts Festival

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

Hard truths beneath the exuberant arrangements of the Somalian-British singer-songwriter and activist strike a chord for others uprooted from their homeland

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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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Coronation pride for royal architect Khaled Azzam

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

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Israel deal may deepen Sudan's political crisis, analysts say

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

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Yemeni-American Amer Ghalib made history last year when he was sworn in alongside three new councillors in Hamtramck, now believed to be the first city in the US with an all-Muslim council. Photo: Amer Ghalib

How football-loving Amer Ghalib reached his political goal

Once a migrant worker in a Midwestern car parts factory, the Yemeni healthcare practitioner is now Hamtramck's first Muslim mayor. His secret? Never giving up on his goals

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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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The Yemeni child bride activist leading fight against early marriage

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The root cause: Camilla Fayed eats shoots and believes

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Being Laith Nakli: Hollywood actor's breakthrough role

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'I have a lot of work to do,' Nada Al Ahdal says. 'Girls need me to save their lives so that’s my focus. I don’t want to be a housewife now or in the future. I want to be a change-maker.' Photo: Nada Al Ahdal

The Yemeni child bride activist leading fight against early marriage

As a young girl, Nada Al Ahdal escaped two wedding pacts arranged by her parents. She has since pledged to protect others from being sold 'like sheep'

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The root cause: Camilla Fayed eats shoots and believes

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Being Laith Nakli: Hollywood actor's breakthrough role

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The eyebrows have it: why British-Moroccan model Nora Attal is going places

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Sixteen injured in Houthi-claimed attack in Tel Aviv

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US Senate passes government funding bill and averts shutdown

Wall Street rallies on cooler-than-expected US inflation report

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Why thousands seek UAE visa amnesty to ‘reset’ their lives

US removes bounty from HTS leader's head after diplomats visit Damascus

Push to end US double taxation gains momentum with new bill

US Senate passes government funding bill averting potentially disastrous shutdown

Calls mount for US to sanction Turkey over possible invasion of Kurdish Syria

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Fighting for accountability: Syria Commission chief on his 13 years of documenting human rights abuses

Assad regime forces surrender their weapons in Hama

Assad regime forces surrender their weapons in Hama

Israeli air strikes in Yemen after Houthi missile intercepted over Israel

Israeli air strikes in Yemen after Houthi missile intercepted over Israel

Vladimir Putin proposes missile duel with the US

Vladimir Putin proposes missile duel with the US

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