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Eid al-Adha shona daoibh! Why are some bilingual teenagers seen as a triumph of aspirational middle-class parenting, but others are treated as a problem to be solved? This is a matter that strikes to the heart of discussions around the…

Approaching the politics of any religion is no small task. Even more so one with that is a diverse and complicated faith with over a billion followers throughout the world. Luckily, the lads were joined by the charming and discerning Zainab…

We don’t know when Shajar al-Durr, who would one day rule Egypt, was born. Nor do we know what name her mother gave her, or even who her parents were. Nobody was interested in recording the details of an insignificant slave girl. We know…

In November, the Irish State ordered for the deportation of a man in his fifties, born in a Middle Eastern country, who has resided in Ireland for fifteen years. Described by the Irish Times as “the foremost member of the Islamic State in…

Approaching the consideration of offensive utterances as a matter of rights leaves us with major problems. An editorial in Saturday's edition of The Irish Times exposes them. In the week Paris marked the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo…

With a backdrop of exquisite costumes, ornate buildings and stunning landscapes, Arabian Nights, Pasolini’s 1974 film, portrays the ancient Ottoman world through several linked stories involving precariously innocent relationships and ready…

‘Islam’ is a hot button word in the West right now. A mere mention of the world’s fastest growing faith is likely to prompt mudslinging about everything from the foreign policy of the United States to women’s rights. In a time when, for so…