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The fantastic tale of Wales’s first Muslim national poet Hanan Issa
The Welsh-Iraqi filmmaker and wordsmith with a deep passion for JRR Tolkien and mythology talks about the motifs that have run through her life and work
Syrian filmmaker hopes olive tree bears fruit in London haven
Bafta winner's art helps women refugees challenge the narrative of loss to create social change
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
Scottish-Egyptian musical duo The Ayoub Sisters are not just doing it for themselves
Siblings' music is a celebration of their mixed heritage and the parents who nurtured their talent from a young age. Now, they’re playing it forward
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
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
Women's campaigner Maliha Abidi is the ultimate breakthrough activist
A lack of representation prompted the Pakistan-born artist to dedicate years to writing and illustrating compilations of extraordinary women of colour - disconcertingly earning herself a place on just such a list
TikTok pioneer Bnar Talabani is taking the fight to anti-vaxxers
The medic and scientist hopes girls are inspired by her story as a 10-year-old Kurdish refugee arriving in the UK with little more than the will to survive
Malala Fund questions Taliban pledge for girls' education
Ziauddin Yousafzai reveals work driven underground amid fears for the safety of its advocates
Woman of substance: the materials world of Adah Almutairi
The celebrated pharmaceutical chemist, nano engineer and inventor reveals why she has spent a career focusing her mind over matter
Yemeni name gave Yafai brothers reason to go the distance for Olympic gold
Years of scrapping with his older siblings - both tearaways turned title-holders - helped Galal Yafai top the podium for Britain and its most successful boxing family
Dubai adventurer eyes trip to space with 'bargain' $200,000 ticket
Namira Salim booked a trip from Richard Branson 17 years ago. Now she could soon be among the first space tourists
Oud to joy: Attab Haddad has the world on a string
A passion for music began in childhood for the British-Iraqi maestro. Now, his compositions are a bridge between East and West. 'A bit like me,' he says
After Aleppo: designer Nabil Nayal draws together the two halves of his heritage
His clothes, inspired by England’s golden age, are coveted by pop stars and fashionistas. Now, he plans to create a future from the historic dress of his Syrian birthplace
Explorer's stone Syrian desert tent rotting in London graveyard
Victorian explorer and statesman was laid to rest in a permanent version of a Bedouin tent