Britain

The historic struggle for housing by Bengali migrants in London
Shabna Begum’s ‘From Sylhet to Spitalfields’ offers a searing history of Bengali squatters in 1970s East London, and a chilling reminder of how migrants continue to be treated by a hostile British state
Ashraf Hoque | Aug 25, 2023


The life and times of a British journal of Islam
How ‘Islamic Review’ became one of the most prominent journals of Islamic thought in the West.
Amanda Lanzillo | Mar 18, 2019

Rewriting the Empire: an interview with Shrabani Basu
Journalist and historian Shrabani Basu talks about filling the gaps in the history of colonial India's relationship with Britain.
Chhetria Patrakar | Jan 27, 2018

Home and away
On transnational simultaneity among British Bangladeshis.
Benjamin Zeitlyn | Nov 27, 2015



Britain’s Banglatown
How the Bangladeshi community has come to shape local politics in Tower Hamlets.
Ashraf Hoque | Dec 28, 2014

From Kathmandu to Kent: Nepalis in the UK
Diversity, activism and religion in a new diasporic community.
David N Gellner | Dec 26, 2014
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