20 films everyone should watch before they’re 20
The Samosa is a media and arts charity. We promote education and dialogue, providing spaces to explore cultural and social issues impacting our…
fresh reporting sprinkled with spicy comment
fresh reporting sprinkled with spicy comment
The Samosa is a media and arts charity. We promote education and dialogue, providing spaces to explore cultural and social issues impacting our…
Anwar Akhtar writes for Salzburg Global Seminar on why his film “Pakistan’s Best Kept Secret: Lahore Museum”, has much to say about peace…
The Samosa delivers creative film and media workshops to schools, colleges, universities and community groups across London and the UK. Facilitated by a…
In 2015, we brought Pakistani human rights theatre group Ajoka to London’s National Theatre. We co-produced the play Dara, a story about a…
By Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar On Jan 30, 1948, Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, for ‘appeasing’ Muslims…
By Lester Holloway Who would have believed that 50 years after one of the most notorious race baiting rants ever given by a British…
By Muhammad Amir Rana Afghanistan remained a key diplomatic challenge for Pakistan in 2017, with various strategic, security, economic and internal political implications. The…
By Pervez Hoodbhoy For three decades Pakistan’s military establishment has stoutly denied supporting violent religious groups irrespective of whether a group’s target lay…
By Operation Black Vote Like the African American actor, Morgan Freeman, success has come late to the brilliant artist Lubaina Himid. And we can…
By Anwar Akhtar Pakistan Calling is not just aimed at the British Pakistani community, but anybody who has an interest in Pakistan and issues…
By Anwar Akhtar That was my response when Nicholas Hytner asked, where do we find stories about what is happening in Pakistan and that…
By Operation Black Vote In August, the Times’s front-page story was “Christian girl forced into Muslim foster care”. It was followed by a…
By Erwin van Ween How is the Saudi-Iranian rivalry overwriting the Arab Spring’s key messages? Today, conflict in the Middle East is reduced to…
Anwar Akhtar, founder and director of The Samosa, debates why the Prevent anti-extremism programme is failing students and discusses Manchester’s links with South…