20 films everyone should watch before they’re 20
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Pakistan Calling Britain
By Anwar Akhtar Pakistan Calling is not just aimed at the British Pakistani community, but anybody who has an interest in Pakistan and issues…
Why Dara still speaks to us today
By Anwar Akhtar That was my response when Nicholas Hytner asked, where do we find stories about what is happening in Pakistan and that…
Stop Muslim-baiting in Britain
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…
The return of authoritarianism is priming the Middle East for more conflict
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…
Why is Prevent failing students?
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…
Dara
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…
Pakistan Calling film project
Over the past five years, The Samosa and the Royal Society of Arts have produced and supported the creation of over 70 short…
