Prevent film: a conversation
By Lee Pinkerton Journalism students from the University of East London (UEL) have collaborated with charity Samosa Media to produce a ground-breaking new…
Student Question Time – knife crime, Brexit, racism and tuition fees
Organised, produced and recorded by students, with Samosa Media and Three Blokes Productions. This Question Time was developed through workshops run by Samosa…
The importance of education and the arts to working class young people
Anwar Akhtar’s talk to Sir John Cass sixth form on 25th October 2018. Anwar is director of The Samosa. He led The Royal…
Sir John Cass sixth form Question Time
The students of Sir John Cass sixth form proudly bring you their Question Time show, held on 26th June 2018. Topics of discussion…
Pakistan’s best kept secret – Lahore Museum
On Wednesday 1 May, Birkbeck’s Centre for Museum Cultures hosted the launch of Anwar Akhtar’s new film: Pakistan’s Best Kept Secret – Lahore Museum. The film…
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…