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Bullring & Grand Central to ring in Chinese New Year with free events
Rangzeb Hussain
January 14, 2022 | 01:47 am
Chinese New Year celebrations are expected to take place in Birmingham next month as the city welcomes in the Year of the Tiger with free public events at Bullring &…
Muslim bachelor launches witty billboard campaign in Birmingham to find a wife
Rangzeb Hussain
January 3, 2022 | 08:57 pm
Billboards have appeared across parts of Birmingham featuring a Muslim bachelor in search of a wife. 29-year-old Muhammad Malik has forked out hundreds of pounds on a witty and unconventional public campaign…
Brum ‘Spider-Men’ swing by to deliver food to city homeless with ‘no way home’
Rangzeb Hussain
December 26, 2021 | 10:25 am
Birmingham had its very own Marvel superheroes delivering food to the city's homeless and vulnerable this Christmas as community volunteers brought some festive cheer and warmth as they delivered food parcels…
Fokawolf street art tribute to ‘Mad Malik’ in Digbeth suffers further vandalism
Rangzeb Hussain
December 25, 2021 | 11:57 pm
After last night's initial damage to Foka Wolf's street art tribute to Malik of Small Heath the rest of the celebratory giant poster has been torn down and destroyed by…
Digbeth street art tribute to Small Heath legend ‘Mad Malik’ vandalised and destroyed
Rangzeb Hussain
December 24, 2021 | 10:28 am
The recent street art tribute to Small Heath icon Malik by secretive artist Foka Wolf in Birmingham has been destroyed by an unidentified vandal on Christmas Eve. The much-loved pasteup…
Small Heath legend Malik is honoured by Brum street artist
Rangzeb Hussain
December 2, 2021 | 03:08 am
Enigmatic Birmingham street artist Foka Wolf has produced a giant poster tribute to a living legend of Small Heath who is recognisable to generations of Brummies. The new artwork, pasted…
Hanukkah celebrations begins for city’s Jewish community
Staff Reporter
November 29, 2021 | 10:44 am
The Jewish festival of Hanukkah - also spelt 'Chanukah' - has begun for Judaism's faithful followers across the world, and it's no different in Birmingham and the West Midlands. The first…
‘Walls Between Us’ play exploring mental health struggles of South Asian family to be staged at REP
Staff Reporter
November 17, 2021 | 12:24 pm
A play exploring how Covid-19 impacts an intergenerational South Asian household is being performed this week as part of a Birmingham arts festival highlighting stories around mental health and wellbeing. Produced…
Inspiring Muslims to share leadership stories during Islamophobia Awareness Month
Staff Reporter
November 15, 2021 | 11:30 am
Inspiring Brummies in positions of leadership across the city's Muslim community are to share their journeys, struggles and achievements in a series of events to mark Islamophobia Awareness Month. Organised by…
Midlands’ unsung heroes celebrated at star-studded Birmingham awards show
Denise James
November 9, 2021 | 08:55 am
Unsung heroes from the community and business sectors have been honoured at a special awards ceremony in Birmingham which aims to recognise people who "go that extra mile" and inspire others to do the same. The…
