Their love of music brought them together but it was their spirituality and a feeling of seeking that prompted them to convert to Islam
Poetic Pilgrimage: Hip hop has the capacity to “galvanise the masses”
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CATEGORY: United Kingdom
How dangerous is it to be a journalist in Ireland 20 years after the murder of Veronica Guerin?
This weekend marks 20 years since the murder of Irish award-winning crime reporter and investigative journalist Veronica Guerin
Belarus Free Theatre: “Dictators are scared of a strong mutual position”
Belarus Free Theatre have been using their creative and subversive art to protest the dictatorial rule of Aleksandr Lukashenko for over a decade.
In conversation with Timothy Garton Ash: A blueprint for freer speech
The professor of European Studies at Oxford University talks to Index on Censorship about his new book Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World
8-9 July: The power of hip hop
A conference followed by a day of performance to consider hip hop’s role in revolutionary social, political and economic movements across the world.
UK government must ensure it protects free speech with new counter-extremism plans
The government’s planned Counter-Extremism and Safeguarding Bill must be carefully crafted to avoid damaging freedom of expression.
Mapping Media Freedom: Week in focus
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the European
15 June: Illiberal democracy: the future of freedom
Europe was a bastion of hope for more than a million refugees last year. What brought them? A hunger for safety and security? Dreams of freedom?
Why is academic freedom important?
Academic freedom has been the subject of many debates in recent months. With speakers regularly being no-platformed
World Poetry Day: Seamus Heaney’s love of language
It’s the 17th annual World Poetry Day, which was first declared by Unesco in 1999 to help meet the world’s aesthetic needs by promoting the reading and writing of poetry