Amal – the programme in store
Amal @ Greenbelt is a new venue showcasing Muslim artistry, ideas, conversation and spirituality and curated for us by Chicago-based cultural producer Asad Ali Jafri. Building on our long history...
Luqman Ali
Luqman trained in the sciences of Islam and the languages (Arabic, Persian and Urdu) and cultures of the Middle East and the Subcontinent. In 1997, Luqman co-founded Khayaal, the first professional...
Christian-Muslim Storytelling: Stories of shared faith from history presented by Khayaal Theatre
Khayaal is an award-winning theatre company dedicated to the dramatic exploration of Muslim literature for the stage, film, and education. Strengthening and enriching interfaith and intercultural...
Nitasha Kaul
Dr. Nitasha Kaul is a Kashmiri novelist, academic, economist and poet. She writes, acts and speaks in various forms and forums that are in scholarly, media, and creative communities. She is...
Zena Kazeme
Zena Kazeme is a Persian-Iraqi poet who draws on her experiences as a former refugee to create poetry that explores themes of exile, home, war and heritage. Her first published poem was as a result...
Join the fun with YMCA at Greenbelt
See what our Associate YMCA will be up to at GB17, The Common Good ... As the largest and oldest youth charity in the world, working to support, empower and improve the lives of young people in the...
Saraiya Bah
Saraiya Bah is a London based poet and writer who draws on the traditional West African storytelling style of the griot to wax lyrically about identity, faith, the relationship with self and...
U-Cef
U-Cef, the Moroccan Digitiser blends together Arab and Middle Eastern sounds and beats with urban & traditional fusion. U-cef has a special focus on the fusion of North African Gnawa with modern...
Rumi’s Circle
Rumi's Circle presents poetry, music and whirling events that highlight the wisdom of Mevlana Rumi, the 13th century Sufi Mystic. Rumi's Circle is part of The Threshold Society and the Mevlevi...
Randa Ghazy
Randa Ghazy was born in Italy to Egyptian parents and studied International Relations, Economics and Political Science at the University of Milan. In 2002, at the age of 15, she wrote her first...
Ismael Lea South
Ismael Lea South is the Director of The Salam Project, a BME youth and community initiative. This initiative promotes employment opportunities, accredited training, volunteer opportunities and UK...
Asad Ali Jafri
Asad Ali Jafri is a cultural producer, global arts leader and interdisciplinary artist with a creative vision for sustainable social change. Since 2001, he has worked passionately with artists,...
Ed Mayo
Ed is Secretary General of Co-opera ves UK. He has a track record of innova on and impact in his work to bring together economic life and social jus ce. Ed is Chair of the par cipa on charity Involve...
Ella Al-Shamahi
National Geographic Explorer and palaeoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi specialises in fossil hunting in unstable, hostile and disputed territories… is also a stand-up comic. She believes that...
Fahad Khalid
Fahad Khalid is a singer, songwriter, musician & a multi-instrumentalist, deeply inspired by the sufi wisdom of Rumi which he tends to transform within the sufi Qawali music of South Asia. Whilst...