Posts Tagged ‘muslim’
On now – A Visual Retrospective -20 Years of Stop the War
@ Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts, 181 Bow Rd, London, E3 2SJ
Apsana Begum & Diane Abbott MP launch Poplar & Limehouse campaign
Apsana Begum General Election Labour Party campaign launch with Diane Abbott MP and Matt Wrack, FBU in Chrisp Street Market for Poplar and Limehouse constituency, East London.
© Jess Hurd
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Out, Proud and fighting for his life
Nazir Uddin, a 22 asylum seeker is asking for the government to protect his life. Muslim Asian, Bangladeshi proud gay man, disowned by his family and under threat of deportation back to Bangladesh where he is under threat from an Islamic extremist group.
I was approached by Nazir and asked to take his photo and he told me his story, he wrote his own caption details. It is an honour to help him tell his story. This is his first UK Black Pride in Haggerston Park, East London.
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© Jess Hurd
Birmingham Gay Pride
Emotional scenes as Andrew Moffat, assistant head teacher at Parkfield Community School & pioneer of the controversial No Outsiders programme leads the Birmingham Gay Pride Parade with LGBT+ Muslim campaigners.
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© Jess Hurd
Winter Party Dress
Father and daughter, wearing a party dress, walk through a green space on a sunny winters day. Tower Hamlets, East London.
© Jess Hurd
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Birmingham Homeless Epidemic
Birmingham is suffering a “homeless epidemic”. Charity organisations are trying to bridge the gap. As-suffa Institute, an Islamic voluntary community organisation, part of the Birmingham Food Drive, provides a hot meal (biryani) and a friendly environment for homeless and vunerable people.
Birmingham City Centre.
Featured image: Homeless transvestite with a jammy dodger biscuit provided by the Homeless Outreach project run by the As-Suffa Institute. Valentines Day.
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EDL Assault Police with Severed Pigs Heads
EDL members throw pigs heads at police lines. English Defence League march against a proposed Muslim community Centre which would redevelop a disused pub in Moortown, Leeds.
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Martyrs Day – Tahrir Square
Protesters gather in Tahrir Square for Martyrs Day to pay respect for those who were killed by the police in the protests against the military junta. Women were out in large numbers after sexual assaults on women journalists were reported. Cairo, Egypt.
See images from Martyrs Day images here
See other images from the uprising here
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Referendum Vote
Egyptian student votes NO in the referendum on the constitution. Cairo, Egypt
© Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk