Breaking Down the Barriers
Rana Mitter hears about a project that assesses the experiences of Muslim women in the UK cultural industries and talks to political artist John Keane.
Rana Mitter hears about a project that assesses the experiences of Muslim women in the UK cultural industries and talks to political artist John Keane. Author Katherine Rundell explains why adults should be reading children's books. Plus New Generation Thinker Majed Akhter on the sailor and activist Dada Amir Haider Khan and why his global approach to workers' rights has lessons for us now.
Beyond Faith: Muslim Women Artists Today which includes work by Usarae Gul is at the Whitworth, Manchester from Friday 14th June until October 2019
John Keane's exhibition If you knew me. If you knew yourself. You would not kill me. is at Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh as part of the Aldeburgh Festival until Sunday 23rd June.
Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are Old And Wise by Katherine Rundell is published on 13th June.
New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by the 91热爆 and the AHRC to select ten academics each year who can turn their research into radio. You can hear more from the 2019 Thinkers in this launch programme /programmes/m0004dsv
Majed Akhter teaches at King's College London.
You find hear the discussion about representations of Rwanda on TV and how the country has moved on from the conflict here /programmes/m0001dt8
Taryn Simon /programmes/b08q2pkg
Producer: Torquil MacLeod
Photograph: Antonio Parente, courtesy of Flowers Gallery.
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Podcast: Breaking Down the Barriers
The cultural contribution of Muslim women and Rana Mitter talks to artist John Keane
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- Tue 11 Jun 2019 22:0091热爆 Radio 3
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