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Saudi-Egypt Exchange

Saudi-Egypt Exchange

Anadel came to the UK from Saudi Arabia and befriended Fatimah. One...

An Unimaginable Alliance

An Unimaginable Alliance

In November 2009, Nader’s cousin Nidal killed Kerry’s father...

The Best of Sisters

The Best of Sisters

Canadian sisters Rabia and Uzma were recently recognised for their...

An Organic Partnership

An Organic Partnership

After realising they had a shared passion to provide ethical and...

A Fashionable Friendship

A Fashionable Friendship

A strong humanitarian outlook, coupled with a love of fashion caused Dana, a Libyan Jew, and Farah, a Pakistani Muslim, to launch their own line of...

A Brotherly Bond

A Brotherly Bond

Talha Ahsan has been detained without charge for six years in an...

An Interfaith Relationship

An Interfaith Relationship

Faced with a bright and inquisitive daughter, Kathryn has always...

Spiritual Sketchings

Spiritual Sketchings

Driven by their interest in Islamic history and comic books,...

Cousin Sisters

Cousin Sisters

Adopted at birth, but cousins by blood, Ruqayya and Sajedah reveal...

A Natural Friendship

A Natural Friendship

Leila conquered a mountain and won Meliha’s friendship. ...

Kith and Kin - Voyage of Discovery

Kith and Kin - Voyage of Discovery

Friends, Aman (left) and Bassam had a crazy idea one Ramadan. The...

Kith and Kin - Lasting Impressions

Kith and Kin - Lasting Impressions

When Fareena hired Deb, neither predicted a 30 year friendship.&...

Kith and Kin - The Art of Friendship

Kith and Kin - The Art of Friendship

ZaytunI first met Azizah around ten years ago. On the surface, she...

Kith and Kin - Indo-Pak Express

Kith and Kin - Indo-Pak Express

Doubles partners, Aisam Qureshi (right) and Rohan Bopanna, believe...

Friends between enemies

Friends between enemies

Having lost loved ones in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Robi, an...

The Bike Diaries

The Bike Diaries

Riding from Europe to the Middle East, Anwar and Alexis discuss how...

Faithful friends - Friendship knows no religion

Faithful friends - Friendship knows no religion

Nuzhat Ali passed away 9th February 2021. Nuzhat was renowned for...

Friends in Faith

Friends in Faith

College friends, Mustafa and Usama, introduced each other to Islam.&...

Kith and Kin - Crossing Borders

Kith and Kin - Crossing Borders

Nathim and Imtiyaz embarked on a journey of a lifetime by cycling...

Beyond Faith

Beyond Faith

Studying Islam, Judaism and Muslim-Jewish Relations, Eva, a secular...

Kith and Kin - Household Games

Kith and Kin - Household Games

Brothers playing in the NFL, Hamza of the Arizona Cardinals and...

Family History

Family History

Father and son, Brian and Steven Longden discuss how their...

Balancing Beams - Kith and Kin

Balancing Beams - Kith and Kin

School friends, Batool and Hitoe liken their friendship to the yin...

Making Light

Making Light

The jokes of school days seemed far away when Mark lost everything,...

Double Take - Sam and Kandy

Double Take - Sam and Kandy

Sam and Kandy tell us how a case of mistaken identity led to a ...

A Shared Strength

A Shared Strength

Best friends Ifrah and Asia discuss how good humour, a passion for...

A Common Stage

A Common Stage

Actor/Writer, Cosh Omar and Director Kerry Michael take time out...

Faithful Friends

Faithful Friends

Faith can be a catalyst to interact with each other and the wider...

Family Ties

Family Ties

Cousins Osama and Hassan are family by chance, but friends by...

Plane Sailing

Plane Sailing

Kiren and Sabina never imagined that a chance meeting on an airplane...

Opposites Attract

Opposites Attract

Opposites attract The magnetic force pushing Zehra and Thanna...

Amna and Zara

Amna and Zara

Amna Musa Akeelo is an elegant 39 year old mother of six. She was...

Mother and Child

Mother and Child

Usually it is the child and not the adult who embraces Islam. Not so...

Real Lives: Kith&kin

Real Lives: Kith&kin

Our friends and family are there to support us in our endeavours,...

Community Values

Community Values

When Sajida was growing up, Muhammad Sarfraz would always encourage...

A Month as a Muslim

A Month as a Muslim

Over 2011, Andrew embarked on Project Conversion, where he...

Coincidental Companions

Coincidental Companions

Garth Hewitt and Ibrahim Hewitt are friends who have different...

Songs of Kinship

Songs of Kinship

After losing their parents, siblings Karar and Faz bonded over...

Kith & Kin - Amal & Walid

Kith & Kin - Amal & Walid

First Published on November/December 2004To access the issue page,...

Kith & Kin

Kith & Kin

words Tiia HaatajaJaved Hakim is the proud father of four children....

Lessons in Friendship

Lessons in Friendship

Teacher-student duo, Ranny and Ayman tell us how their friendship...

Kith & Kin- Generations apart

Kith & Kin- Generations apart

First featured in issue 5 - May/June 2004Click here to go...

Kith & Kin

Kith & Kin

Maqsoon Bhatti I arrived in the UK in 1966 following the end of...

Kith and Kin

Kith and Kin

My three sisters, mum and step dad have all been very supportive of...