The National, Arts and Culture Section, Review of Beyond Faith Exhibition

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Growing up in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s, Robina Akhter Ullah, 57, felt unique, a curio, even. “I was always the first,” remembers the artist. “The only Muslim in high school, in college, getting a degree. I was always trying to prove I belonged, that it didn’t matter that I was brown. I could fit in. But though I could change my voice,” she says, in a distinctive Mancunian drawl, “I couldn’t change my skin colour.” She says it didn’t matter where she was from, she was always subjected to racist remarks...

Period17 Jun 2019

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  • TitleThe National: Arts and Culture Section
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletThe National
    Media typePrint
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date17/06/19
    DescriptionThe epithet cuts through the gallery space in Manchester where Ullah is hanging her contribution to a fascinating group exhibition. But her reflections on identity and memory are a key part of Beyond Faith: Muslim Women Artists Today.

    It’s long overdue survey of five contemporary artists, who practise or have trained in the north-west of England; none are household names in the art world. But in a way that’s the whole point of this exhibition – it’s the result of an academic research project by the University of Manchester, which has posed important questions about how Muslim women are represented in the cultural and creative industries.
    URLhttps://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/muslim-female-artists-reflect-on-identity-and-a-sense-of-belonging-in-manchester-1.875213
    PersonsSaskia Warren
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