Event Reports

Event Report: Poetry Night for Palestine

IHRC organised a Poetry Night for Palestine, with Politics and History student (SOAS University) and poetry performer, Anika Wadood, on Friday, 19 January 2024. Watch here: The evening commenced with an introduction by Anika Wadood, highlighting all the proceeds from the poetry night is put

Event Report: Islamophobia Conference 2023

IHRC held the 10th annual Islamophobia Conference from 8 to 10 December. Since 2014, the conference aims to discuss key issues with regard to structural and institutionalised Islamophobia. The project began as part of a Decolonial International Network, Europe-wide project. Each conference has been co-organised

Event Report: Author Evening with Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan

IHRC were pleased to welcome back Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan for author evening, to discuss her most recent publication, Seeing for Ourselves (purchase here from the IHRC Bookshop). This event was chaired by SOAS student, Anika Wadood. WATCH THE AUTHOR EVENING:   The transcript below has been

Event Report: Decolonizing The Mind with Sandew Hira

On Thursday 12th October 2023, IHRC hosted an author evening with Sandew Hira, author of, Decolonizing the Mind: a guide to decolonial theory and practice. The event was chaired by former NUS president Malia Bouattia. WATCH THE AUTHOR EVENING:   Malia opened up the event

Event Report: Poetry Reading with Baraka Blue

On 16 May, IHRC held a poetry with reading with Baraka Blue as part of his UK tour promoting his latest book, The Art of Remembrance. WATCH THE POETRY READING:   This event was chaired by author and poet, Ustadh Rakin Niass.  Baraka Blue commenced