#towerlives

BBC Wales, #towerlives: Butetown's festival of storytelling - links through to several interesting videos, interviews and discussions relating to Butetown. Also see #TowerLives on Twitter "#towerlives is a week-long festival of storytelling and music, on air and on the ground, around the council estate tower blocks of Butetown in Cardiff." Recommended!!

Google Street View: mosques (Cardiff)

After yesterday's blog entry, with a few London mosques, here are some from Cardiff:


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More to follow.

Documentaries

For readers with access to iPlayer:

BBC One Wales, New Nation: White, Welsh and Muslim, 19 Jan 09 "Omer Williams and his brother Stuart are both Welsh Muslims. They have converted to Islam and are part of a growing UK trend.

"Stuart and his convert wife Kate are expecting their first baby, believing their child will be the first white Welsh-born Muslim. Omer's wife Shereen, meanwhile, experiences Islamophobia first-hand on the streets of Cardiff."

Not sure about the claim, but the programme (which I have yet to see) looks interesting, and can be viewed on the above link (at least in the UK).

Of related interest:

BBC One Wales, New Nation: Hijabs and Hairdos, 26 Jan 09 "The cameras lift the veil on an Asian women-only beauty and fashion boutique in Cardiff."

New Muslims Project Wales

South Wales Echo, Wales Online, New Muslims get support as they switch faith, 26 Jan 09 "Mr Rahman, an administrator for the Islamic Social Services Association, is reaching out to reverts via the internet, including social networking site Facebook, and has already got the names of 78 reverts in South Wales on his database."

Details: New Muslims Project Wales

Non-tech, but an interesting project from Cardiff University: Western Mail, How Welsh do Muslim children feel?, 20 Sept 07 "Muslim children from Wales are taking part in the first ever UK study of their attitudes to culture and religion."