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By MACFEST - Muslim Arts and Culture Festival.

Date and time

Sunday, July 21 · 2 - 3pm GMT+1

Location

Edinburgh Central Library

7-9 George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EG United Kingdom

About this event

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Over the course of MACFest 2024, the National Library of Scotland will be inviting Muslim community groups and organisations to visit the Library for an introductory tour and a handling session with items from our collections.

Items that might be of interest include editions of the Qur’an in Arabic and in translation, books on Islamic culture, calligraphy, art and architecture from around the world, early Arabic books printed in Europe, theological commentaries, scholarly and academic works, and magazines, leaflets, posters and other ephemera, often produced by local communities in response to contemporary events.

Library curators will be on hand to answer visitors’ questions, and we will tailor visits and the items shown to the interests of the visiting group.

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MACFEST - Muslim Arts and Culture Festival.

MACFESTUK is a ground-breaking, award-winning festival hosted across Greater Manchester and the North West - and across the world! We celebrate art, literature, music, history, culture, photography, cuisine, children, youth and women and the heritage of the Muslim diaspora. We offer over 70 events, most of which are free and digital, and many are hosted by schools and colleges.

Muslim Arts and Culture Festival aims to bring Muslim and non-Muslim communities together, promote social inclusion and overcome barriers. This has led to MACFEST winning the 2021 Queen's Award for Voluntary service.

This great initiative is led by prize-winning author, educationist and peace activist Qaisra Shahraz MBE FRSA, who features in the prestigious Power 100 List of the most influential Muslims in the UK. Qaisra has dedicated her life to women's rights, and fighting Islamophobia, racism and all forms of discrimination. She and the fantastic MACFEST team are committed to building bridges between communities in the UK and around the world.

MACFEST is delighted to support a new and sister initiative: Muslim Women's Arts Foundation and Muslim Women's Arts Festival, which aim to celebrate and elevate Muslim women from around the world; the established women creatives as well as those unsung heroines, the carpet weavers and women working in the crafts industry. We are delighted to host in partnership with Muslim Women's Arts Foundation a Women's Arts Festival with 25 events in the month of March 2022.

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