The wave of hatred whipped up against Africans who haven’t yet even set foot in the country is being visited on the migrants who are already living here. Italians are going backwards, socially, amid an upsurge of nationalism that displays racist animus against anything perceived to be an alien body. [Read more].
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When Worlds Meet
Since 2005, photographer Peter Sanders has documented how Muslims and non-Muslims happily coexist, despite a culture of fear and division. He explains a series of his images, beginning with this shot of a hijab-wearing makeup artist: “She used to be a model too. We did these shots, went away and years later someone came to me at an event and said: ‘Don’t you recognise me?’. It was Karima. I had never seen her face – how could I recognise her?” Peter Sanders is in conversation on Saturday 16 July at Kinara Festival, Blackburn Library, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Photo: Peter Sanders. |
