Oitij-jo in the Media
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ELO MELO Festival on The White Pube
Reflections on ELO MELO festival at Whitechapel Gallery by Zarina Muhammad of The White Pube.
Image: Zarina Muhammad in front of posters generously supported by Build Hollywood.
Ajker Exhibition in the media
Videos and articles covering our 2022 Ajker Exhibition
Article in the LONDONIST BY MOMTAZ BEGUM-HOSSAIN
Hajira confesses: “When I first moved here I wasn’t allowed to go out. It’s called Bangla Town, but it’s never been a place that Bengali women go to.” Marzia agrees: “Brick Lane, at least for my generation, is perceived as a male dominated area, it’s not a place I feel comfortable visiting even with my girlfriends.”
MAYOR OF LONDON, CITY HALL BLOG ARTICLE
Our initiative has given participants a range of new skills and a major confidence boost. The initial workshops in April 2019 attracted over 50 attendees. Today there is a core group of 12 members aged between 30 – 60, some of whom had never worked before. Many participants felt that, although Brick Lane has become known as ‘Bangla Town’, it’s a place dominated by men. Through TATI, the women are now part of a space that, historically, they have been excluded from.
Financial Times Article by Hazel Sheffield
In 2019, Anjum started holding workshops with women in east London to test recipes. Later that year, 16 women signed up for courses in cookery, catering and food safety. They talked about reimagining Brick Lane — at one point home to 50 Bangladeshi restaurants, all managed by men — with authentic Bengali dishes such as kitchuri, a rice and lentil dish that inspired kedgeree. “We wanted to present the real Bangladeshi people,” Anjum says. “That meant people who were not visible: women.”
ALTERNATIVE LONDON PODCAST INTERVIEW by JADE LB
Maher is interviewed by Jade LB.
‘In this episode we talk about the challenges that she is working hard to help overcome for individuals and the community as a whole. Maher's passion for this work is clear from the start and the impact that she has is huge.’
NESTA REPORT ‘Crowdfund London : Five years of empowering communities through civic crowdfunding’
Maher is interviewed by NESTA for their report on the role of crowdfunding.