As part of our ongoing development of more meaningful observations of Muharram, Mahfil-Ali have organised an integrated and dramatic delivery of the Maqtal of Imam Hussein and Ma’tam, entitled Conversations of Karbala. We hope that the delivery of the most poignant aspects of Imam Hussain’s journey through a series of conversations will help our audience [...]

There is a specific demographic in our community which is now looked upon with a blend of dismay and apathy. Discussing them, even in jest, is usually done with serious undertones and accompanied by expressions of consternation. We look at them through Orwellian lenses, attributing to their present life a dystopian disposition and predicting in [...]

Psst. You..Yes you….Come closer. There is an oasis of calm at Mahfil these days, and believe it or not..its in the Mum and baby room. Where the old library stood now is where the mum and baby room is. The old shelves have been cleared up, a sink put in, and in a quiet nook [...]

Perfunctoriness. You’d have thought that it was a made up word. It’s not. Microsoft Word underlines it in red. But it’s wrong. Apathetic. When you put an “a” in front of a word, it sometimes makes it mean “a lack of”. For example, “amoral” may be taken to mean “a lack of morals”. But actually, [...]

I was recently writing an ethical piece for emel and came across some particularly disheartening facts, which I thought I’d share. Israeli date exports grew by 20% in 2010, generating annual revenues of $60m Most of these revenues came from the UK market in the month of Ramadhan A high proportion of these exported dates [...]