ALIF New Beginnings

Children at @GrangeHarrow had an amazing time at their school fair!! A costume parade organised by @AlifNewBegin in partnership with @carnivaldesign and @carnivalukcca #nccw #nationalchildrenscarnival #childrenscarnval #kids4carnival 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙

#ColoursofEid 2024 💙💙💙

#coloursofeid 2024 💙💙💙

Between September 2022 and April 2023 we delivered 15 workshops to 700 children and young people at the Minhaj UI Quran Mosque in Newham as part of celebration for the Birth of the Prophet Muhammad and Eid! 💙💙💙💙💙 #ArtsCouncilSupported #IslamicCulture #Eid2023

Celebrating the Birth of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH, back in October 2022 with Harrow Central Mosque. Over 150 people participated in the parade which attracted an audience of over 5000 people! 💙💙💙💙💙 #ArtsCouncilSupported #IslamicCulture

Celebrating the Birth of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH, with Forkania Mosque and Cultural Centre in London back in October 2022. 💙💙💙💙💙💙 #IslamicCulture #ArtsCouncilSupported

Thank you to hosts @LutonSJU Our funders #ArtsCouncilSupported and @bedlutcf and partners #Lutonshopmobility #DCMLuton2023 #DisabilityPrideMonth 💙💙💙💙💙

We loved being part of Luton's final day of DisABILITY Celebration Month at the Bandstand in Wardown Park, back in August 2023 💙 It was great to join our carnival friends, The VIPs Carnival Group and @music24_uk and all the wonderful charities and community groups.

Our work was also on display at #TheHatFactoryWindow for everyone to enjoy! 💙💙💙💙 Thank you to our funders #ArtsCouncilSupported & @bedlutcf And our partners @ukcca & @lutonshopmobility

A big thank you to @culturetrustuk for inviting our Director and Senior Artist Sarah Salim for an artist talk back in August 2023 as part of #SouthAsianHeritageMonth Thank you to those who came, it was a wonderful evening of discussion and stories 💙

For more info on our celebrations please visit: markazeyaqeen.com #markazeyaqeen #IslamicCulture #ArtsCouncilSupported 🇵🇰 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰

In 2022 We worked with children from the Iqbal School in Milton Keynes, for a creative day of learning about Pakistani history, symbols and emblem with our recyclable costume making activity in celebration of #pakistanindependenceday2022

For more info on our #pakistanindependenceday2022 celebrations please visit: markazeyaqeen.com #markazeyaqeen #IslamicCulture #ArtsCouncilSupported 🇵🇰 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰

In partnership with the #InternationalBusinessandProfessionalCorporation (IBPC) we celebrated Pakistan Independence Day 2022 and Iqbal Day 2022 with children from Newham who learnt about Pakistani history, symbols and emblems with our recyclable costume making activity.

The event welcomed local Counsellors, The Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Dr. Faisal Aziz Ahmed. For more info on our #pakistanindependenceday2022 celebrations please visit: markazeyaqeen.com 🇵🇰 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰

In 2022 we marked #PakistanIndependenceDay with a showcase of our work at the Global Excellence Award Ceremony hosted By the #InternationalBusinessandProfessionalCorporation (IBPC) in London.

Thank you to funders @bedlutcf and #artscouncilsupported #IslamicCulture #MuslimWomenLead #womensupportingwomen 💙💙💙💙💙💙

Back in February 2023 we supported emerging artist Afsana Chowdhury in delivering an Islamic Caligraphy workshop with 10 Luton women. Afsana has been working with us over the past year gaining experience and contributing to showcasing our beautiful culture 💙💙💙💙

Back in March we braved the rain to take part in #LutonStPatricksFestival2023 ☘️ It was a pleasure to join our friends and festival host, #lutonirishforum, for the parade #artscouncilsupported #IslamicCulture #irishculture #stpatricksdayparade #nationalchildrenscarnivalweek23

Thank you to #artscouncilsupported & @bedlutcf A special thank you to our partners #ForkaniaEducationandCulturalCentre United Nations Association Luton Branch - UNA-Luton (Muslim Women for Peace) @ionTV @Shomoytv @DiverseFm @WAWArts @carnivalukcca @carnivaldesign

📍Back stage at the @MayorofLondon's #eidinthesquare23 event which welcomed an estimated 20,000 people to Traflager Square 💙 Centre left, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, centre right, Alif New Beginnings Director and lead artist Sarah Salim with ladies from @UN Luton Branch