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  • 22 Aug 2012
    Poetry in the Persian Tent: schedule

    Scotland's Makar (national poet), Liz Lochhead, along with Jackie Kay, Vicki Feaver, John Glenday, Aonghas MacNeacail and Stewart Conn will be performing at the prestigious Poetry in the Persian Tent reading series at The Festival of Spirituality and Peace this week.

  • 22 Aug 2012
    A feast of Scottish poetry... for Africa

    Money for agricultural development in Africa will be raised this week by performances from Scotland's finest poets, as well as some of the country's most significant new poetic talent. Katie MacFadyen looks at the line-up.

  • 21 Aug 2012
    Senior Muslim leader in Scotland to discuss war, peace and Islam

    The Grand Mufti of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dr Mustafa ef. Ceric, who is the country’s senior Muslim leader, arrives in Scotland from Sarajevo on Wednesday.

  • 21 Aug 2012
    Fresh perspectives offered on women reshaping religion

    An Edinburgh festival discussion has sought to look at how women’s experience can reshape what gets labelled ‘religion’ in fresh, positive ways.

  • 20 Aug 2012
    Spirituality Festival defies reported Edinburgh sales slump

    The Festival of Spirituality and Peace in Edinburgh has experienced an increase in ticket sales this year, despite a reported slump elsewhere.

  • 18 Aug 2012
    Navigating Atlantic diversity and beyond

    Aizzah Fatima recently brought her controversial and stimulating one-woman play 'Dirty Paki Lingerie' to these islands for the first time, following a highly successful run in the United States. Katie MacFadyen reflects.

  • 16 Aug 2012
    Remembering the radical jubilee tradition

    Last week, Jubilee Scotland organised a conversation on economic alternatives and motivating people for change at the 2012 Festival of Spirituality and Peace. Here Simon Barrow revisits an earlier article he wrote for The Guardian on the real meaning of "jubilee".

  • 15 Aug 2012
    'Dirty Paki Lingerie' defies stereotypes of Muslim women

    A stimulating, comedic and controversial one-woman show comes to Edinburgh tomorrow night, defying simplistic portrayals of Muslim women.

  • 13 Aug 2012
    Experiencing a spirituality festival as a secular Humanist

    Festival of Spirituality and Peace in Edinburgh (3-27 August 2012) is an Interfaith and intercultural event; there are Jewish, Islamic, Christian and Daoist events, for example, as well as artists from every contintent but Antarctica, reports Katie MacFadyen. But what is the relationship between 'interfaith' and 'no faith'? Where do Secular Humanists fall in this atmosphere of inclusivity?

  • 11 Aug 2012
    Tackling sectarianism in Scotland

    Centuries of sectarianism have left a deep impact on perception of opposing community groups in Scotland.