Monday, October 13, 2008
by Mariam Manneh
Freelance Journalist
They say the best things in life come in small packages. And if British Sri Lankan actress Amara Karan is the gold standard for this British saying, then this assertion must be true.
At just 24, and standing just 5ft 3 inch tall, the exceptionally pretty Karan recently starred in Royal Shakespeare Company’s play ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
by Waheed Khan
Filmmaker
As a 30 something Londonstani I’ve grown accustomed to being stopped and searched by the boys in blue. My white friends forever ask me, “What is it like to have the police stopping you just because your skin colour fits a racial profile?”. Same old shenanigans. Black friends jokingly say, “It’s your turn to be enemy number 1!”
If you flip the script what would it be like if you were born in the wrong colour skin. I’m talking about Albinism, a genetic condition that affects the pigment in your eyes, hair and skin. This is the subject of my latest documentary ‘Britain’s Whitest Family’ where I meet 3 young British Albinos.
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