When she’s in London, the artist Tasneem Sarkez makes a habit of visiting Edgware Road, variously described as ‘Little Cairo’ or ‘Little Beirut’ towards the south, owing to its vast collection of ...
A short trip to the Edgware Road led to the heart of London’s Arab community where, among the hookah pipes and mint-tea drinking, I discovered sacks of pistachios and sour, shrivelled fruits ...