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A story about a young boy who learns the responsibility of road safety at school forms the basis of the new publication from the Childhood Champions children’s book series by Melbourne-based author George Green. The whole series follows the adventures of 8-year-old Ibrahim and his friends as they navigate their growing years in the hustle and bustle of New York City. Mr Green, himself a New Yorker, said the point of difference with these young Muslim characters is their collective cultural diversity. “I quite deliberately developed characters who, while they all live in New York City, come from places...

Views of the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem in 700 CE and the Al-Quaraouiyine (al-Qarawiyyin) mosque Morocco feature in an incredible new virtual reality experience, Mecca to Marree, at the Islamic Museum of Australia. The experience takes viewers from Mecca in 650 CE to Marree, outback South Australia in 1885 – the site of Australia’s first mosque. Islamic Museum of Australia General Manager Ali Fahour said Mecca to Marree is the Museum’s first foray into virtual reality. “We’re excited to share this new experience with our visitors, this is our first virtual reality project, and it’s the only virtual...

Intricate, beautiful works by Perth based papercutting artist Tusif Ahmad are on display in a new exhibition opening today at the Islamic Museum of Australia.

Through his Bismillah series, Tusif Ahmad employs his signature devotional papercutting to create intricate, dreamlike worlds laden with spiritual symbology.