The St Albans Big Iftar
The St Albans Big Iftar is a unique community partnership for all member of the St Albans City & District community to come together and share a meal together in the form of Iftar.
This year the first ever St Albans community Iftar will be held in Fleetville Recreation Ground on 18 May 2019 from 6.30pm – 9.30pm.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE HARAM
One Day in the Haram is the extraordinary documentary of the Haram in Makkah, telling the story from the prespective of the 1000’s people who work around the clock to maintain it, look after and ensuring its at its best for the millions of muslim who travel each year for Hajj and Umrah. Director Abrar […]
Girls Football Summer Camp St Albans.
Girls football summier camp sessions 090starting next week for all ages! A great way to keep the kids busy active and fight boredom. The sessions take place in Longacres Park, Oakdene Way, St Albans AL1 5Fy Dates for the session are planned for Monday 30th July 11am -1pm Tuesday 31st July: 11am – 1pm Thursday […]
An evening of Palestinian Culture
St Albans Friends of Palestine invite you to An evening of Palestinian Culture Thursday 4th October 2018 7:30 pm, Trinity Church, 1 Beaconsfield Rd, St Albans AL1 3RD A night of Arabic songs, music and poetry. Palestinian crafts, Zaytoun food and olive oil. Interval refreshments. Free entry, donations invited With Julia Aaisha Katarina, (voice and […]
Summer Holidays
Schools out for the Summer and if you’re looking for activities for the kids to do in St Albans over the summer here are some activities we found out about. Summer Photography Workshops Local photographer Monir Ali is running The Shutter Bug Cub. Ideal for children between the ages of 7 and 14 who want […]
Splendid Summer Salads
Stop the press…Shakir Rehman wins Sopwell Ward.
May Local elections happened as we went to publish, and we were pleasantly surprised by the news from Sopwell Ward that Mr Shakir Rehman has been voted in as the local counsellor for the Ward. Congratulations and we wish him well and look forward to seeing him in action over he coming years. Its great […]
Splendid Summer Salads
We love summer and love the variety of ingredients available for lovely healthy treats. Here are a few from food photographer and writer Monir Ali.
Diabetes and You.
Diabetes and the Mindset to change your life. Warning serious topic coming up…. and its a long article… Type 2 Diabetes effects around 4 Million people in the UK. And a massive 8% of those are from the South Asian Community, that’s in the region of 320,000 people with Type 2 or late onset diabetes. […]
The Andulician Adventure
Ace photographer Monir Ali writes exclusively for Samosa & Chai. When my wife mentioned that she had booked a short holiday to the Costa del Sol, I was taken aback. Thoughts of drunken folks running around shouting and screaming had almost ruined my break before it begun! But some pre holiday research started to abate […]