Brick Lane
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Brick Lane is a street in the East End of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets. It runs from Swanfield Street in Bethnal Green in the north, crosses the Bethnal Green Road before reaching the busie
Brick Lane street sign in English and Bengali. The Bengali name is a transliteration, not a translation, of the English name.
The Brick Lane Mosque, used first as a church and then a synagogue, reflecting changing demographics
An elderly Bangladeshi man in Brick Lane
Curry restaurants in Brick Lane, 2008
British Bangladeshis
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British Bangladeshis are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ancestral roots are from Bangladesh. Bengali Muslims have prominently been migrating to the UK since World War II. Migration
Bangladeshi children in East London, 1986
Protest march by Bangladeshis to Downing Street with murdered Altab Ali's coffin, 1978
The East London Mosque located in Whitechapel, London, is one of the largest mosques in the west with a majority Bangladeshi congregation