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Aisha S Gani

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1 year

gotta feel for Mbappé – first you lose to penalties, then you’re consoled by Macron

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During the Charlie Hebdo attacks my newsroom at the time got “Je Suis Charlie” badges made to show solidarity for the publication and for press freedom. So the lack of support for our colleagues remaining in Gaza couldn’t be louder

MoTaz

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Israel killed my friend, the drone camera operator so there will not be aerial footage to show the massive destruction on the main way in the middle area. Israel killed all the journalists with drones or intercepted and stole their drones as you saw before. But I’m trying to show…

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half way through Ramadan and after 171 days, with over 30,000 killed and 70,000 people wounded

The Associated Press

@AP

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BREAKING: The UN Security Council calls for a cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, its first demand to halt fighting

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6 years

YOU GOT THIS BABY BEAR ht @LibyaLiberty

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Just in case you haven’t had enough Mo Salah’s daughter content from me

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I’ve no end of year roundup, except to share the words of Palestinian reporters who remain in Gaza. Journalism is not a crime

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meanwhile it’s curious how people can lose their jobs for calling for a ceasefire

Marwa Fatafta مروة فطافطة

@marwasf

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This is the head of research at @OpenAI , everyone. And we wonder why new tech is fucked.

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I spent my early career identifying Brits who went to Syria, including aid workers and those who went to fight. The contrast in coverage is just surreal

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3 years

I read this by Gareth Southgate and it reminds me why I have hope for my nephews and nieces growing up on that rainy island

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6 years

Özil's note will be poignant for many European Muslims who have dual-heritage, especially when he says: "I am German when we win, but an immigrant when we lose". No matter how much you contribute, your "difference" is always highlighted.

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“The horrifying murder of a brave woman who sought justice shows how badly the Bangladesh government has failed victims of sexual assault” – Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director at Human Rights Watch

Bangladesh: Ensure Justice for Murdered Student

The Bangladesh government should thoroughly investigate the murder of a madrassa student and fairly prosecute all those responsible. The murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who was killed after she filed a...

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19-year-old Nusrat Jahan Rafi reported sexual harassment. She went to the local police station, where the officer said her complaint "was no big deal". 11 days later she went to school to sit her final exams, where she was burned to death. Horrific

Nusrat Jahan Rafi: Burned to death for reporting sexual harassment

Nusrat was set on fire after accusing her headmaster of sexual harassment, but spoke out before dying.

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2 months

This shift in discourse is extraordinary. Future generations will be shocked to learn people were losing their jobs for calling for a ceasefire

BBC Newsnight

@BBCNewsnight

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"I think it's the right time to make that move." Former National Security Advisor Lord Darroch tells @KirstyWark he believes the UK should halt arms exports to Israel: "As a symbol of what we think about things and how we assess the Israeli action" #Newsnight

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4 years

19,000 migrants have died in the Mediterranean in the past 6 years

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@AFP

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#BREAKING European Union parliament declares 'Black Lives Matter'

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5 years

I’m perplexed, perhaps as a Brit, as to how 800,000 federal workers are on furlough or working without pay for 24 days now and that there aren’t widespread protests

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I’ve long wanted to travel along the great Silk Road, and recently got to see its historic heart in Uzbekistan. Shah-i-Zinda, Samarkand

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5 years

The most absurd thing to emerge from the Notre Dame fire is how it has ignited Western far-right rhetoric of attacks on Judeo-Christian cultures. Sorry to break it to you, but it's a gothic building. It's deeply influenced by Islamic architecture. Please.

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Note: Rishi Sunak's family has significant business interests in Israel through Infosys, the cybersecurity provider his wife owns a 0.94% stake in, which signed a research deal with the Israeli government

Bloomberg

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives in Israel He'll have meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog, before heading to "a number of other regional capitals" Our updates are free to read:

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Thousands of students are demanding road safety during a youth protest on the streets of Dhaka after a boy and girl were killed by a speeding bus. Only to be attacked, with reports of sexual assault #bangladeshstudentprotest

Bangladesh students attacked during Dhaka protest

About 25 students were injured as a protest over road safety ended in violence, reports say.

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4 years

jogged to Lincoln memorial just in time:

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@TheSunnahGuy I highly doubt anyone approached you

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6 years

… Even when you yourself are comfortable with your many identities. It takes a lot of courage to refuse to be in the model minority box. Good on Özil for standing up against racism and for his heritage.

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@JMBooyah tweet of the day Johana

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2 years

A bit of professional news ✨ Today I start my new role as fintech reporter for Bloomberg News. Excited to take on this new challenge and work alongside brilliant reporters and editors

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@M0ONCHILDRM truly a public service

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Today marks 40 years since the murder of Altab Ali, a 25 year old Bangladeshi textile worker, who was killed by teens in a racist attack on his way home from work. It was the last straw for the Bangladeshi community, who marched from Whitechapel to Downing St

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4 years

Interesting reactions on the U.S. from politicians across the pond

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yesterday British counterterrorism police showed up at the UK family home of an MSF surgeon. Today, a broadcaster basically asked a British-Palestinian politician if she has Hamas on speed dial:

Saul Staniforth

@SaulStaniforth

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Richard Madeley asks British Palestinian MP Layla Moran if she or her family knew about Hamas's attack before it happened #GMB

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5 years

Wow … sis. If you know you know

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I’m at the British Museum and an elderly couple behind me said “I’d pay good money to see a mummy unravelling”

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4 years

Funeral of London boy Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, who died with Covid-19 held without family. Allah yarhamu

Funeral of London boy, 13, who died with Covid-19 held without family

Coronavirus: the symptoms Read our LIVE updates on the coronavirus here

www.standard.co.uk

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4 years

UK government is being urged to suspend the export of tear gas, rubber bullets and riot shields to US

UK government urged to suspend export of tear gas, rubber bullets and riot shields to US

British law requires exports to be suspended if they are used for internal repression

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3 years

Eid Mubarak from Brooklyn!

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6 years

Teens as young as 13 were checking whether cars and buses had valid licenses in Dhaka, while thousands of students wearing school uniforms blocked major intersections in the capital (photo: Munir Uz Zaman / AFP) #bangladeshstudentprotests

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2 years

I am once again asking you to read a book

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'Now the unthinkable has happened to them, and this is not a developing, third world nation, this is Europe.'

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Just a reminder, this is seventh day of a youth protest about road safety. More than 4,200 pedestrians were killed in road accidents last year in Bangladesh #bangladeshstudentprotests

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4 years

did I grow up in a parallel universe?

Paul Krugman

@paulkrugman

4 years

Overall, Americans took 9/11 pretty calmly. Notably, there wasn't a mass outbreak of anti-Muslim sentiment and violence, which could all too easily have happened. And while GW Bush was a terrible president, to his credit he tried to calm prejudice, not feed it 2/

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5 years

Honestly nothing is funnier than Trump landing at Stansted airport. If Americans only knew.

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5 years

There’s a moment in #KnockDowntheHouse where @AOC appears to be speaking on Bangla TV and says: “assalamualaikum. Eid Mubarak. Amar nam Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez”, and it’s really lovely

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6 years

Hey! Some personal news. I am thrilled to say I will be joining @ajplus . I’m so excited about moving to video and to a truly global and creative newsroom

Aisha Gani

Hey! Some personal news. I am thrilled to say I will be joining AJ+ in Doha. I’m so excited about moving to video and to a truly global and creative newsroom. It means I’ll be leaving London, where...

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4 years

But the public already pays for the NHS. In taxes. Perhaps if multinationals didn’t engage in offshore tax dodging and billionaires were actually taxed on their wealth, the NHS wouldn’t have to be a charity appeal

The Guardian

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Public urged to raise £5m for NHS staff with One Million Claps appeal

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5 years

Y’know it’s a tory chicken delivery when it’s this unseasoned

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Conservatives committing to the whole “Corbyn is a chicken”. HARD. A “JFC” delivery has just been made to the press gallery. 🐔

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6 years

This is heartbreaking.

VICE News

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India’s skin lightening industry is estimated to be worth nearly half a billion dollars. Around 60% of women and 10% of men say they use fairness products. See our #VICEonHBO report tonight at 7:30 PM and 11 PM EDT on @HBO

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Rohingya women were raped as they fled massacre. Now they are waiting to give birth. This is Shafika's story.

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This Bangladeshi American woman survived lupus. Now she's running for city council. This is how a progressive working-class wave is challenging NYC politics:

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6 years

I did not come to the U.S to see a kettle be referred to as a “warmer”

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5 years

“Britain IS bismillah" you really should watch this spoken word piece on British Muslims and British values by @thebrownhijabi

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6 years

The cellist is 19, I cannot. This talent 👌🏾

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With @PB_Curry ahead of the service #royalwedding

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I spoke to ⁦ @paulpogba ⁩ about his biggest financial lessons, his business inspiration, and whether he’d buy a football club one day:

Paul Pogba Transfers His Sporting Riches to Startup Pitches

The French football star has been studying billionaires in his spare time — and making his own off-field investments.

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"Those that read and write, get run over by vehicles" – reads the slogan on the ground (Photo: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ Reuters) #bangladeshstudentprotests

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I'm finding this verse in the Qur'an particularly relevant in social distance/ coronavirus times: “If anyone saved a life it would be as if he saved the life of the whole humanity"

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this must be the first World Cup to be properly on tiktok and I’m here for it

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4 years

The erasure of Black Jewish people here is qwhite interesting

Zoe Strimpel

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Why Black Lives Matter protests are a catalyst for anti-Semitism

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1 year

unacceptable how quaint this is

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4 years

@toryboypierce also there are Muslim doctors. And they are dying. Perhaps essential workers observing Ramadan should get a months paid leave. And only go back when they have adequate PPE.

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I received this in my inbox today. An all-expenses paid embassy sponsored tech trip, featuring a “visit to the Gaza Envelope”

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We do not tolerate any form of discrimination? Really? Cos if I had a pound for each time I've been selected for additional screening

James Cleverly🇬🇧

@JamesCleverly

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@JewishMCR @UKBorder @manairport @JLC_uk @BoardofDeputies @CST_UK @JewishChron @JewishNewsUK @JewishTelegraph @NorthWestFOI @UKLFI @DailyMailUK @YvetteCooperMP We are investigating this. We do not tolerate antisemitism or any form of discrimination. This incident will be handled in line with our disciplinary procedures.

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5 years

Of all the place names to copy America, you don’t want it to be this one

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Wait what ... that’s the cost of an inhaler in the U.S? “Man, so if you’re poor, you’re dead?”

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British people guess how much health care costs in the US — and they are shocked.

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According to local reports, though the Dhaka protests have been spontaneous and without a spokesperson, a nine-point charter of demands for authorities to meet has been circulated #bangladeshstudentprotests

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@toryboypierce care to name your source? Have you spoken to any Muslims?

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I see people are feigning naivety about the Gatestone Institute. Must be cool being an established columnist in British media who can afford to be inconsistent, and casually shrug off association with an anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant organisation.

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Happy cheeky New Year. Londoner ‘til I die

Sadiq Khan

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Tonight's spectacular #LondonNYE fireworks showed that whatever the outcome of Brexit - #LondonIsOpen - to business, to talent, to ideas, to creativity - and why London really is the greatest city in the world. To everyone in London and across the globe: #HappyNewYear

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4 years

Two brown ministers in the UK Cabinet really came out to condemn the toppling of the slave trader statue didn’t they

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@hrry_001 @ASE @samicd also it's in London, so you'd pretty much have to go out of your way not to serve halal meat

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4 years

problematic aid workers in Bangladesh part # 92647

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These vignettes of women living in solitude during coronavirus, from ages 24 to 86, are poignant and beautifully told

A woman living alone during the pandemic

Seven stories of solitude during coronavirus, from ages 24 to 86

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"A Muslim prayer app with over 98 million downloads is one of the apps connected to a wide-ranging supply chain that sends ordinary people's personal data to brokers, contractors, and the military."

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exactly six years ago, I joined the Guardian as a trainee journalist. I had no clue as a teen how to get into journalism, let alone know I’d end up working with brilliant editors and with Pulitzer-prize winning reporters. It’s been a wild ride ✊🏾

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New Story: This Rohingya refugee escaped persecution and found love in Chicago. Now Trump’s policies are dashing refugee dreams

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3 years

Folks in D.C. are sharing posts about double-masking. Meanwhile in London, people are like: why do I need to wear a mask outside?

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10 months

Nigel Farage’s Coutts fiasco highlighted debanking. Yet Muslim communities have complained of bank account closures for years, and barriers to banking mean one in 10 Muslims in Britain don’t have a current account. Read my story here: via @business

British Muslims Say Banks Ruin Lives With Debanking Policies

Nigel Farage’s Coutts fiasco highlights extent of debanking phenomenon, where numerous barriers to banking mean one in 10 Muslims in Britain don’t have an account.

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Whoa this video I produced already has 1m+ views on Facebook – People are outraged about this Kuwaiti beauty blogger’s rant about giving her domestic worker a day off

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2 years

he said the quiet bit out loud

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“Civilized”

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Ramadan in Doha is about 2am breakfast parties and chocolate fountains at hotel ballrooms and noone thought to tell me that when I packed

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5 years

An Asian Home Secretary sending people’s grandpas home and an Asian chancellor enforcing austerity measures is the kinda representation for representation’s sake we’ve been dreaming of kids

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NEW: The Bank of England is a step closer to launching its own digital currency 🪙 Story with @LucyGJWhite

BOE a Step Closer to Launching Digital Pound After Project Rosalind Study

The Bank of England is a step closer to launching its own digital currency after a yearlong project concluded the technology could support a “diverse range” of new ways to use money.

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4 years

Commentary on American South Asian communities usually is Indo-Pak centric and totally erases Bangladeshi American communities and it’s just rude.

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@samxoo seriously the creativity of hijabi tiktokers 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

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6 years

Men, why do you do this?

CBS Evening News

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SHE SAID YES: A woman who was running in Sunday’s New York City Marathon was at mile 16 when her longtime boyfriend hopped over the barrier and dropped to one knee. She ended the day with a medal around her neck and a ring on her finger.

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On the one hand its Muslims aren’t integrated, on the other its they’ve taken over. Which one is it?

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Deputy PM Oliver Dowden asked by ⁦ @SkyNews ⁩ if Suella Braverman's comments that Britain is being taken over by an "islamist mob” were acceptable. "I don't believe the language used by Suella Braverman has crossed the line, where she should apologise for it, no I don't."

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Exactly four months in Doha. There was a time I was told I didn’t have enough experience to do global news. Now I tell stories from around the world everyday ✨

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6 years

Eid Mubarak from magical Cappadocia

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You Clap For Me Now: a powerful anti-racism poem. So many people working to save lives are immigrants, or the daughters and sons of immigrants

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I thought when I moved abroad, I would escape interview requests to talk about burkas and niqabs. I was mistaken. I’m a journalist working on global news, not a commentator on anything “Muslim”.

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It's 42 years since the racist killing of 25-year-old Bangladeshi worker Altab Ali. He was murdered as he walked home from work in London's East End. Here's why it still matters today:

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“We only had one agenda at the time: surviving”

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please read what this Bangladeshi uncle has to say about allyship

The New York Times

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“We grew up in a traumatic police state, so I am familiar with this type of situation,” Ruhel Islam of the Gandhi Mahal restaurant in Minneapolis said. “We can rebuild a building, but we cannot rebuild a human.”

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I made my own coffee using this, which means I am no longer accepting mediocrity

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@CatrinNye 4 is the correct answer. Always

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The lack of organised support or show of solidarity is something so bizarre to me.

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Hyatt, originally from Sudan, says she voted for Biden and came out today to celebrate with her family #DC

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@Lowkey0nline you know you can make this point without minimizing the death of migrant workers

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4 years

someone please help me experience christian girl autumn in America

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Happy first day of fall!! 🎃🍂🍁🍂🎃🍁🍂

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I’ve dreamed of visiting Beirut for so long, and it’s everything

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@LebaneseDreem this is 100% Zara in Westfields

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“I take back everything I tweeted about African migrants” #FRA

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what does this guy achieve by coming to London to deface our public art memorialising people who’ve lost their homes, their loved ones, their lifetime’s work?

יוסף חדאד - Yoseph Haddad

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We fight back against the anti-Israel population in London in every possible way... even with graffiti!

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I understand workers want to be paid and need permission to speak to media, but the reluctance to criticise the government when they haven’t been paid for over three weeks is extraordinary.

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This isn’t a bad way to turn 30

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