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Nadeine Asbali

Nadeine Asbali

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Nadeine Asbali is a freelance writer and secondary school teacher based in London. She is the author of Veiled Threat: On Being Visibly Muslim in Britain

 

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The Manchester Airport attack has reminded black and Muslim minorities of the disproportionate violence they face from the UK police, writes Nadeine Asbali.

30 July, 2024

British politics has cast Muslim women as a visible threat. No matter who wins the UK election, Muslim women will end up the losers, writes Nadeine Asbali.

01 July, 2024

Major UK parties have smeared British Muslim independents over their pro-Palestine campaigns. But they're more than one-trick ponies, writes Nadeine Asbali.

21 June, 2024

Salman Rushdie's "Taliban-like" comments on Palestine pander to a growing liberal audience itching to justify their Islamophobia, writes Nadeine Asbali.

24 May, 2024

The UK court's decision to uphold a prayer ban in a London school is intertwined with a wider moral panic regarding Muslims and Gaza, writes Nadeine Asbali.

20 April, 2024

As British Muslims, we must use our political leverage this Ramadan, starting by boycotting those who sanction Israel's genocide in Gaza, writes Nadeine Asbali.

27 March, 2024

Nadeine Asbali asks: Why aren't feminists who preach sexual freedom up in arms about Israeli soldiers violating the most intimate parts of Palestinian life?

07 March, 2024

Israel's onslaught on Gaza has compelled us to reflect on our modes and methods of activism, from conscious consumption for Palestine to wearing the hijab.

29 February, 2024

From Dune's vaguely Arabic language to Anya Taylor-Joy's hijab red carpet look, Hollywood loves to sell Muslim culture while erasing us, writes Nadeine Asbali.

27 February, 2024

Refusing to reflect on the root causes of radicalisation, the UK's counter-terrorism policies are just an excuse to criminalise Muslims, writes Nadeine Asbali.

12 February, 2024