In the years Bowen has been ‘our man’, how is it that we still talk about the ‘Middle East’? Whose ‘Middle’ or ‘East’ is it? As with him, it is not ‘ours’* Like Maggie O’Kane’s impassioned plea over the phone from a besieged Sarajevo as a stunned BBC news anchor looked at
Arzu Merali argues that years of reports have done little but push the UK further towards Victorian victim shaming and ever widening socio-economic divides* There was that time Louise Casey did her report into homelessness. Remember that? Maybe not. Or her foray into crime and punishment? Or troubled families or anti-social behaviour? Maybe, or maybe not still,
Arzu Merali signed this letter, published in The Independent. The full list below is courtesy of The Free Speech on Israel website. The letter protested the scurrilous, Zionist led attacks on then NUS president Malia Bouattia. We, the undersigned, unequivocally support Malia Bouattia, the current NUS president and applaud her impeccable
Islamophobia is undeniably on the rise – and that’s a problem for us all as all forms of racism are relegitimised in the process* More than 20 years working in human rights and anti-racism work can leave you both pessimistic about the future and inured to rising and raging hatred, let alone
Director Sukant Chandan joined IHRC on the 25th August 2016 to discuss his newest documentary ‘Insight to riot’. Insight to Riot is a documentary film that captures the inspiring but also at times very sad and traumatic stories of Black and poor people reacting and responding and navigating a growing racist, oppressive
Veteran activist Michel Warschawski aka Mikado joined Arzu at the IHRC Bookshop to discuss his life and work. He spoke with Arzu* about his transformation from Zionist soldier to pro-Palestinian advocate and activist. Warschawski discusses his biography On the Border as well as his thinking regarding the future of Israel/Palestine given more
The launch of Environment of Hate: The New normal for Muslims in the UK garnered a fair bit of media attention. Here are some more links Rising Islamophobia In Britain ‘Is Creating An Environment Of Hate’ – The Huffington Post UK Muslims suffer pain and prejudice of a more hostile Britain – The Times
BUY A COPY NOW IN DIGITAL DOWNLOAD or PAPERBACK Publication Date: 17 November 2015 £5 (download) £10 (hard copy) / ISBN: 978-1-909853-01-0 (download) ISBN: 978-1-909853-00-3 (hard copy) / 233mm x 156mm / 272 pages / Islamic Human Rights Commission Click here to read the Executive Summary Environment of Hate: The New Normal for Muslims in
Arzu Merali was on of the signatories of this statement highlighting concerns and dangers regarding the statutory implementation of the Prevent strategy. The original can be read here. We, the undersigned, take issue with the government’s PREVENT strategy and its statutory implementation through the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 for the following reasons: 1.
Arzu looks at how ‘positive’ Muslim stories, when discussed in the media, reek or voyeurism and do not help solve the problem of representation Not one, but two ‘stupid Muslim’ stories today (Wednesday 17 June) on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, all in the space of about 40 minutes. Given that