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How racism marks Australia’s landscape

Nov 12, 2023

How racism marks Australia’s landscape

Nov 12, 2023

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Islamophobia, Racism and Reverse-racism

Australian Senator Pauline Hanson is known for her controversial comments about Muslims. She heads the anti-immigration One Nation party…

Mar 10, 2018

Islamophobia, Racism and Reverse-racism

Mar 10, 2018

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Re-listening to November Rain

Reflections on music, losing loved ones and healing

Jan 31

Re-listening to November Rain

Jan 31

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Churchill Was Responsible For the 1943 Bengal Famine

When racism determined who could eat and who could be left to starve

Jan 22

Churchill Was Responsible For the 1943 Bengal Famine

Jan 22

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Rachel Corrie Was Not A ‘Human Animal’. Nor Are Palestinians.

Stories of resistance and resilience amid a brutal occupation

Dec 10, 2023

Rachel Corrie Was Not A ‘Human Animal’. Nor Are Palestinians.

Dec 10, 2023

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The issue of Palestine

How Muslim rulers abandoned Palestine

Aug 25, 2023

The issue of Palestine

Aug 25, 2023

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The “Institutionalised” Man

These walls are funny. First you hate ’em, then you get used to ’em. After long enough, you get so you depend on ’em. That’s…

Sep 19, 2022

The “Institutionalised” Man

Sep 19, 2022

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Privilege in the West and the irony of resistance

Chameli is on the wrong side of global inequalities. She is a garment factory worker in Bangladesh and earns 51 cents an hour making…

Aug 24, 2019

Privilege in the West and the irony of resistance

Aug 24, 2019

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The Rohingya and the Paradox of “Human Rights”

As Burmese military and paramilitary forces unleash the barbaric acts of violence on the Rohingya Muslims, it once again begs the question…

Aug 4, 2019

Aug 4, 2019

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Women Imams, feminism and “the oppressed Muslim woman

Recently, a Saudi TV presenter, Nadine Albudair, posted a controversial tweet where she called for women to lead prayers and stand side by…

Aug 3, 2019

Aug 3, 2019

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Shafi

I write about Islam, racism and the Muslim experience in the West. My essays have been published in numerous platforms including ABC, Overland & The Diplomat.

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