
Mariam Amini
@aminiarchives
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🇦🇫 Afghan Journalist 🌏 Digital Creator @ Budget Backpackers ✍🏽 @guardian @onlinehyphen @MiddleEastEye 🎓 @CityUniLondon @AzizFndn
Joined March 2024
My feature on how war has worsened #climate change in #Afghanistan is now live on the @guardian. Over 80% of locals rely on agriculture for their income. Warring parties need to be held accountable #now. https://t.co/nN20MSMOup
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Always prone to natural disasters, the country’s plight has worsened, and not only because of the climate crisis
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After our complaint the @BBCNews makes a small addition to the article it published yesterday to notify readers that a signatory to a letter sent to the Government is a patron of the UK Lawyers for Israel. The letter said that a Palestinian state could breach international law
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1/7 A man shouted #AllahuAkbar and made bomb threats on an @easyJet flight. His name? Abhay Nayak, 41 — not a typical #Muslim name (not that it should matter) We reviewed 16 major UK news articles. Here's what we found.🧵@cfmmuk
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Did you know that if you start your day with a cup of coffee and brush your teeth before you head out, that's already two Muslim inventions embedded in your morning routine? Find out what other everyday items come from Islamic heritage below ⬇️ https://t.co/DV0HwoNgyO
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Significant advancements in the fields of astronomy, medicine and culture stem from Islamic heritage. Here are just some of the key innovations
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“Maybe my mum’s hoarding was her craving a sense of home.” This one felt extra special - I related to many of the challenges my interviews spoke of. What a privilege to hear their stories and unpack the links between hoarding and displacement further. https://t.co/nGGynDQk67
hyphenonline.com
Our attachments to physical possessions are complex, multilayered and often linked to life experiences — especially within immigrant communities
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“When you’re an aid worker coming to help, you can be looked at negatively, especially if you’re brown and in a headscarf.” 🔗 Full interview with the inspiring @RuhiLoren of @RBBOrganisation below. #muslimstories #refugeesupport
https://t.co/3r73mc1G9y
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Ruhi Loren Akhtar says it is one of the hardest situations the RBB team – which has worked in Syria, Ukraine and Iraq – has ever dealt with
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Fascinating conversation with writer Kazim Ali on all things spirituality and religious identity. A beautiful reminder that faith can be experienced in a multitude of ways, and that it’s never for anyone else to judge one’s journey. Full interview ⤵️ https://t.co/ZR6U3KrUne
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The author and poet on his relationship with writing and religious identity
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Loved putting this together and sharing more about my experiences for @indigovolunteer last week! Hope to do some more volunteering in the new year InshAllah #staytuned 🌏
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Data released by the @ukhomeoffice last Thursday shows that 8,998 Afghans, 6,969 Iranians and 3,369 Syrians are among 83,888 asylum seekers who have been on the waiting list since March or earlier. More in my latest for @onlinehyphen below 👇🏽 https://t.co/jEoJs7BqR1
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Figure includes nearly 20,000 fleeing war or persecution in Afghanistan, Syria and Iran, likely housed in what Refugee Action called ‘human warehouses’
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“Greater Manchester’s boroughs are not just contributing to the cultural landscape — they’re reshaping it.” In my recent piece for @onlinehyphen, I spoke to the inspiring artists involved in the north-west’s ongoing creative movement 🙌🏽 https://t.co/QzZU0FZHrf
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A creative movement is spreading across the region in areas like Bury and Rochdale, as grassroots arts projects platform marginalised voices
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“I’m done with condemning before I give myself the license to speak.” It is with these words that Baroness Sayeeda Warsi leads into her new book. In it, she highlights the rising inequalities against UK Muslims. We discussed all this and more at last week’s private book launch.
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Last week saw the return of the @CheveningFCDO for Afghan students, after the scheme was quietly suspended by the @FCDOGovUK in August. “It is a recognition of the potential of Afghan students and a commitment to their future,” says alum @NZafary. https://t.co/XYdzZvzfQw
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Return of Chevening scheme marks first time students inside Afghanistan have been eligible to apply since Taliban returned to power
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Alhamdulillah for faith. Alhamdulillah for fasting. In my recent op-ed for @onlinehyphen, I explain why the two combine so well and just how much regular intermittent fasting has benefitted mine and Christian’s lives. #journalism #opinion #fasting
https://t.co/mwXayOgH4X
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Mariam Amini embraces intermittent fasting all year round for the unmatched benefits, both spiritual and psychological, it gives her
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“The panel & workshop were really good. Allowed me to gain a further insight into journalism. Loved it! Thank you very much for running this.” This is just one of several notes we received following the Aspiring Muslim Journalists Taster Day at @CityUniLondon this week!
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“Disinformation has been a weapon to sway popular opinion for centuries. The example we can start with is this idea that enslaved people were not human.” More on racist disinformation in my latest for @onlinehyphen below👇🏽 https://t.co/ZOIeLc2lYT
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As baseless rumours and divisive rhetoric dominate the presidential race, minority communities are feeling the consequences
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Great to attend my first @GPUFestival & cover the event for @onlinehyphen 🌙 Special shoutout to Shazia from Print Stall, Aamir from Pocket Giving and Abdullah from @claritasbooks for their motivational words. #journalism #muslim #festival
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Alhamdulillah it was such a joy to write this piece for the @guardian, and to reflect on some of our experiences over the last 6 years. I genuinely believe everyone should volunteer at least once in their lives. It’s a feeling of purpose like no other. 🔗 https://t.co/COyds5n5ey
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I first visited the Al Falah Institute right after it was attacked in September 2023. What a privilege to go back a year later, and see how the centre has not only recovered from the incident, but MashAllah grown. You can read the full story below ⬇️ https://t.co/kYl2HnQWhA
hyphenonline.com
The women of west London's Al Falah Institute have rebuilt their community centre and are thriving a year after a devastating arson attack
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“For me, objectivity is no longer the most important thing. The most important thing is the stance that you take, and whether you're standing up to the powers doing the oppressing.” More from my interview with journalist & author @azadessa below ⬇️ https://t.co/WB5BpcGYOb
hyphenonline.com
Azad Essa's book Hostile Homelands explores the parallels between Palestine and Kashmir, and the growing partnership between India and Israel
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'Even if we just live in this country, we're shaped by the influences people have brought here.' @MigrationMuseum staff and artists on what migration means to them and the importance of the new All Our Stories exhibition. 🎥Produced by @aminiarchives.
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🍉 Pro-Palestine activists (including the founder of the BDS movement) often take inspiration from the anti-apartheid struggle. The community in Toxteth has campaigned against both, so my colleagues @St_VVeronika and @aminiarchives paid the area a visit. https://t.co/wVcETxJzYD
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Toxteth, the multicultural Liverpool district, has a proud history of campaigning, from the anti-apartheid movement to pro-Palestine protests
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