Sameer Rahim
@sameerahim
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Publisher, The Bridge Street Press. Asghar and Zahra (JM Originals) out now.
London
Joined October 2010
"The English do not slay the innocent." Mirza Ghalib on the fall of Delhi, 1857
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A very British medical scandal in the 1960s and 1970s, hiding in plain sight. This is the chilling exposé of Dr Sargant's bizarre psychiatric treatment on his female patients without their consent. The Sleep Room by @JSThrillers is out 3rd April: https://t.co/BS2bf8MN1H
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I'm very excited to announce that my new book SUM OF US: A History of the UK in Data will be published this April by Bridge Street Press @LittleBrownUK I had a lot of fun writing it and I can't wait to hear people’s reaction to the more surprising elements of this history!
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Do not dehumanize Syrians. They are not just a piece of geopolitics on a map https://t.co/IF1oD7ObvR
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Cost of living up, wages down and £2.7 trillion worth of debt: Britain's economy is tanking. But how did we get here? And how can we fix things? TANKED is a smart, accessible guide from an expert economic journalist.
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This could not be more timely. Coming from @LittleBrownUK October 3rd.
As the granddaughter of two men who fought for Britain As the daughter of a man who helped re build Britain As someone who served her country at the top table in government And as the mother of a child who once again, in uniform, defends Britain I refuse to accept that
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The tragic parable of Rishi Sunak: driven by success at all costs, then undone by his own myth-making | Nesrine Malik
theguardian.com
The PM’s vision of a Britain where only hard work matters blinded him to the realities of race, class – and his own flawed project, writes Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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I wrote about Zone of Interest (an excellent, very misunderstood film) as a kind of anti-holocaust cinema film, Gaza, and the dialectic of enlightenment for the @VersoBooks blog thanks to @johnpmerrick! https://t.co/YRbPImuXyu
versobooks.com
Jonathan Glazer’s Zone of Interest has been read by critics as a reflection of the banality of evil. But, what if it in its materialist insistence on impersonal forces, it is more radical than that,...
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New Book Announcement 👊🏽 “The Bridge Street Press has won a four-way auction for Sayeeda Warsi’s Muslims Don’t Matter, a "powerful polemic" on Islamophobia” https://t.co/VEsUSHv9aQ
thebookseller.com
The Bridge Street Press has won a four-way auction for Sayeeda Warsi's Muslims Don't Matter, a "powerful polemic" on Islamophobia.
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Look out for @stevecrawshaw's book Prosecuting the Powerful coming in 2025, even more essential in our current moment. @LittleBrownUK
What a remarkable day this has been here in The Hague. Me for @guardian on why this all matters, in Gaza and beyond — and why double standards and justice are not a good fit
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Very much worth a listen, esp on the perils of statehood.
My conversation with @ezraklein about Gaza and Hamas, the frustrated experiences of the Palestinian struggle, and breaking out of the statehood paradigm in Israel-Palestine. https://t.co/N4F8MDbQpt
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I’m so upset by this graffiti attack on my grandfather’s library. Alfred Wiener had a PhD in Islamic studies and cared deeply about Arab people. To see his Holocaust archive vandalised in this way suggests an attack on Jews not a critique of Israel. It’s dismaying.
https://t.co/pSuDg373W9 .@metpoliceuk and @CST_UK alerted after graffiti attack outside world's oldest Holocaust studies library and research centre.
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Sad to head about Natalie Zemon Davis. Her book on Leo Africanus/Al-Hassan al-Wazzan is superb.
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This Runciman interview with Zadie Smith on Dickens and the limits of empathy is a must-listen, especially now
podcasts.apple.com
Podcast Episode · Past Present Future · 05/10/2023 · 49m
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Utterly disgusting. There is no excuse.
HATE CRIME😡 Stamford Hill Jewish Primary School's Splattered in Red Paint
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Vital by @SarahHelm1 on the catastrophe unfolding before our eyes. She is writing the definitive history of Gaza for Bridge Street. @LittleBrownUK
theguardian.com
‘I will not move. I will be killed in my house with my family,’ one mother told me. Look to history and the omens are grim, says author and former Middle East correspondent Sarah Helm
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If you're in search of two thoughtful journalists who shed light rather than heat on the unspeakable situation in Israel & Gaza then do listen to the latest @mediaconfpod with @EstherSolomon & @SarahHelm1
https://t.co/uGInQ7mho7
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Every art lover will learn something from this sumptuous book. Highlights for me were the chapters on Jerusalem, Kyoto and Delhi. Congratulations @campbell_c_m & @hollharl !
‘The Power of Art’ is published today. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible, especially @hollharl @sameerahim and all at The Bridge Street Press @LittleBrownUK, my agent Jonathan Conway and my long-suffering family.
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