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Afroze Fatima Zaidi

Afroze Fatima Zaidi

Afroze Fatima Zaidi

Afroze Fatima Zaidi is a writer, editor and journalist. She has a background in academia and writing for online platforms.

For over 14 months Palestinian journalists have been ignored & undermined despite the deadly work they do to inform us of Israel’s crimes, writes Afroze Zaidi.

23 December, 2024

On Remembrance Day, grief seems to be only reserved for Western lives. Meanwhile, the West's war machine continues its imperial drive, argues Afroze Zaidi.

20 November, 2024

Marcellus Williams' execution in the US was met with protest & mourning. Afroze Zaidi explains why his injustice is linked to struggles in Palestine & Lebanon.

04 October, 2024

Keir Starmer’s statement about ensuring the Holocaust is never repeated is hypocritical amidst the UK’s complicity in Gaza's genocide, writes Afroze Zaidi.

23 September, 2024

Amid Gaza's polio outbreak, Afroze Zaidi explains the history of colonisers spreading diseases directly or by creating the perfect environment for an epidemic.

12 September, 2024

The British government's conflation of terrorism & Palestine solidarity makes Muslims prime targets of repressive counter-terror policies. Through this, Braverman & her ilk are undemocratically suffocating avenues of dissent, argues Afroze F Zaidi.

07 November, 2023

Suella Braverman’s renewed attack on migrants & minorities in the UK is her attempt to keep climbing up the Tory political ladder by appealing to right-wing voters. She is a classic case-study of internalised colonialism, writes Afroze F Zaidi.

06 October, 2023

Given the urgency of the climate crisis, Afroze Zaidi argues that the direct action led by Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion, and Insulate Britain, is necessary. Solidarity is needed, especially amidst the demonisation and criminalisation.

17 November, 2022

From overcrowding in Manston, to the petrol bombing of a detention centre, Sunak’s appointment and defence of Home Secretary Suella Braverman shows that Tory Asians in power are not going to end the suffering of migrants and racialised communities.

05 November, 2022

Fascist Hindu nationalist marches targeting Muslims in Leicester did not take place in a vacuum explains Afroze Zaidi, who writes that the Tory’s relationship with the RSS and Modi have played a central role in enabling and emboldening such ideology.

21 September, 2022