Journalist. Work published in CBS, GALDEM & This Week in Palestine. I am passionate about charity work & international affairs. #Endviolenceagainstwomen
Death & destruction in Jenin. Ten Palestinians killed, 100 wounded 20 critically, 120 abducted. Infrastructure deliberately destroyed depriving the area of electricity, water & workable roads. Homes destroyed. Continued siege. Israel on a deadly rampage. Int’l inaction. Shameful.
“Be truthful, but not neutral,”@amanpour advised journalism graduates. “Bothsidesism is not always objectivity. It does not get you to the truth. Drawing false moral or factual equivalence is neither objective or truthful.” More in @ReliableSources: https://t.co/eZbARei9rR
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1/. As the death toll rises to 41 today, four women you should know who were deliberately and unlawfully killed in Iran when protesting gender apartheid and the killing of #Masha_Amini:
Hadis Najafi, aged 20, shot six times when security forces opened fire on her.
Priti Patel said it was a “slur” when I told her she lacked compassion, and called for me withdraw it.
I didn't and I won't: I was already being too polite.
Violence against women and girls starts with words. Look out for these sexist phrases, challenge them, and cut them out of your vocabulary:
“Boys will be boys”
“She’s asking for it”
“My ex-girlfriend is crazy”
“She’s such a drama queen”
One thing I think we can all now agree on is that the Ukraine crisis shows that calling for an economic, corporate, or even cultural boycott of a foreign nation engaged in human rights abuses is not illegitimate, inappropriate or… racist.
We have some very sad news. We’ve had to say goodbye to our much loved Collie cross Cabbage. For 14 years she was a lovely , energetic and really smart member of our family. It was time for her to go but we miss her so much.