Mehreen Shami

decolonial psych, intl. development, islamic philosophy 🤍🕊️ | treaty 13 land 🌅
M.A Global Politics @mcmasteru, '23

[Mehreen Shami @MehreenShami]

master’s research dedication 🤍

[UN University-INWEH @UNUINWEH]

Join us for the next #ScienceTalk with Junior Policy Fellow Mehreen Shami, who will explore how #WaterBankruptcy isn't just an environmental challenge, but a matter of equity, well-being, and human dignity.

Register for free: https://t.co/y0VJ5jSP07

[Think Global Health @ThinkGlobalHlth]

After airstrikes on oil refineries in Iran, residents reported "black rain."

@UNUINWEH's @nunbogu, @DrRRamchandani, @mehreenshami, Wania Khan, and @kavehmadani explain why the environmental and human health threats of oil warfare will linger.
https://t.co/Hk4mqZqbI1

[UNODC Country Office Pakistan @UNODCPakistan]

🇵🇰Delegation in 🇨🇴From 13-15 Aug 2025, 🇵🇰 agencies incl. ANF, Customs, PCG and PMSA and their 🇸🇦counterparts were in Cartagena 🇨🇴for a study tour to the CIMCON facilities of the @ArmadaColombia. 🙏 @StateINL & @UNODC_MCP for excellent international maritime learning opportunity

[Mohamed Salah @MoSalah]

Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?

[مريم @bluepashminas]

kashmiris in kashmir are very limited in what they are able to say due to the extent of the indian occupation’s surveillance. it is the responsibility of those outside to keep watching & amplifying the situation. please keep raising your voice. dark days are ahead for kashmir.

[Yipeng Ge 葛义朋 @yipengGe]

Every person or child martyred is a universe extinguished. Every martyr was someone’s entire world. The heaviness of these moments are unbearable and incomprehensible. For the genocide in Gaza to continue while the world watches, feels like the end of the world as we know it.

[UN Office on Drugs & Crime @UNODC]

When our seas are safe, so are we.

From protecting vital trade routes to preserving marine ecosystems, ensuring maritime safety is pivotal for global stability.

This is what we do at @UNODC_MCP: https://t.co/dHDk87fTdE

[zayn @zaynmalik]

Love You Bro ❤️

[PBS News @NewsHour]

A weekend of death and destruction gave way to another day of carnage in Gaza and Lebanon, as Israeli forces struck multiple sites in both places.

@Leila_MA reports. Warning: Images and accounts in this story are disturbing.

[Jemima Goldsmith @Jemima_Khan]

I usually don’t comment on Pakistani politics. I disagree with IK on many political issues. But this is not about politics- it’s about my children’s father, his human rights & international law. For the past few years, I’ve been bullied & harassed into silence by PML-N goons, including rape threats & countless conspiracy theories. Meanwhile Twitter/ X is banned in Pakistan, PTI party members & civilian supporters have been abducted, anyone with a platform who was speaking out is now in jail & silenced, Imran Khan’s photo and name have been censored on state television (they have even redacted his image from any coverage of Pakistan’s World Cup win of 92!)
I owe it to my children to try to create some awareness about what is happening in Pakistan. Please help in any way that you can. Thank you.

[Jemima Goldsmith @Jemima_Khan]

In the last few weeks there have been serious and concerning developments regarding my sons’ father, Imran Khan’s treatment in prison. The Pakistan authorities have stopped all visits to him by his family and his lawyers. They have also postponed all court hearings. In addition to cutting off in- person visits, and in defiance of a court order, his weekly calls to his sons, Sulaiman and Kasim Khan, who are British and who live in London, were stopped on 10th September. We have received reports that the authorities have now turned off the lights and electricity in his cell and he is no longer allowed to leave his cell at any time. The jail cook has been sent on leave. He is now completely isolated, in solitary confinement, literally in the dark, with no contact with the outside world. His lawyers are concerned about his safety and well-being.

These actions come in the context of ongoing targeting of Imran’s family, as well as his party (PTI) members and supporters in an attempt to silence them and all political opposition in Pakistan. Imran’s nephew, Hassan Niazi, a civilian, has been detained in military custody since August 2023. More recently, Imran Khan’s sisters, Uzma and Aleema Khan, who have continued to speak out on his behalf, have also been arrested as they made their way peacefully to a demonstration and they are currently being held in jail, despite there being no proper or lawful basis for their imprisonment.

In June this year the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found that Imran is unlawfully and arbitrarily detained and called for his immediate release.

 As a matter of urgency , we are calling for Imran Khan’s release, and for the release of his sisters and nephew as well as for his sons’ contact with their father to be re-established, so that they may have assurance first-hand that he is well and not being mistreated.

[UNFPA in the Pacific @UNFPAPacific]

We cannot imagine a brighter future without creating equitable opportunities for our girls. @UNFPAPacific, we're inspired by girls everyday: they are leading conversations on gender equity, shaping policies, and building a more inclusive society. #DayOfTheGirl

[Yousra Elbagir @YousraElbagir]

The UN independent international fact-finding mission for Sudan published findings today:

They found reasonable grounds to believe the RSF & allied militias committed war crime AND crimes against humanity including murder, torture and rape on the basis of ethnicity & gender.

[Mehreen Shami @MehreenShami]

@MustafaThePoet in toronto last night - incredible would be an understatement. 🤍
in what ways are we occupied - physically, mentally, spiritually? what extent are we willing to go to fulfill what we believe in?
i cannot wait for the full album.

[Mehreen Shami @MehreenShami]

@MustafaThePoet in toronto last night - incredible would be an understatement. 🤍
in what ways are we occupied - physically, mentally, spiritually? what extent are we willing to go to fulfill what we believe in?
i cannot wait for the full album.

[Eman Basher @SometimesPooh]

Do you ever think about death? It’s a cliché question, I know, but what I mean is—do you remind yourself of it constantly so you never forget those moments when you were lost and desperate? I have a pair of shoes I bought from a second-hand market when we were displaced in Khan Younis. I’m in the US now, and I’ve been wearing them ever since—I haven’t bought a new pair. During a lecture today, I looked down and saw them, a reminder of where I’ve been, the paths I walked and the queues I lined in for hours.

I have a bag of biscuits from the aid boxes we used to receive. They would give us one bag per family, which meant half a biscuit for each of us. That was our whole meal for the day. I carried that bag with me through Egypt, and I still have it here in the US, tucked away in my bag.

Whenever I start to drift away, when the small comforts of this life—like having power 24/7, food in the fridge, or a sky free of warplanes for my children—make me forget, I remind myself where I came from. You always need to be reminded where you came from, because if you forgot, who else would remember?

[Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi]

Waking up to news of a large scale invasion of the West Bank. Those of us with family there have known and been saying it’s only a matter of time.

[UNRWA @UNRWA]

For the first time in 25 years, polio has been recorded in the #GazaStrip

Given the high risk of the spread of the deadly disease, @WHO, @UNICEF, @UNRWA & partners are launching a vaccination campaign in the coming days for over 600K children who are under 10 years of age.

[IOM Sudan 🇺🇳 @IOMSudan]

🚨Latest @DTM_IOM Sudan reveals staggering scale of crisis
· 1 in 5 people internally displaced
· 50% of IDPs in Darfur, 17% in South Darfur alone
· 35% displaced from Khartoum
· 97% of IDPs in high food insecurity
· 20% of🇸🇩 pop.displaced since April 2023 https://t.co/YMEpPMY8ua

[Na’kuset S @NakusetS]

Canada Day…a painting by Kent Monkman