Progressive Idealist Anti-Racist Anti-Colonial award-winning EU commentator on diversity, inclusion, geopolitics & morehttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mwwa2kmabk2zAssal Rad on how the mainstream press has failed in its coverage of Gaza.! 🦋 https://www.cjr.org/the-interview/assal-rad-gaza-israel-failed-mainstream-coverage.php02 Oct 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwa2kmabk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mwep6l6mos26https://substack.com/@shadaislam/note/c-345903729?r=7ham&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action25 Sep 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwep6l6mos26https://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mwapjq5q7k2nhttps://shadaislam.substack.com/p/noor-jehans-songs-offer-solace-amid?r=7ham&utm_medium=ios24 Sep 2026 07:16 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwapjq5q7k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mvro7fbywk2zhttps://shadaislam.substack.com/p/im-trying-not-to-lose-hope-von-der?r=7ham&utm_medium=ios18 Sep 2026 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvro7fbywk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mvn4znekgs2pHas Ed Sheeran been taking lessons from the EU’s mealy-mouthed senior officials? Sheeran’s statement on #Palestine is similar to the language #Brussels has perfected over the past three years of #Israel’s genicide on #Gaza. Bland, full of platitudes & absolutely meaningless.16 Sep 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn4znekgs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mvk3rp57cs2mUrsula von der Leyen's speech tomorrow will underline the need to protect EU democracy from external threats. But Europe’s real challenge is to tackle inequalities & concentrations of economic, political and tech power that hollow out democracy from within and allow the Far Right to flourish.15 Sep 2026 07:24 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvk3rp57cs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mv36tpxvyc2nhttps://shadaislam.substack.com/p/islamophobia-911-and-where-are-you?r=7ham&utm_medium=ios09 Sep 2026 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv36tpxvyc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3muoeswusmc2hhttps://shadaislam.substack.com/p/the-past-came-looking-for-me-this?r=7ham&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=split04 Sep 2026 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoeswusmc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3muoervxx7c2hhttps://shadaislam.substack.com/p/the-past-came-looking-for-me-this?r=7ham&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=split04 Sep 2026 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoervxx7c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mtl6urtz2s2lhttps://shadaislam.substack.com/p/our-homes-and-memories-wont-fit-in?r=7ham&utm_medium=ios21 Aug 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtl6urtz2s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mtebixfizs2e#Islamophobia in #Europe is often blamed on the far right. The truth is more dangerous...instead of being pulled rightwards, Europe’s mainstream parties are, in fact, actively mobilising and expanding reactionary discourses and policies. https://euobserver.com/232655/europes-dangerous-art-of-anti-muslim-doublespeak/?cst=da1a4663617d8624d92590df70ec940278183158349de70f222b7fbfbdfb5a3918 Aug 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtebixfizs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mr7wekv4e22tFamilies often end up squabbling over possessions and money. Yet what we truly inherit from our parents has no price. If we are fortunate, we inherit their decency and compassion, the poems they loved, the music that kept them company in good times and bad... https://open.substack.com/pub/shadaislam/p/akhtar-shirani-my-mother-and-me?r=7ham&utm_medium=ios22 Jul 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7wekv4e22thttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mqnyc2qa5s2lhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/02/sorrow-mother-mourn-privilege-funeral-grief-gaza-sudan?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other15 Jul 2026 05:26 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqnyc2qa5s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mpj6r5lhc22xhttps://euobserver.com/224821/the-eus-foreign-policy-problem-isnt-institutions-its-the-quality-of-its-leaders/?cst=5b94afd2afd8452a70e5538efb21509c3556f236b7701f0c6050771f50f7737330 Jun 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpj6r5lhc22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mp6aymdg722yWe often speak of the privilege of wealth, education, mobility or security. For the first time in my life, I recognised that there is also the privilege of mourning. https://open.substack.com/pub/shadaislam/p/lives-that-shaped-me-who-gets-to?r=7ham&utm_medium=ios26 Jun 2026 05:54 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6aymdg722yhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mnyn4nzd6227https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/11/the-eu-is-inviting-the-taliban-to-brussels-europes-credibility-lies-in-tatters?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other11 Jun 2026 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnyn4nzd6227https://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mnyj44cirs2ihttps://theconversation.com/belfast-violence-an-uncomfortable-reminder-of-the-innocent-people-burnt-out-during-the-troubles-285000?utm_medium=article_native_share11 Jun 2026 05:38 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnyj44cirs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mnwgtek5l22yhttps://open.substack.com/pub/shadaislam/p/the-world-needs-girls-with-swagger?r=7ham&utm_medium=ios10 Jun 2026 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwgtek5l22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mnqz6owqr22mhttps://open.substack.com/pub/shadaislam/p/a-question-about-gaza-a-test-for?r=7ham&utm_medium=ios #Gaza #Palestine #EU #PressFreedom08 Jun 2026 06:04 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnqz6owqr22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mnjl5jgqi22vhttps://open.substack.com/pub/shadaislam/p/portugal-loves-south-asia-does-it?r=7ham&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=card05 Jun 2026 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnjl5jgqi22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mnehxg5p2k2rhttps://open.substack.com/pub/shadaislam/p/remembering-naim-khader?r=7ham&utm_medium=ios03 Jun 2026 06:24 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnehxg5p2k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mmw73vdht22jWhy has abuse of flotilla activists drawn more condemnation than the Gaza genocide? : https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026/05/28/abuse-flotilla-activists-drawn-more-condemnation-gaza-genocide (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)28 May 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmw73vdht22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mmrbxbecs224🎈 brilliant analysis by Omran Shroufi 👉🏼The European Democracy Shield: defending what? https://theloop.ecpr.eu/the-european-democracy-shield-defending-what/26 May 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrbxbecs224https://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mmod7km4gs24https://open.substack.com/pub/shadaislam/p/europes-gaza-blindspot-is-boomeranging?selection=cb67fb4d-3ec7-4649-a54f-0b2b5491ac1b&r=7ham&utm_medium=ios25 May 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmod7km4gs24https://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mmggz4okuc2oScholars and anti-colonial thinkers have long warned that when a political system becomes comfortable with the dehumanisation of one people, the logic does not remain neatly contained. It travels, mutates and rebounds....22 May 2026 07:47 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmggz4okuc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mmbo26tre226https://open.substack.com/pub/shadaislam/p/kallas-style-diplomacy-isnt-helping?r=7ham&utm_medium=ios20 May 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbo26tre226https://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mm4an3zuks2mhttps://euobserver.com/216893/how-far-right-chega-is-targeting-asians-in-portugal/18 May 2026 06:26 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4an3zuks2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3mlpoa5eokc2mThe real question is no longer whether Europe matters. It does. The question is whether EU political elites are prepared to ditch the fogged-up EU-centric lens and see Europe’s diversity as a strategic geopolitical asset. https://euobserver.com/216202/europes-multiple-voices-are-its-unique-selling-point-not-a-weakness/13 May 2026 06:25 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpoa5eokc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/simplyshada.bsky.social/post/3ml275542kk2ohttps://timesofmalta.com/article/crime-surname.1127913?fbclid=IwZnRzaARlnx9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEedPZCF0EYwJS4svB2ClOpHpwHm6xBycIzJH_jjyP7QVm7B6CfNRdBGXmTcb0_aem_l1JXyLy_I3CTTyhZQksf5A&utm_campaign=mrf-facebook-timesofmalta&mrfcid=2026050469f8b0b3a2b9063a4e754fda04 May 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:672ecl62y3dhf7wblmlisyur/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml275542kk2o