Arzu Merali

Ian Law: Another friend lost

Arzu Merali & Katy Sian remember the academic whose commitment to equity and justice over many decades is as exemplary as he was humble.   Arzu: It’s difficult to remember when exactly I met Ian, or when and how he started collaborating with or asking

20. Ukraine – Russia: A Decolonial View

Sandew Hira and Ramon Grosfoguel discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the longer history of tensions between Russia and the US over NATO expansion, and the wider ramifications of the conflict. Subtitled, “The New War ‘MADE IN THE USA’: An International Coup d’Etat against Europe

Journalism in the Time of Trojan Horse

  Arzu Merali reflects on Serial’s podcast series of the infamous affair that resulted in a societal sea change for the worse against Muslims [substitute alternate teaser here]. Let me start with this. Serial is excellent and everyone needs to listen to it, even if,

Tackling Islamophobia in the Media

  These extracts from the IHRC project on mapping and analysing Islamophobia project (DHMIR) come from its 2013 and 2015 reports on the USA and UK respectively. They include recommendations from the 1966 Kerner Report from the USA. They were first reproduced here on 9 February 2022 in relation

Letter to UN re denial of passports to Sheikh Zakzaky and Mallimah Zeenah

Madame Michelle Bachelet JeriaOffice of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)Palais Wilson52 Rue des PaquisCH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland 27 January 2022 Dear Madam High Commissioner Re: Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and Mallimah Zakzaky I am writing to urge your intervention to help secure necessary travel