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Ashifa Kassam

@ashifa_k

Correspondent covering communities and stories across Europe for The Guardian. Previously based in Spain & Canada for @guardian. Thoughts & ideas always welcome

Joined May 2009
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@rahuliole Hi Rahul, I'm a journalist with the Guardian and would love to speak with you -- can you follow me so we can DM?
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Edinburgh activists target SUVs in solidarity with Spain’s flood victims theguardian.com/environment/…
Edinburgh activists target SUVs in solidarity with Spain’s flood victims

Edinburgh activists target SUVs in solidarity with Spain’s flood victims

Tyre Extinguishers group stencils ‘These cars kill Valencians’ on 4x4s in city to highlight SUVs’ role in climate crisis

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As a politician, he spent his days crafting messaging that described Islam as a “lie” and pushing for the Qur’an and mosques to be banned in the Netherlands. Now he's a Muslim convert, working to dismantle the myths he once peddled: theguardian.com/world/2024/a…
‘Some were extremely hostile’: how Dutch far-right figure turned to Islam

‘Some were extremely hostile’: how Dutch far-right figure turned to Islam

Joram van Klaveren played a key role in Geert Wilders’ Freedom party but is now actively working to counteract its message

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From Barcelona to Brussels, a cohort of guides has trained its lens on Black and African history, laying bare how the continent has been shaped by colonialism and slavery as they revamp the stories that Europe tells about itself: theguardian.com/world/2024/a…
‘Hidden in plain sight’: the European city tours of slavery and colonialism

‘Hidden in plain sight’: the European city tours of slavery and colonialism

From Puerta del Sol plaza in Madrid to the Tuileries Garden in Paris, guides reshape stories continent tells about itself

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How the uncommitted movement rocked Biden over Gaza theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
How the uncommitted movement rocked Biden over Gaza

How the uncommitted movement rocked Biden over Gaza

The success of this agile grassroots group underlines the discontent over the war – and represents a warning for Democrats

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‘This is where I apologise’: Polish state TV presenter says sorry to LGBT+ viewers -- many thanks to .@BartStaszewski for speaking with me: theguardian.com/world/2024/f…
‘This is where I apologise’: Polish state TV presenter says sorry to LGBT+ viewers

‘This is where I apologise’: Polish state TV presenter says sorry to LGBT+ viewers

Activist Bart Staszewski hails ‘meaningful and necessary’ apology as opening new chapter for state broadcaster

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Sanremo Italian song festival criticised after rapper Ghali’s appeal to ‘stop genocide’ theguardian.com/world/2024/f…
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‘The only option is to be patient’: Sudanese refugee waits on Spanish asylum claim filed from Morocco theguardian.com/world/2024/f…
‘The only option is to be patient’: Sudanese refugee waits on Spanish asylum claim filed from...

‘The only option is to be patient’: Sudanese refugee waits on Spanish asylum claim filed from...

Lawyers see Basir’s case as test of European policies that fail to provide safe routes to sub-Saharan asylum seekers

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Famine in Gaza is being made ‘inevitable’, says UN rapporteur theguardian.com/world/2024/j…
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Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe theguardian.com/world/2024/j… via @ninalakhani
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Revealed: More than 1,000 unmarked graves discovered along EU migration routes theguardian.com/world/ng-int…
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People in Spain: we want to hear your views on divisive issues theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
People in Spain: we want to hear your views on divisive issues

People in Spain: we want to hear your views on divisive issues

We want to hear from people in Spain who hold different views on some of the more divisive issues of our time for our Europe edition of Dining across the divide

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France faces court action over widespread use of racial profiling theguardian.com/world/2023/s…
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‘We had to fight to be heard’: Spain stars Putellas and Paredes speak out theguardian.com/football/202…
‘We had to fight to be heard’: Spain stars Putellas and Paredes speak out

‘We had to fight to be heard’: Spain stars Putellas and Paredes speak out

Decades of ‘systemic discrimination’ have long forced the country’s female players to shoulder more than football, Alexia Putellas said as she and her teammate Irene Paredes spoke out about the...

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Guardian Europe: a new venture for our times theguardian.com/media/commen…
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‘We all identify with Jenni’: Spanish women share their shocking stories of sexism theguardian.com/society/2023…
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Revealed: undercover UK police officer deceived woman into 19-year relationship theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
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‘It’s over’: World Cup kiss becomes Spanish football’s #MeToo moment theguardian.com/world/2023/a…
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Jenni Hermoso ‘did not consent’ to be kissed by Rubiales theguardian.com/world/2023/a…
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Italy’s ‘Attenzione pickpocket!’ social media star found to have far-right links theguardian.com/world/2023/a…
Italy’s ‘Attenzione pickpocket!’ social media star found to have far-right links

Italy’s ‘Attenzione pickpocket!’ social media star found to have far-right links

Monica Poli, who found fame challenging petty thieves, is a councillor for Lega, which backs anti-Roma policies

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