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My mother has died and I can mourn her. That makes me one of the fortunate

For those dying in wars from Gaza to Sudan, there is no shroud, no grave, no funeral, says Shada Islam, a Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs

The Guardian - UK

The EU is inviting the Taliban to Brussels. Europe’s credibility lies in tatters

As ICE-style deportation rules come into force, the unsavoury circle the EU wants migrant deals with includes the Afghan regime. This is a nadir, says Shada Islam, a Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs

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Orbán may be gone, but his prejudices are now baked into the European political mainstream

EU leaders have normalised once fringe racist narratives in their migration, border control and even foreign policies says Shada Islam, commentator on EU affairs

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The US is dragging Europe back to the days of white supremacism. Our leaders are playing along

People like me were targets of the Islamophobia that gripped the west after the US-led ‘war on terror’. Now I fear a chilling sequel is on the way, says Shada Islam, a Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs

The Guardian - UK

The awkward truth about some of Trump’s views on Europe? European leaders agree with him

The US president’s fears about ‘woke’ Europe are laughable. He would feel right at home in today’s EU, says Brussels-based writer Shada Islam

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Podcast| Putin’s long game in Ukraine: Europe’s moment of reckoning

Peace talks to end the war in Ukraine, and a housing emergency that needs critical attention- catch up on the week in EU politics on “Brussels, my love?” the podcast

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Macron and Merz must look at themselves if they want to stop Europe sliding to the far right

Political elites in Europe’s ‘mature’ democracies warn of external threats – but at home they normalise racism and undermine the rule of law, writes Shada Islam

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There’s a word for the EU’s inaction over Gaza: racism

Europe frames the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza as a humanitarian crisis rather than a deliberate political choice. There will be a moral reckoning, says Shada Islam, a commentator on EU affairs

The Guardian - UK

The EU can’t replace the US as a global player until it sheds its own colonial thinking

Eurocentric assumptions and bullying resource-grabs are justified causes of outrage in the global south, says Brussels-based journalist Shada Islam

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Integrate? Europe’s Muslims are damned if we do and damned if we don’t

The new allegation in Islamophobic discourse is that even Muslims who appear ‘well-integrated’ hate the west, says commentator on EU affairs Shada Islam

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Could the shocking Pelicot rape trial help to finally change French attitudes to sexual violence?

The trial of a man accused of drugging and inviting men to allegedly rape his wife, Gisèle Pelicot, has horrified citizens – and revealed how laws on consent and rape need to change

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Look at this photo of Ursula von der Leyen’s new team – and tell me the EU doesn’t have a diversity problem

I have seen how structural racism is embedded in the EU’s institutions. A revolution in recruitment is needed

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There’s a lesson for the EU from Britain’s riots: do more to prevent hatred and division – or violence follows

With the far right making gains in elections, Europe must improve on its dismal record of tackling racism and Islamophobia, writes Brussels-based commentator Shada Islam

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I’m a brown, Muslim European. For people like me, these EU elections are terrifying

EU institutions have already let people of colour down. Now the rise of the far right poses an even greater threat, says Brussels-based commentator Shada Islam

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Europe’s Gaza betrayal has broken the trust of millions of people in the global south

By seemingly giving carte blanche to Israel, the EU has sacrificed hard-won credibility with civil society in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, says Shada Islam, a Brussels-based commentator

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Islamophobia and antisemitism are equal scourges – and the EU is finally recognising that

Anti-Muslim hate surges in Europe after terror incidents. Yet for too long, officials have treated tackling it as an afterthought, says Brussels-based commentator Shada Islam

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Europe is sleepwalking into a far-right trap. Who will sound the alarm?

Across the EU, once-taboo ideas are becoming mainstream, as refugees and Muslims are demonised. But change is still possible, says Brussels-based commentator Shada Islam

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The taboos are falling fast as the EU embraces the far-right racist approach to migration

Allowing controversial ‘fortress Europe’ policies to become mainstream puts the EU’s cohesion and world standing at risk, says Shada Islam, a commentator on EU affairs

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