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Ramzy Alwakeel
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Deputy editor (news and investigations), @hyphenonline.com. How We Used Saint Etienne to Live out now. Follow for propaganda about pop music, social housing and local news. @journoramzy on Twitter. He/him 🏳️‍🌈
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Ramzy Alwakeel @journoramzy.bsky.social · Sep 9
🔎 Freelance journalists! We're looking for news and investigations pitches at @onlinehyphen.bsky.social – if you've got a story or an idea on an issue that you reckon would be of interest to British Muslims, please email me on ramzy dot alwakeel at hyphenonline dot com! And please pass this on!
Reposted by Ramzy Alwakeel
hyphenonline.com
Protests have been held across Italy against the detention of imam Mohamed Shahin.

The far-right government of Giorgia Meloni is moving to extradite Shahin — despite prosecutors dismissing criminal charges against him.

✍🏽Dalia Ismail

hyphenonline.com/2025/12/11/m...
Mohamed Shahin: imam’s detention sparks protests across Italy - Hyphen
Activists say the government’s move to deport Muslim cleric is linked to a hostile portrayal of Muslim men by Italian media
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December 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
journoramzy.bsky.social
🔴 NEW: gaps in translation services were linked to the deaths of 48 kids in the UK last year, inc 34 babies.

@bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social: “We know language barriers are an impediment to women accessing maternity services.”

✍️ @weronikas.bsky.social

hyphenonline.com/2025/12/03/t...
Lack of interpreters contributed to 34 baby deaths last year - Hyphen
MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy calls for ringfenced cash to tackle problem as research by National Child Mortality Database finds issue is worsening
hyphenonline.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
journoramzy.bsky.social
With the government expected to scrap the two-child benefit cap in today's budget, here's a reminder of the disproportionate impact of the policy on Muslim families 👇

hyphenonline.com/2025/06/02/t...
Two-child benefit cap: data reveals impact on Muslim children
Labour MPs and party’s Muslim network add to pressure on ministers to axe two-child benefit cap in light of Hyphen’s findings
hyphenonline.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Reposted by Ramzy Alwakeel
wearequeeraf.com
🏳️‍⚧️ We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives!

Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.

With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.

Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
Graphic on light grey and pastel purple background featuring six Trans+ creatives. Text that reads: Trans+ History Week 04-10 May 2026. Paid opportunities for Trans+ Creatives.
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
journoramzy.bsky.social
🔴 EXC from @lucascumiskey.bsky.social: babies and toddlers have been referred to the government’s controversial counter-terrorism scheme Prevent hundreds of times since 2016, new data reveals.
A baby's hand poking out of a red sleeve, visible from behind as it sticks out of a buggy
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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🔴 NEW from @anitamureithi.bsky.social: the government's former resettlement minister Lord Khan told an audience at #HyphenFestival2025 that the 'life in the UK' test for new citizens is not fit for purpose & Starmer's 'island of strangers' speech was 'not right'.

hyphenonline.com/2025/11/04/w...
‘Life in the UK’ test not fit for purpose — Lord Wajid Khan
Speaking at inaugural Hyphen Festival, Labour peer adds that government must do more to tackle cost of living crisis
hyphenonline.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
journoramzy.bsky.social
I'm honoured to be chairing a panel to discuss Muslim voters' responses to the UK's political omnicrisis at tomorrow's Hyphen Festival with Shav Taj (Welsh TUC), Mothin Ali (Green co-deputy leader) and Hina Bokhari (London Lib Dems). Details of how to tune in below!
November 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
journoramzy.bsky.social
New venue concept: loft bar but it's a British loft not a US loft. No lighting, no floor, fibrous yellow decor, squirrels nesting in the corner, entry via a stepladder, no one can stand up straight once they're inside. Is this anything
October 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Beyond proud that my @hyphenonline.com colleagues @lucascumiskey.bsky.social, Saman Javed and @anitamureithi.bsky.social have been shortlisted in the #BritishJournalismAwards2025 – days after our northern corr Aisha Rimi won Journalist Media Personality of the Year at the Black Muslim Awards 2025.
L-R: Lucas Cumiskey, Saman Javed and Anita Mureithi
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
journoramzy.bsky.social
LOVE this story about the heroes in Nottingham teaching medical English to migrant women so they can tell the GP what's wrong.

Loads of heartwarming stories like this in our 'Island of Neighbours' series (no prizes for identifying the misguided prime ministerial quote that spawned that one).
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Reposted by Ramzy Alwakeel
bengartside.bsky.social
Unfortunately The i Paper is making several reporters redundant today, and my role is one of them.

I'm very proud of the work I've published over the last three years, and I'm looking forward to continuing my reporting freelance.

Want to chat? Drop me an email, text or DM.
October 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Excellent to see a planning story that pulls out – in the subhead no less! – a figure for social rent homes, not the nebulous category of "affordable". (Less excellent is the figure itself.)

www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
1,700 South London homes approved plus tiered parks and streets
Lewisham Council has approved the plans despite it containing only 98 social rent homes, while 10,000 people sit on the housing waiting list
www.mylondon.news
October 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
journoramzy.bsky.social
I just reverse image searched this to see if I could find the original and of course an AI summary came up before the actual results. But ... does this suggest that AI can understand and translate its own slop back into English??
AI generated search results appear to read the meaningless symbols in the original Blue Apron advert as "Assemble and Bake" and "minimal preparation", which are plausibly the original prompts for the mangled words that came up
October 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
journoramzy.bsky.social
Surely there is no coming back for the curious Guardian style ruling on capping down political parties (Labour party, Conservative party, etc) when it comes to Your Party. Looks like they did it once then gave up
Your party, with 'party' in lower case, in a headline Your Party, with 'Party' capped up, in a headline Your Party, with 'Party' capped up, in a headline
October 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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BREAKING: A crossbench peer who was among five independent experts tasked with producing an Islamophobia definition has issued a warning as the group submits its proposals to the government.

Story by @lucascumiskey.bsky.social 👇

hyphenonline.com/2025/10/13/i...
Islamophobia working group submits proposals to government
Shaista Gohir, part of the group working on a definition of Islamophobia, says attacks on members are intended to scare government
hyphenonline.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
journoramzy.bsky.social
*LOVE* this feature by @leilalatif.bsky.social about the voice actors who dub the Arabic versions of films & cartoons. If you've ever looked at the dubbing credits for a million languages at the end of a Netflix show and wondered who all those people are, read this!

hyphenonline.com/2025/10/07/v...
‘Egyptian is the most wanted’: inside the world of Arabic dubbing
The people behind our favourite characters – Bluey to Captain Majid – rarely appear on screen, but you’ll recognise their voices
hyphenonline.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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A rare bit of (sort of) actual nice positive news about people not being racist? hyphenonline.com/2025/10/07/s...
Dalton mosque: town unites against anti-mosque protests - Hyphen
Plans for the South Lakes Islamic Centre in Dalton-in-Furness have attracted the ire of Britain First and Nick Tenconi
hyphenonline.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Reposted by Ramzy Alwakeel
hyphenonline.com
Muslims in Peacehaven have been left ‘terrified’ following an arson attack on their mosque, a manager has said.

Full story by Saman Javed.
hyphenonline.com/2025/10/06/p...
Peacehaven mosque arson attack ‘followed months of abuse’ - Hyphen
Police are appealing for information about the attack on Peacehaven Mosque in East Sussex, which saw the entrance set alight
hyphenonline.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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🔴 In his first interview since leaving the role of faith minister, Wajid Khan speaks to @sajeraj.bsky.social about tackling racism, celebrating the contributions of migrants, and why the government shouldn't shelve its anti-Islamophobia work.

hyphenonline.com/2025/10/01/w...
Wajid Khan says government must tackle hate against Muslims
Former faith minister said Britain needed to celebrate the contributions of migrants and warned against scrapping anti-Islamophobia work
hyphenonline.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
journoramzy.bsky.social
The two-child benefit cap helps keep poor people poor and disproportionately affects British Muslim families. Scrapping it (as govt is reported to be doing) is vastly better news for Britain than anything that's been announced at Labour conference.

hyphenonline.com/2025/06/02/t...
Two-child benefit cap: data reveals impact on Muslim children
Labour MPs and party’s Muslim network add to pressure on ministers to axe two-child benefit cap in light of Hyphen’s findings
hyphenonline.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Reposted by Ramzy Alwakeel
jessothomson.co.uk
Feels a bit egregious to post about awards two days in a row, but I have just found out I was nominated for – and have won – an independent journalism award for my reporting following the Supreme Court decision in For Women Scotland for @wearequeeraf.com

Thank you!
Winner Jess O'Thomson for their submission to the inaugural Indie Media Maverick Awards in the category of Digital Journalism.
September 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
journoramzy.bsky.social
1/ This is a huge victory for those pressuring Microsoft to pull out of its deal with the Israeli military. Perhaps less obviously, it will also be music to the ears of many UK Muslims with pensions and investments tied up in halal funds.
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 25
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project * Middle East crisis – live updates Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military’s access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank, the Guardian can reveal. Microsoft told Israeli officials late last week that Unit 8200, the military’s elite spy agency, had violated the company’s terms of service by storing the vast trove of surveillance data in its Azure cloud platform, sources familiar with the situation said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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🔴 NEW from @lucascumiskey.bsky.social for @hyphenonline.com: British Muslims with investments and pensions in sharia-compliant funds may be unknowingly profiting from Israel’s war in Gaza and the occupation economy.

hyphenonline.com/2025/09/23/s...
Halal investments ‘unknowingly’ profiting from war in Gaza
Sharia-compliant funds including the HSBC Islamic Global Equity Index have more than $1bn tied up in firms such as Microsoft and Alphabet
hyphenonline.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Reposted by Ramzy Alwakeel
henrymance.ft.com
What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point
How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM