Alia Waheed Journalist
@aliawaheed.bsky.social
Journalist specialising in writing features, beauty, entertainment and international news. Words in The Guardian, Telegraph, Observer, Glamour and Cosmo among others.
He would have made an amazing Sirius Black.
Viggo Mortensen performs "The Oath of Elendil" in Elvish, the song he sings during Aragorn’s coronation scene. 👑
August 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
He would have made an amazing Sirius Black.
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“Often, the people who have been on the land the longest are the first to get displaced.”
After Maui’s fires, native Hawaiian families face a new threat: foreclosure.
After Maui’s fires, native Hawaiian families face a new threat: foreclosure.
After Maui's fires, native Hawaiian families face a new threat: foreclosure
“Often, the people who have been on the land the longest are the first to get displaced.”
www.motherjones.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“Often, the people who have been on the land the longest are the first to get displaced.”
After Maui’s fires, native Hawaiian families face a new threat: foreclosure.
After Maui’s fires, native Hawaiian families face a new threat: foreclosure.
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The big box retailer has struggled with slumping sales recently amid a backlash over its retreat from diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Target CEO Brian Cornell Will Step Down As Sales Continue To Fall
The big box retailer has struggled with slumping sales recently amid a backlash over its retreat from diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
www.forbes.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The big box retailer has struggled with slumping sales recently amid a backlash over its retreat from diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
We need this here.
Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read
Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read
Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said that the measure was aimed at fixing Denmark's 'reading crisis.' The Scandinavian country's 25% sales tax on books is currently the highest in Europe.
www.lemonde.fr
August 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We need this here.
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With the vote on Texas's discriminatory redistricting plan encroaching, today seems like a good time to revisit @ariberman.bsky.social's piece detailing how this is all a ploy to rig the midterm elections in the president's favor.
Fleeing Texas was the only way Democrats could block Trump’s plan to rig the midterms
“The Republican members have outsourced our democracy to Mar-a-Lago”
www.motherjones.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
With the vote on Texas's discriminatory redistricting plan encroaching, today seems like a good time to revisit @ariberman.bsky.social's piece detailing how this is all a ploy to rig the midterm elections in the president's favor.
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“You enter legally, and suddenly, because of someone else’s whim, you’re illegal. It doesn’t make sense.”
Trump is running the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
Trump is running the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
Trump is making thousands of rule-abiding immigrants undocumented
Inside the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
www.motherjones.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
“You enter legally, and suddenly, because of someone else’s whim, you’re illegal. It doesn’t make sense.”
Trump is running the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
Trump is running the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
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"An Idaho pastor linked to self-identified Christian nationalist Douglas Wilson has argued that women forfeit their right to vote when they get married."
Pastor at Doug Wilson's church plant says married women give up their right to vote
An Idaho pastor linked to self-identified Christian nationalist Douglas Wilson has argued that women forfeit their right to vote when they get married
www.christianpost.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"An Idaho pastor linked to self-identified Christian nationalist Douglas Wilson has argued that women forfeit their right to vote when they get married."
I'm writing an article for a well known women's magazine and would like to speak to South Asian women in relationships with Black partners. Ideally women who are happy to be identified but am open to anonymous case studies. Please get in touch
#blindian #Black #Asian #women #relationships
January 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I'm writing an article for a well known women's magazine and would like to speak to South Asian women in relationships with Black partners. Ideally women who are happy to be identified but am open to anonymous case studies. Please get in touch
#blindian #Black #Asian #women #relationships
Started watching the second season of #SquidGames. I was apprehensive in case it was like that difficult second album and lose its soul by trying too hard to cater to western audiences but it's remained true to its roots and cultural context
a woman wearing a green jacket with the number 067 on the front
ALT: a woman wearing a green jacket with the number 067 on the front
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Started watching the second season of #SquidGames. I was apprehensive in case it was like that difficult second album and lose its soul by trying too hard to cater to western audiences but it's remained true to its roots and cultural context
Sharing some of my past work. The NGO rescuing children from being forced to work in brothels in the backstreets of cities in #India
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
The undercover sting that freed more than 100 children from sex traffickers
Sixty-one brothels were also shut down as a result of the 11-month long operation into the trafficking and exploitation of girls in India
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Sharing some of my past work. The NGO rescuing children from being forced to work in brothels in the backstreets of cities in #India
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Hello everyone, fed up of the quagmire formerly known as Twitter, so have decided to move here. Looking forward to connecting with creatives
January 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Hello everyone, fed up of the quagmire formerly known as Twitter, so have decided to move here. Looking forward to connecting with creatives