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Shada Islam

The Guardian

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

It was the early-morning phone call that so many of us dread. My mother was in the emergency ward of her local hospital. She was struggling to...

02.07.2026 10

The Guardian

Shada Islam

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

I sometimes think of the former EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson, who just six years ago spoke of crafting a European migration policy with...

11.06.2026 10

The Guardian

Shada Islam

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

For years, Viktor Orbán, with his anti-migrant and white Christian nationalist rhetoric – sentiments that endeared him to Donald Trump and his Maga...

27.04.2026 20

The Guardian

Shada Islam

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

Twenty-five years ago, George W Bush persuaded European leaders to back his “war on terror”. That disastrous project cost millions of lives and...

19.02.2026 500

The Guardian

Shada Islam

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

05.01.2026 80

The Guardian

Shada Islam

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

24.11.2025 20

The Guardian

Shada Islam

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

19.08.2025 30

The Guardian

Shada Islam

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

29.04.2025 30

The Guardian

Shada Islam