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Fatima Rajina
@frajina.bsky.social
Academic interested in British Bangladeshis/Bengalis/Muslims

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Doing this later today in Birmingham! Come through!
#HEARTUNIONWEEK

Join us at the BRIG Café (54-57 Allison St, B5 5TH) to hear from Dr. @frajina.bsky.social, with Mish Rahman and Muhammad Idrish

TODAY - Friday 13 Feb - 6PM

Sale: Book & artwork by Waheeda Rahman-Mair

Tickets: bit.ly/4tCv6jt

BTUC: linktr.ee/BirminghamTUC
February 13, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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🇧🇩🇬🇧British Bangladeshi Muslims in the East End🇧🇩🇬🇧

Join us for Dr. Fatima Rajina's book signing, a panel with Muhammad Idrish and Mish Rahman, and cover illustrator artwork sale.

Friday 13 February, 6PM!
BRIG Café!

More details and tickets on: bit.ly/4tCv6jt
February 6, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Inequalities in UK research ‘intensified’ after Covid

Inequities “not only persisted but deepened” in pandemic, @edicaucus.bsky.social study finds, with bullying culture worsening

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Inequalities in UK research ‘intensified’ after Covid - Research Professional News
Inequities “not only persisted but deepened” in pandemic, study finds, with bullying culture worsening
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I co-authored a short opinion piece with Dr Victoria Redclift on citizenship stripping and used some of our research on it following the publication of Runnymede Trust’s report, Stripped: The Citizenship Divide.

Read here: www.newarab.com/opinion/labo...
In Labour Britain citizenship remains conditional for minorities
From citizenship stripping to hostile environment policies, the UK is reminding minorities their belonging can be revoked at any time, write Rajina & Redclift.
www.newarab.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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We're excited to announce the official launch party for our winter issue, Wasafiri 124: Presencia y Resistencia, guest co-edited by Karina Lickorish Quinn and Leo Boix.

When: Thursday, 5 February, 7-9.30pm
Where: Reference Point, London
Tickets: £12. Subsidised tickets available.
Presencia & Resistencia: Wasafiri 124 Launch Party
Join us at Reference Point, London on 5 February as we celebrate the launch of Wasafiri 124: Presencia y Resistencia, our landmark British Latinx issue.
buff.ly
January 9, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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How you manufacture consent.
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.

The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
You can pre-order the paperback of my book on Manchester University Press’s website!

Order here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526194947/
January 4, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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On advance access: "Orality, State Power, and the Labour of Policing in Colonial Bengal, c.1850–1947"

by Partha Pratim Shil (@stanford.edu)

#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/past...
Orality, State Power, and the Labour of Policing in Colonial Bengal, c.1850–1947*
Abstract. In colonial Bengal, the average police constable was largely unlettered. Nevertheless, constables were at the frontline in the enforcement of col
doi.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Latest podcast episode for the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre. In conversation with Marieha Hussain, discussing her trial, her placard (the one with the palm tree, coconuts and Suella and Rishi’s faces) and how she won her case!

open.spotify.com/episode/7MNr...
S2 E3: The Coconuts Trial with Marieha Hussain
open.spotify.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
THE EXHIBITION IS BACK AND RUNNING AT THE BLACKHORSE WORKSHOP CAFE IN WALTHAMSTOW. DETAILS BELOW 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Still time to book for this event in Leicester on Friday on language policing and the right to satire 👇🏾
Coconuts & CocoNOTS: Police Racism, Protest, and the Right to Satire

Join us to explore how the policing of language is employed to silence Black and Brown activism by looking at Marieha Hussain's recent case.

📍 Trinity House, Leicester
⏰ 6-9pm

Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coconuts-c...
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Coconuts & CocoNOTS: Police Racism, Protest, and the Right to Satire

Join us to explore how the policing of language is employed to silence Black and Brown activism by looking at Marieha Hussain's recent case.

📍 Trinity House, Leicester
⏰ 6-9pm

Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coconuts-c...
October 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
UKIP are coming to Whitechapel on the 25th. We need to come out and fight back. See you there!

📱 Share the flyer and the link to join this WhatsApp chat with your friends for updates nearer the time

chat.whatsapp.com/EEr05zLboXsD...
October 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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As the tube strike hits #London, listen again to Romit Chowdhury on #CITIES for #UncommonSense. Including: how “walking the city” emerged as a revolutionary method, transport studies from Kolkata and Tokyo, and a celebration of urban enchantment

thesociologicalreview.org/podcasts/unc...
Uncommon Sense: Cities, with Romit Chowdhury
thesociologicalreview.org
September 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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“Seeing it raised today makes clear that it has become a political tool: a signal that Muslims and Asians, alongside asylum seekers, particularly in places like Luton, are not welcome. That is the true meaning of this so-called pride.”(@frajina.bsky.social)

www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-m...
For UK minorities, the St George's flag remains a symbol of racist violence
From colonial humiliation to today's jingoism on Britain's streets, the red and white flag was never a harmless display of 'cultural pride' but a weapon of fear and exclusion
www.middleeasteye.net
September 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open!

Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE.

📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur
September 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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"When I see it flying from lamp posts or plastered across roundabouts, it does not speak of pride but power - namely, who belongs and who does not"
@frajina.bsky.social on flags as symbols of exclusion
@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-m...
For UK minorities, the St George's flag remains a symbol of racist violence
From colonial humiliation to today's jingoism on Britain's streets, the red and white flag was never a harmless display of 'cultural pride' but a weapon of fear and exclusion
www.middleeasteye.net
September 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
My latest article analysing what the flag represents

“Others dismiss the displays as harmless, w/ some even plastering the flag on their doors as a form of protection. Either stance risks legitimising the act,or pretending it is benign when it is anything but.”
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-m...
For UK minorities, the St George's flag remains a symbol of racist violence
From colonial humiliation to today's jingoism on Britain's streets, the red and white flag was never a harmless display of 'cultural pride' but a weapon of fear and exclusion
www.middleeasteye.net
September 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Masked men putting up flags and demanding that passers by who challenge them tell them where they come from is not something to be celebrated.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why I am putting up Union flags on my high street in Sutton
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Any restaurant that was good and expanded and then got bought by private equity and suddenly there’s 30 of them in the city with decreasing food quality and increasing prices
10. What was ruined by popularity?
August 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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EXCITING! A Migrant's Guide is now available in English, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Spanish, Farsi & Pashto for £3 per copy.⁠

Created by migrants, for migrants, the guide connects people to essential services, offers practical advice, and so much more.⁠

📩Contact migrantsguide@praxis.org.uk to order
August 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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read this carefully—the AFP was founded in 1944. they’ve just issued a statement saying that for the first time in history, their journalists face death by starvation #Gaza
July 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM