Neema Begum
neemabegum.bsky.social
Neema Begum
@neemabegum.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in British Politics @ University of Nottingham | Researching Race, Ethnicity and Political Attitudes

https://www.neema-begum.co.uk/
New article in @journalrep.bsky.social on British Ethnic Minority Brexit Voter Attitudes to Immigration
#OpenAccess from @journalrep.bsky.social -

Immigrants Against Immigration: British Ethnic Minority Brexit Voter Attitudes to Immigration - https://cup.org/3WPrz1S

"White British Leave voters... rarely distinguished between EU and non-EU migrants"

- @neemabegum.bsky.social

#FirstView #Brexit
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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“Even as a survivor of terrorism, I – like many British Muslims – am constantly made to prove my distance from it.”
July 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Four years on from the attacks on 9/11 - this was a time when, in the minds of many, Muslims were already associated with terrorism.
I survived the 7/7 London bombings, but as a British Muslim I still grew up being called a terrorist
Four years on from the attacks on 9/11 - this was a time when, in the minds of many, Muslims were already associated with terrorism.
tcnv.link
July 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Reposted by Neema Begum
"While I was lucky to walk away physically unscathed, I carried a different kind of wound: being part of a community that was treated with collective blame."

@neemabegum.bsky.social on her experience as a 7/7 survivor in @uk.theconversation.com:

theconversation.com/i-survived-t...
I survived the 7/7 London bombings, but as a British Muslim I still grew up being called a terrorist
Four years on from the attacks on 9/11 - this was a time when, in the minds of many, Muslims were already associated with terrorism.
theconversation.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Reposted by Neema Begum
"Twenty years ago, I was walking through central London with my history teacher when a bus exploded behind us." @neemabegum.bsky.social
I survived the 7/7 London bombings, but as a British Muslim I still grew up being called a terrorist
Four years on from the attacks on 9/11 - this was a time when, in the minds of many, Muslims were already associated with terrorism.
theconversation.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM