Haleema Shah
haleemakshah.bsky.social
Haleema Shah
@haleemakshah.bsky.social
Audio journalist and writer. Here to talk immigration, foreign policy, and psychedelics.

Previously of @voxdotcom. 2024 Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellow.

www.haleemashah.com
Rumeysa Ozturk is still in a Louisiana cell despite efforts to transfer her to Vermont.

@hannahallam.bsky.social's reporting offers a sobering glimpse into a bookish graduate student's life in an ICE facility.

www.propublica.org/article/rume...
American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell
“So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have be...
www.propublica.org
May 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Reposted by Haleema Shah
Speaking to NPR in his first media interview since his detention, lawful permanent U.S. resident Mohsen Mahdawi finds peace in meditation and hopes "America will fulfill its promise."
Detained on verge of U.S. citizenship, Mohsen Mahdawi speaks from Vermont prison
Speaking to NPR in his first media interview since his detention, lawful permanent U.S. resident Mohsen Mahdawi finds peace in meditation and hopes "America will fulfill its promise."
www.npr.org
April 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM