Sakhr Al-Makhadhi
@sakhr.co.uk
🎥Executive Producer @ajplus.net
🇸🇾 Damascus resident until 2011
🇬🇧🇾🇪British-Yemeni
✍️ Social justice | Arab World
🇸🇾 Damascus resident until 2011
🇬🇧🇾🇪British-Yemeni
✍️ Social justice | Arab World
This is how colonisation works, in three photos.
December 17, 2024 at 6:02 PM
This is how colonisation works, in three photos.
December 13, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Western journalists should not be liberating Syrian prisoners.
Syrians deserve dignity. Going in to a prison cell and mumbling English words at a prisoner whose response is to think you’re coming to harm him is…
NOT journalism.
There are Syrians with you. Let them do it. Step back. Give space.
Syrians deserve dignity. Going in to a prison cell and mumbling English words at a prisoner whose response is to think you’re coming to harm him is…
NOT journalism.
There are Syrians with you. Let them do it. Step back. Give space.
December 12, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Western journalists should not be liberating Syrian prisoners.
Syrians deserve dignity. Going in to a prison cell and mumbling English words at a prisoner whose response is to think you’re coming to harm him is…
NOT journalism.
There are Syrians with you. Let them do it. Step back. Give space.
Syrians deserve dignity. Going in to a prison cell and mumbling English words at a prisoner whose response is to think you’re coming to harm him is…
NOT journalism.
There are Syrians with you. Let them do it. Step back. Give space.
This was a few days before Bashar fell.
That country is consistently on the wrong side of history: Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Palestine…
That country is consistently on the wrong side of history: Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Palestine…
December 10, 2024 at 9:23 PM
This was a few days before Bashar fell.
That country is consistently on the wrong side of history: Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Palestine…
That country is consistently on the wrong side of history: Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Palestine…
December 10, 2024 at 9:03 PM
A short history of Israel’s occupation of Syria:
December 9, 2024 at 6:53 PM
A short history of Israel’s occupation of Syria:
Anyone else not want to clear notifications because keeping hold of this feels… right
December 8, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Anyone else not want to clear notifications because keeping hold of this feels… right
The Syrian people are free.
The Palestinians will be next.
The Palestinians will be next.
December 8, 2024 at 3:11 PM
The Syrian people are free.
The Palestinians will be next.
The Palestinians will be next.
Never forget Hama. This is the Assad family’s legacy:
December 8, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Never forget Hama. This is the Assad family’s legacy:
4 February 2011. The Syrian uprising was about to begin. I knew this would be the last time I would see this monstrosity of a statue in Damascus. I just never imagined I would see a free Syria in my lifetime.
December 8, 2024 at 2:21 PM
4 February 2011. The Syrian uprising was about to begin. I knew this would be the last time I would see this monstrosity of a statue in Damascus. I just never imagined I would see a free Syria in my lifetime.
Today, around one-in-three @transportforlondon.bsky.social staff is Black or a person of colour. The legacy lives on, but now their stories are being told
A public challenge to centuries of silence. The new name, the Windrush Line, is a conversation starter. It’s a conversation that is long overdue
A public challenge to centuries of silence. The new name, the Windrush Line, is a conversation starter. It’s a conversation that is long overdue
November 29, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Today, around one-in-three @transportforlondon.bsky.social staff is Black or a person of colour. The legacy lives on, but now their stories are being told
A public challenge to centuries of silence. The new name, the Windrush Line, is a conversation starter. It’s a conversation that is long overdue
A public challenge to centuries of silence. The new name, the Windrush Line, is a conversation starter. It’s a conversation that is long overdue
Signs along the line pay tribute to the enduring contribution of people of Caribbean origin in London
November 29, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Signs along the line pay tribute to the enduring contribution of people of Caribbean origin in London
And of the UK’s stubborn refusal to pay reparations, despite compensating the people who did the enslaving.
November 29, 2024 at 2:06 PM
And of the UK’s stubborn refusal to pay reparations, despite compensating the people who did the enslaving.
As well as centuries of Black rebellion against British colonialism and enslavement
November 29, 2024 at 2:06 PM
As well as centuries of Black rebellion against British colonialism and enslavement
In the UK, we’re taught about Britain’s role in ending slavery. But I didn’t learn about the true horrors of what Britain had done until I left school
A new exhibition at Dalston Junction, one of the Windrush Line’s stations, tells the story how Africans ended up in the Caribbean in the first place
A new exhibition at Dalston Junction, one of the Windrush Line’s stations, tells the story how Africans ended up in the Caribbean in the first place
November 29, 2024 at 2:06 PM
In the UK, we’re taught about Britain’s role in ending slavery. But I didn’t learn about the true horrors of what Britain had done until I left school
A new exhibition at Dalston Junction, one of the Windrush Line’s stations, tells the story how Africans ended up in the Caribbean in the first place
A new exhibition at Dalston Junction, one of the Windrush Line’s stations, tells the story how Africans ended up in the Caribbean in the first place
So this week, the train line that links all of those areas has got a new name: the Windrush Line.
But there’s something quite astonishing…
But there’s something quite astonishing…
November 29, 2024 at 2:06 PM
So this week, the train line that links all of those areas has got a new name: the Windrush Line.
But there’s something quite astonishing…
But there’s something quite astonishing…
When Caribbeans - many from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago - arrived in London, they faced yet more racism. They were banned from renting some properties, faced brutality from the police, and violence from fascist groups.
November 29, 2024 at 2:06 PM
When Caribbeans - many from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago - arrived in London, they faced yet more racism. They were banned from renting some properties, faced brutality from the police, and violence from fascist groups.
One of the biggest labour shortages was at London Transport. They even ran a recruitment campaign in the Caribbean from 1956 to 1970.
And many of these new workers were housed in south London: Peckham, New Cross, Brixton
And many of these new workers were housed in south London: Peckham, New Cross, Brixton
November 29, 2024 at 2:06 PM
One of the biggest labour shortages was at London Transport. They even ran a recruitment campaign in the Caribbean from 1956 to 1970.
And many of these new workers were housed in south London: Peckham, New Cross, Brixton
And many of these new workers were housed in south London: Peckham, New Cross, Brixton
Just as Britain had forcibly trafficked Africans to its colonies in the Caribbean and elsewhere, it was now shuffling people around based on its needs, once again.
November 29, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Just as Britain had forcibly trafficked Africans to its colonies in the Caribbean and elsewhere, it was now shuffling people around based on its needs, once again.
@transportforlondon.bsky.social has renamed its six lines. One of them is the *Windrush Line*
After the Second World War, there was a huge labour shortage. The UK looked to its colonies to fill the gap
*Empire Windrush* was one of the first ships that brought people from the Caribbean to the UK
After the Second World War, there was a huge labour shortage. The UK looked to its colonies to fill the gap
*Empire Windrush* was one of the first ships that brought people from the Caribbean to the UK
November 29, 2024 at 2:06 PM
@transportforlondon.bsky.social has renamed its six lines. One of them is the *Windrush Line*
After the Second World War, there was a huge labour shortage. The UK looked to its colonies to fill the gap
*Empire Windrush* was one of the first ships that brought people from the Caribbean to the UK
After the Second World War, there was a huge labour shortage. The UK looked to its colonies to fill the gap
*Empire Windrush* was one of the first ships that brought people from the Caribbean to the UK
Story time: what was London Transport’s connection to the UK’s role in slavery - then and now?
And how is @transportforlondon.bsky.social helping the UK to finally address its dark history, while commemorating the survivors of colonialism?
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And how is @transportforlondon.bsky.social helping the UK to finally address its dark history, while commemorating the survivors of colonialism?
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November 29, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Story time: what was London Transport’s connection to the UK’s role in slavery - then and now?
And how is @transportforlondon.bsky.social helping the UK to finally address its dark history, while commemorating the survivors of colonialism?
A 🧵
And how is @transportforlondon.bsky.social helping the UK to finally address its dark history, while commemorating the survivors of colonialism?
A 🧵
Hello hello, my name is Sakhr, I tell stories for @ajplus.net, often on the Arab world + social justice. I try to look at the world from a Global South perspective, because we are the Global Majority, and our voices have been overwritten for so long.
That stuff + transport, cycling and coffee
That stuff + transport, cycling and coffee
November 29, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Hello hello, my name is Sakhr, I tell stories for @ajplus.net, often on the Arab world + social justice. I try to look at the world from a Global South perspective, because we are the Global Majority, and our voices have been overwritten for so long.
That stuff + transport, cycling and coffee
That stuff + transport, cycling and coffee