Shiza Malik
@shizamalik.bsky.social
Writer | Refugee Rights & Feminism | Decolonizing Menstrual Justice | Plastic-Free Periods |Head of Comms at Amna Refugee Healing Network | Co-founder @KyndPeriod |Pakistani in London
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Shiza Malik
@shizamalik.bsky.social
· Feb 27
Here I stand in Islamabad, Pakistan, where children, Afghan refugees, and the poorest wade through mountains of waste every day, scavenging for recyclables.
This is what “recycling” really looks like. 🧵
This is what “recycling” really looks like. 🧵
Terrifying. To tell to ten million people to simply leave?!
June 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Terrifying. To tell to ten million people to simply leave?!
This is only a story because the husband is Italian and the family is white.
Countless working-class and racialised families have been torn apart by these same rules since they were introduced.
They just didn’t get a Guardian feature.
Countless working-class and racialised families have been torn apart by these same rules since they were introduced.
They just didn’t get a Guardian feature.
British woman laments Brexit rules that would stop her Italian husband moving to UK
British woman laments Brexit rules that would stop her Italian husband moving to UK
Sarah Douglas says salary requirement means her husband would be ineligible for family visa to join her and their children
A British woman whose family cannot return to the UK because of Brexit visa rules has said she feels “forgotten and rejected” by the country of her birth.
Sarah Douglas moved to Italy to teach English in 2007 before marrying Matteo Ricci, an Italian software developer, in 2010. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
This is only a story because the husband is Italian and the family is white.
Countless working-class and racialised families have been torn apart by these same rules since they were introduced.
They just didn’t get a Guardian feature.
Countless working-class and racialised families have been torn apart by these same rules since they were introduced.
They just didn’t get a Guardian feature.
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March 31, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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With no safe routes available to ppl fleeing danger, irregular journeys to the UK will continue.
Our MPs must understand there are realistic, humane alternatives to REGULATE the arrival of asylum seekers.
🙏 Pls email your MP to attend this important event help.care4calais.org/page/168077/...
Our MPs must understand there are realistic, humane alternatives to REGULATE the arrival of asylum seekers.
🙏 Pls email your MP to attend this important event help.care4calais.org/page/168077/...
Will your MP support 'Change' and back safe routes?
Take two minutes to email your local MP and ask them to attend the launch of Care4Calais' new safe routes report.
help.care4calais.org
March 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
With no safe routes available to ppl fleeing danger, irregular journeys to the UK will continue.
Our MPs must understand there are realistic, humane alternatives to REGULATE the arrival of asylum seekers.
🙏 Pls email your MP to attend this important event help.care4calais.org/page/168077/...
Our MPs must understand there are realistic, humane alternatives to REGULATE the arrival of asylum seekers.
🙏 Pls email your MP to attend this important event help.care4calais.org/page/168077/...
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Israel has chosen to mark the first days of Ramadan by blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Still, our government refuses to implement sanctions and defend international law.
There is no other way of putting it: this is a resumption of genocide — and our government is complicit.
Still, our government refuses to implement sanctions and defend international law.
There is no other way of putting it: this is a resumption of genocide — and our government is complicit.
March 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Israel has chosen to mark the first days of Ramadan by blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Still, our government refuses to implement sanctions and defend international law.
There is no other way of putting it: this is a resumption of genocide — and our government is complicit.
Still, our government refuses to implement sanctions and defend international law.
There is no other way of putting it: this is a resumption of genocide — and our government is complicit.
In Ramadan too. Another horrific move.
Middle East crisis live: Israel accused of using ‘food as weapon of war’ in aid blockade on Gaza
Middle East crisis live: Israel accused of using ‘food as weapon of war’ in aid blockade on Gaza
Egypt and Qatar condemn Israel’s decision to block goods and supplies from entering Gaza, saying it violates the ceasefire deal
Welcome to our live coverage of the latest developments in the Middle East as Israel is widely condemned for blocking the…
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
In Ramadan too. Another horrific move.
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Immigration stats are out.
As predicted: sharp decreases everywhere except boats.
Work visas down 37% including down by 81% (eighty one percent) for Health & Social Care Worker visas specifically.
Is this good? www.gov.uk/government/s...
As predicted: sharp decreases everywhere except boats.
Work visas down 37% including down by 81% (eighty one percent) for Health & Social Care Worker visas specifically.
Is this good? www.gov.uk/government/s...
Summary of latest statistics
www.gov.uk
February 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Immigration stats are out.
As predicted: sharp decreases everywhere except boats.
Work visas down 37% including down by 81% (eighty one percent) for Health & Social Care Worker visas specifically.
Is this good? www.gov.uk/government/s...
As predicted: sharp decreases everywhere except boats.
Work visas down 37% including down by 81% (eighty one percent) for Health & Social Care Worker visas specifically.
Is this good? www.gov.uk/government/s...
Great to see more conversation on the impact of forever chemicals on women's bodies.
Plastics and chemicals are disrupting cycles, causing reproductive disorders and cancers, getting absorbed by the placenta and breast milk. Yet hardly anyone is talking about it.
Plastics and chemicals are disrupting cycles, causing reproductive disorders and cancers, getting absorbed by the placenta and breast milk. Yet hardly anyone is talking about it.
‘I was causing harm’: author Helen Jukes on motherhood and our polluted bodies
‘I was causing harm’: author Helen Jukes on motherhood and our polluted bodies
In her latest book, Mother Animal, the writer gives a personal account of the impact of ‘forever chemicals’ on her and her child during and after pregnancy
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Great to see more conversation on the impact of forever chemicals on women's bodies.
Plastics and chemicals are disrupting cycles, causing reproductive disorders and cancers, getting absorbed by the placenta and breast milk. Yet hardly anyone is talking about it.
Plastics and chemicals are disrupting cycles, causing reproductive disorders and cancers, getting absorbed by the placenta and breast milk. Yet hardly anyone is talking about it.
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
Here I stand in Islamabad, Pakistan, where children, Afghan refugees, and the poorest wade through mountains of waste every day, scavenging for recyclables.
This is what “recycling” really looks like. 🧵
This is what “recycling” really looks like. 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Here I stand in Islamabad, Pakistan, where children, Afghan refugees, and the poorest wade through mountains of waste every day, scavenging for recyclables.
This is what “recycling” really looks like. 🧵
This is what “recycling” really looks like. 🧵
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The truth is, we don’t care anymore.
We cared when it was Alan Kurdi but we have seen it too many times now. What’s another 800 people drowned? It happens every day. Who’s going to do or say anything? It’s just the price of our failed obsession with “control”
We cared when it was Alan Kurdi but we have seen it too many times now. What’s another 800 people drowned? It happens every day. Who’s going to do or say anything? It’s just the price of our failed obsession with “control”
February 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The truth is, we don’t care anymore.
We cared when it was Alan Kurdi but we have seen it too many times now. What’s another 800 people drowned? It happens every day. Who’s going to do or say anything? It’s just the price of our failed obsession with “control”
We cared when it was Alan Kurdi but we have seen it too many times now. What’s another 800 people drowned? It happens every day. Who’s going to do or say anything? It’s just the price of our failed obsession with “control”
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We know the Greek coastguard systematically illegally pushes back migrant boats & leaves them adrift without engines in international waters.
It’s still horrific to hear them cynically & deliberately try to palm off the Pylos ship with 650-800 people who ended up drowned, anywhere but here #r4today
It’s still horrific to hear them cynically & deliberately try to palm off the Pylos ship with 650-800 people who ended up drowned, anywhere but here #r4today
February 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
We know the Greek coastguard systematically illegally pushes back migrant boats & leaves them adrift without engines in international waters.
It’s still horrific to hear them cynically & deliberately try to palm off the Pylos ship with 650-800 people who ended up drowned, anywhere but here #r4today
It’s still horrific to hear them cynically & deliberately try to palm off the Pylos ship with 650-800 people who ended up drowned, anywhere but here #r4today
The rich get to buy safety and opportunity while migrants from the global majority drown, get detained and are turned away.
We always knew-borders are only for the poor.
We always knew-borders are only for the poor.
Trump: "We're gonna be selling a gold card. You have a green card, this is a gold card. We're gonna put a price on that card of about $5 million and that's going to give you green card privileges, plus. It's gonna be a route to citizenship, and wealthy people will be coming into our country."
February 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The rich get to buy safety and opportunity while migrants from the global majority drown, get detained and are turned away.
We always knew-borders are only for the poor.
We always knew-borders are only for the poor.
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Trump: "We're gonna be selling a gold card. You have a green card, this is a gold card. We're gonna put a price on that card of about $5 million and that's going to give you green card privileges, plus. It's gonna be a route to citizenship, and wealthy people will be coming into our country."
February 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Trump: "We're gonna be selling a gold card. You have a green card, this is a gold card. We're gonna put a price on that card of about $5 million and that's going to give you green card privileges, plus. It's gonna be a route to citizenship, and wealthy people will be coming into our country."
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Bezos directs Washington Post opinion pages to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’
Bezos directs Washington Post opinion pages to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’
Amazon executive and newspaper owner says in letter that ‘viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others’
* US politics live – latest updates
Jeff Bezos, the self-proclaimed “hands-off” owner of the Washington Post, emailed…
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Bezos directs Washington Post opinion pages to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’
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You know that plastic you put in the recycling bin? You’re trying to do your bit, but a lot of it doesn't actually get recycled. Instead, it's shipped overseas to places like Turkey, where it's dumped, burned, or left to rot.
This poisons local communities, pollutes rivers, and chokes wildlife. 💀
This poisons local communities, pollutes rivers, and chokes wildlife. 💀
February 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
You know that plastic you put in the recycling bin? You’re trying to do your bit, but a lot of it doesn't actually get recycled. Instead, it's shipped overseas to places like Turkey, where it's dumped, burned, or left to rot.
This poisons local communities, pollutes rivers, and chokes wildlife. 💀
This poisons local communities, pollutes rivers, and chokes wildlife. 💀
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We are just 100 signatures off 50,000!!
Please sign our petition to demand the UK government block Shein's attempt to sell its shares in London
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Please sign our petition to demand the UK government block Shein's attempt to sell its shares in London
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Say NO to Shein
Ultra-fast fashion brand Shein stands accused of exploiting workers, damaging the environment, and avoiding tax. Yet it is currently ramping up plans to sell its shares on the London Stock Exchange.
...
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We are just 100 signatures off 50,000!!
Please sign our petition to demand the UK government block Shein's attempt to sell its shares in London
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Please sign our petition to demand the UK government block Shein's attempt to sell its shares in London
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Recycling alone won’t save us. We need to stop making so much plastic in the first place.
Time for real action. Time for a Global Plastics Treaty. 🌍
Agree? Add your name > act.gp/4i8N7zk
Time for real action. Time for a Global Plastics Treaty. 🌍
Agree? Add your name > act.gp/4i8N7zk
If Dove won’t ditch plastic, it’s time we Ditch Dove.
Join tens of thousands calling on Dove to end their toxic plastic hypocrisy.
act.gp
February 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Recycling alone won’t save us. We need to stop making so much plastic in the first place.
Time for real action. Time for a Global Plastics Treaty. 🌍
Agree? Add your name > act.gp/4i8N7zk
Time for real action. Time for a Global Plastics Treaty. 🌍
Agree? Add your name > act.gp/4i8N7zk
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The real fix? A legally binding Global Plastics Treaty that forces corporations & governments to reduce plastic production instead of just shifting the mess around.
Less plastic = less pollution. Simple.
Less plastic = less pollution. Simple.
February 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The real fix? A legally binding Global Plastics Treaty that forces corporations & governments to reduce plastic production instead of just shifting the mess around.
Less plastic = less pollution. Simple.
Less plastic = less pollution. Simple.
Recycling is the single greatest scam of the modern era. Sold to us as the solution, but in reality, it’s a corporate smokescreen to shift responsibility onto consumers while they keep churning out plastic. We don’t need better recycling—we need to stop plastic at the source!
🚨 Spoiler: Recycling isn't saving us from plastic pollution. In fact, it's making things worse.
Turkey promised to be a "zero waste" nation. Instead, it became Europe’s plastic dumping ground.
Let's talk about why we need to cut plastic production - not just recycle more. 🧵👇
Turkey promised to be a "zero waste" nation. Instead, it became Europe’s plastic dumping ground.
Let's talk about why we need to cut plastic production - not just recycle more. 🧵👇
February 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Recycling is the single greatest scam of the modern era. Sold to us as the solution, but in reality, it’s a corporate smokescreen to shift responsibility onto consumers while they keep churning out plastic. We don’t need better recycling—we need to stop plastic at the source!
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What the government can’t afford:
❌Lifting children out of poverty
❌Disability benefits
❌Compensation for WASPI women
❌Winter fuel allowance
What the government can afford: an extra £13.4 billion on the military.
Never any money for the poor. Always enough money for war.
❌Lifting children out of poverty
❌Disability benefits
❌Compensation for WASPI women
❌Winter fuel allowance
What the government can afford: an extra £13.4 billion on the military.
Never any money for the poor. Always enough money for war.
February 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
What the government can’t afford:
❌Lifting children out of poverty
❌Disability benefits
❌Compensation for WASPI women
❌Winter fuel allowance
What the government can afford: an extra £13.4 billion on the military.
Never any money for the poor. Always enough money for war.
❌Lifting children out of poverty
❌Disability benefits
❌Compensation for WASPI women
❌Winter fuel allowance
What the government can afford: an extra £13.4 billion on the military.
Never any money for the poor. Always enough money for war.