Fizza Qureshi

Sep 17, 2024 | odi.org | Sara Pantuliano |Fizza Qureshi |Marvin W. Rees |Kathryn Nwajiaku-Dahou

The fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport by 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana back in July ignited riots which have swept across the UK and made global headlines. What followed from the tragedy was a racist, Islamophobic and anti-migrant campaign fuelled by misinformation and disinformation, which spilled into the streets with targeted attacks on mosques and ethnic minorities.

Mar 20, 2024 | images.dawn.com | Fizza Qureshi

When I first arrived in Hong Kong as an international student, I was pleasantly surprised by signs of home dotted across the city. There were Pakistani grocery stores in every other neighbourhood; echoes of Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi in various public spaces, and restaurants specialising in different South Asian cuisines that didn’t let me miss Karachi’s food scene. Currently, Hong Kong is home to a large South Asian community that has had ties to the city since pre-colonial times.

Aug 16, 2023 | civilsociety.co.uk | Fizza Qureshi

Homepage Voices Fizza Qureshi: Refugee and migration charities must stop upholding the status quo Migrants’ Rights Network’s chief executive argues that charities must campaign for transformative change rather than concessions from policy makers… As government policy and public opinion towards migrant communities becomes more hostile and extreme, at the Migrants’ Rights Network, we have been constantly asking ourselves the same question: as migrants’ rights advocates, can we truly be...

May 30, 2023 | bylinetimes.com | Fizza Qureshi

Fizza Qureshi, CEO of the Migrants’ Rights Network, explains why her charity did not want to apply for funding from the Mayor of London to tackle hate crime and extremism ShareEmailTwitterFacebookCharities and organisations working on social justice issues, especially immigration, will be aware of the difficult funding climate we navigate.