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2 weeks ago | 
prospectmagazine.co.uk | Daron Acemoglu |Imaan Irfan |Rebecca Swirsky |Graeme Green
Deborah Levy: ‘At the close of a novel, the world must become bigger’
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
prospectmagazine.co.uk | Imaan Irfan
In his clinic on Harley Street, Ghassan Abu Sitta does facelifts, brow lifts, lip lifts and blepharoplasties. Today, in Beirut, he tends to blast injuries, amputations and crushed limbs. His internet connection is not strong enough to carry a video call, so I only have his voice (a soft Scottish accent with an Arabic inflection) and a WhatsApp profile picture—dark square spectacles, a salt-and-pepper beard. In March, Abu Sitta was elected the rector of the University of Glasgow, his alma mater.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
themuslimtimes.info | Rafiq A. Tschannen |Imaan Irfan
Imaan Irfan30 July 2024 You’d imagine Labour would be keen to address Muslim grievances after haemorrhaging votes in the election.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Joe Gill |David Hearst |Faisal Hanif |Imaan Irfan
“The fight for trust,” said the UK's new prime minister, Keir Starmer, at last week's State Opening of Parliament, “is the battle that defines our political era.”But only a week earlier, when explicitly asked about British Muslim voters losing trust in his Labour Party, he had deflected with a vague response about Labour’s “incredibly strong mandate”.
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Jul 29, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Joe Gill |David Hearst |Faisal Hanif |Imaan Irfan
“The fight for trust,” said the UK's new prime minister, Keir Starmer, at last week's State Opening of Parliament, “is the battle that defines our political era.”But only a week earlier, when explicitly asked about British Muslim voters losing trust in his Labour Party, he had deflected with a vague response about Labour’s “incredibly strong mandate”.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
prospectmagazine.co.uk | Imaan Irfan
In seventy years, only seven independent MPs had ever set foot in parliament. Then, last week, six were elected in one night. All but one were backed by The Muslim Vote (TMV), a campaign supporting alternative candidates opposed to Britain’s role in the war on Gaza. Though British Muslims have historically shown strong support for Labour, these wins were a clear expression of frustration with a party, and establishment, that had not listened to their concerns.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
prospectmagazine.co.uk | Imaan Irfan
Churchill scowls at me from his pedestal. A pigeon has made its mark on David Lloyd George’s head. I’m waiting by Parliament Square for satellites to beam in another British political icon. A pillar of stately dignity, if pillars had bins for heads. Having beaten Ukip and outlasted old rivals Boris Johnson and Theresa May, Count Binface is now running against Rishi Sunak. Formerly an intergalactic space lord, he now styles himself as a space warrior.
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Jun 15, 2024 | 
prospectmagazine.co.uk | Imaan Irfan
“A disturbing plot to make 55 MPs the HONOURABLE MEMBERS FOR PALESTINE,” screamed the Scottish Mail on Sunday. Its subject was the Muslim Vote campaign (TMV), which launched last December after the SNP’s motion to back a ceasefire in Gaza failed. The volunteer-led collective, formed of professionals, businesses and NGOs across the country, is mobilising Britain’s four million Muslims at the grassroots, with the aim of securing victories for pro-Palestine MPs at the election.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
prospectmagazine.co.uk | Imaan Irfan
“This is the most ironic place to have this interview,” quips activist Richard Barnard. We’re a stone’s throw from Buckingham Palace, and still in the shadow of parliament—both symbols of the establishment he and Huda Ammori have spent their lives resisting.
