Nesrine Malik

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Nesrine Malik

Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week, I reflect on the Black Lives Matter movement, five years on from the murder of George Floyd, and trace how it changed how I think about racial justice. ‘It felt out of my control’Solidarity and sorrow … a makeshift memorial for George Floyd near the spot in Minneapolis where he died. Photograph: Bebeto Matthews/API have been trying to remember how I felt when the first Black Lives Matter protests started in 2020, and it’s harder than I expected.

1 week ago | msn.com | Nesrine Malik

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1 week ago | theguardian.com | Nesrine Malik

Why now? That’s the question. Why now, after 19 months of relentless assault that was plain for all to see, and declared by Israeli authorities themselves, has the tide begun to shift on Gaza? The marked change in tone this past week from leaders in the UK and EU is a clear break from the pabulum of “concerns” and reiterations of Israel’s right to defend itself.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Nesrine Malik

Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. On Wednesday, the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, will visit Donald Trump in the White House. I spoke to Jonathan Jansen, a professor of education in Stellenbosch, about the tense backdrop to the trip, and the reaction in South Africa to Trump granting white farmers refugee rights in the US. A flashpoint over white farmersOusted … supporters in Cape Town wait for the arrival of South Africa’s expelled ambassador to the US.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Nesrine Malik

Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East last week was an exercise in disorientation. Both in terms of rebalancing the relationship between the US and the region, and in scrambling perceptions. In Riyadh, he told the Saudi royals there would be no more “lectures on how to live”. He lifted sanctions on Syria so that the country may have a “fresh start”, and he fawned over the camels and lavish architecture (“as a construction guy,” he said at one Qatari palace, “this is perfect marble”).