Section: Opinion
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Trump has U-turned, but the turmoil is just beginning
Downing Street is unlikely to impose reciprocal tariffs on the US, but America’s recalibration of global trade isn’t ending any time soon
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When we lose parents and grandparents, it’s up to us to continue their stories
In the face of familial loss, I plotted out what little of the family history I knew and found myself filling in the gaps with my imagination
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What I learned from observing Ramadan while working in parliament
The holy month makes Muslims in Westminster more visible. For MPs, it can be particularly hard — but it’s not without its rewards
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Trump’s tariffs could blow Rachel Reeves’s planning out of the water
As the chancellor delivers her spring statement, Britain has been trying to reassure industry without angering the US
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Labour has delivered a cruel and needless hammer blow to disabled people
Devastating cuts to benefits won’t help anyone back to work and will push thousands into deeper poverty
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An ode to the routine family chaos of Eid
Now we are adults, there are fewer visits from rude relatives but we still descend into our roles as rowdy children
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Starmer says welfare cuts are necessary. MPs say it’s austerity 2.0
Some disabled people could lose up to £10,000 a year thanks to new rules on Pip and incapacity benefit payments. Some backbenchers are furious
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To be transgender and religious is to live a life of tension
In living as I do — Muslim, transgender, whole — I have found a middle ground that feels sacred
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The UK can learn lessons from how Muslim leaders organised themselves against Covid-19 in 2020
On the fifth anniversary of the global pandemic, my research underlines the important work of Muslim leaders and healthcare workers
