Malia Bouattia

Malia Bouattia is the Black Students' officer at the National Union of Students, representing students of African, Asian, Arab, Caribbean, and South American descent from across the UK in further and higher education; the largest constituency of Black students in Europe. Malia also sat on the national executive council of the NUS for two years prior to this role. She is the co-founder of the Black Women's Forum UK, which has hosted three national conferences for women of colour. She is also one of the co-founders of Muslimah Pride - a group of Muslim women who initiated international action against Islamophobic and Orientalist depictions of Muslim women.
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Special Report | From Women Refugees to International Students: The State’s War on Migrants

In the general context of structural racism facing Black, Muslim, and other oppressed communities, the UK state’s war on migrants is playing an increasingly central role. But in the face of these attacks, argues Malia Bouatia, we are also witnessing a growing amount of resistance.
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