Reposted by Ayesha HabibSearchlight Awards @writingawards.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Competition deadline approaching. To enter, visit our website. 021 2
Reposted by Ayesha HabibMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 04/10/2025If you’re an Islamophobe you don’t get to complain about antisemitism And if you’re an antisemite you don’t get to complain about Islamophobia. It’s really that simple. (So many shameless hypocrites around.) 23895541478 9.6K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibJeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 11/08/2025The deliberate and relentless killing of Palestinian journalists is sickening beyond words — and is a desperate attempt to silence the truth about Israel’s ongoing crimes against humanity. Shame on all those who empowered Israel to murder with impunity. 281371423 1.4K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibSF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Why read books? Because books are still the most powerful, reliable, transportive & magical storytelling technology we've invented - and all they need to work is YOUR OWN IMAGINATION! #booksky (Cartoon by @mariascrivan.bsky.social) 561039248 1K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibCODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 03/08/2025There are thousands and thousands of trucks carrying urgent aid at the border of Gaza. Israel is refusing to let them in. This is not a food crisis, Israel is deliberately starving all Palestinians in Gaza. 94729 47
Reposted by Ayesha HabibJeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 01/08/2025We believe in a more equal and peaceful world. Do you? Sign up at yourparty.uk 104972285 972
Reposted by Ayesha HabibLandon Gonsalves @leftstandingpod.bsky.social · 21/07/202526 mins in to this and HOLY SHIT. …this is EYE FUCKING OPENING! First, I have loved Mehdi for a long time but this just put him at the very top for me. Second, we are surrounded by psychopaths.youtu.be1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives (ft. Mehdi Hasan)YouTube video by Jubilee 581005176 1K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibRukiya Shanthi @rukiyashanthi.bsky.social · 18/07/2025I wrote a blog for SAILfest! It's about why I set my novel in ancient Sri Lanka and how we've been interconnected for thousands of years through the Indian Ocean trade routes and why reframing world history matters 🌏✍️⛵️🫚💃🏽🧮📿📜 www.sailfest.org.uk/sailfest-blo...sailfest.org.ukWhere Am I From? By Rukiya Shanthi — SAIL Fest UKWhy I Write Stories Set in Ancient Indian Ocean History A Question on Identity “Where are you from?” Like you, I’ve been asked this loaded question hundreds of times. My initial reactions have go... 022 2
Reposted by Ayesha HabibSpelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 10/07/2025In Gaza they are building a concentration camp inside the death camp 0143 14
Reposted by Ayesha HabibJeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 23/06/2025My statement on the government's absurd and authoritarian proposal to proscribe Palestine Action. 401374461 1.4K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16/06/2025If you condemn Russia’s ‘preventive’ attacks on Ukrainian cities, including hospitals & journalists, but don’t condemn Israel’s ‘preventive’ attacks on Iranian cities, including hospitals & journalists, then you’re not actually opposed to Russia’s attacks. You’re just a partisan. 822475417 2.5K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibGaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 11/06/2025forcibly taken to Israel and currently being held in detention is delivered by her brother J. Acar. This is the real story. #FreeGaza #BreakTheSiege #Madleen #EndTheGenocide 04327 43
Reposted by Ayesha HabibSinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 09/06/2025All I’m saying is, if any other country in that region had intercepted a UK flagged ship, there’d be demands we be preparing for full scale war. 519160 191
Reposted by Ayesha HabibPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/06/2025In 2010, Israeli forces attacked a Gaza aid flotilla, killing 10 people. In the aftermath, the Obama administration blocked UN efforts for an investigation, Biden defended the attack, and Chuck Schumer condemned the United Nations and defended Israel.zeteo.comGaza Aid Ship Bombed, Echoing 2010 Flotilla Attack"Today’s attack on our flotilla off the coast of Malta is not just an act of piracy—it’s a consequence of global complicity," a Freedom Flotilla Coalition organizer said. 241683683 1.7K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibGaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 09/06/2025SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Greta Thunberg is a Swedish citizen. Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Greta safe! Web: government.se/contacts/ X : @SweMFA FB : @SweMFA IG : swedishmfa #AllEyesOnMadleen 2521471374 2.1K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/06/2025The Gaza Aid Flotilla 12: Greta Thunberg; Sweden Rima Hassan; French-Palestinian EU Parliament member France: Baptiste Andre Pascal Maurieras Yanis Mhamdi Reva Viard Omar Faiad; Reporter Thiago Avila; Brazil Suayb Ordu; Turkey Sergio Toribio; Spain Marco van Rennes; Netherlands Yasemin Acar; Germanyzeteo.comBREAKING: Israeli Forces Board Gaza Aid Flotilla and Detain 12 Crew MembersZeteo contributor Greta Thunberg was on board the ship. 18816506 816
Reposted by Ayesha HabibGaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 07/06/2025One day soon, Eid will be celebrated in a Gaza that is whole, alive, and at peace. Until then, we will not stop. Eid Mubarak. #freedomflotilla #breakthesiege #freepalestine 3354125 354
Reposted by Ayesha HabibGaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Israel’s Defense Minister has once again threatened unlawful force against civilians, attempting to justify violence with baseless smears. We will not be intimidated. The 'Madleen' is a peaceful civilian vessel, unarmed and sailing in international waters with humanitarian aid and ...2/ 14770528 770
Reposted by Ayesha HabibOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 05/06/2025via @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social 14420 44
Ayesha Habib @ayeshahk.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Order complete-can’t wait to read it @eyesab2.bsky.social! 200 2
Reposted by Ayesha HabibZeteo @zeteo.com · 31/05/2025“We are watching a systematic starvation of 2 million people. A live-streamed genocide & the world's silence is deadly. That is why we have to keep trying everything we can, even if the odds are against us.” Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg shares moments from the Madleen. 5250811773 5.1K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibPo-LINA-tergeist 👻 لينا @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Often think back to that very first bombing in a hospital court yard in Gaza and how everyone got cross that people accused Israel of bombing a hospital, it was actually antisemitic allegedly to say they did, well, look where we are now 511638 116
Reposted by Ayesha HabibJeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 20/05/2025World leaders can make as many statements as they like opposing Israel's actions in Gaza. Until they end the sale of weapons to Israel, they remain complicit in the mass murder of Palestinians. Stop arming genocide, now. 302713915 2.7K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibPeter Hampshire @peterunner.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Thank you @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social for this poem in @theguardian.com. I work with amazing people from all over the world. Spain, Ireland, Philippines, India, Iraq, Syria, Poland and many other countries. Labour's language around immigration is so disappointing. 18027 80
Reposted by Ayesha HabibSpelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 19/05/2025My new art installation Apartheid Apartments, an estate agent about Israeli apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories, opened in Doncaster on Friday. More details/photos here: www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/apartheidapa... 15619 56
Reposted by Ayesha HabibMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/05/2025135 Palestinians killed in Gaza so far today. Massacre after massacre, day after day. The world does nothing.aljazeera.comIsraeli military begins ‘extensive’ ground operation as 135 killed in GazaIsrael continues to unleash its bloodbath in the enclave, rendering all public hospitals in north Gaza ‘out of service’. 16929621353 3K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibShabana Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 16/05/2025People in Gaza are posting final messages. 3324671897 2.5K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Ben of Ben & Jerry’s *arrested* after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress: "They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!" 338183957153 18.4K
Ayesha Habib @ayeshahk.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Apart from all the invaluable lessons that the lovely @elnorrywriter.bsky.social has taught me, the main skills I’ve developed on this writing journey is how to wait nicely and be patient. Thought I had already mastered them before so it’s been a wake up call. 110 1
Reposted by Ayesha HabibAbena Eyeson @eyesab2.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Love the cover of my debut middle grade novel RUNNING MY OWN RACE, which is being published by Nosy Crow on 3rd July 2025. Big thanks to the cover illustrator Bex Glendining and the Nosy Crow Art Director. 🙏🏽 #runningmyownrace #debutauthor #debutauthor2025 #middlegrade #Kidlit #nosycrow 141 4
Reposted by Ayesha HabibMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12/05/2025"I think it should be controversial to NOT say anything" about Gaza I spoke to YouTube star and children's educator Ms. Rachel about her outspoken support for Palestinian kids in Gaza - and the bad-faith attacks on her in response. Full interview here: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-... 804993977 5K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibSam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 09/05/2025If you’re surprised by this, you’re not paying attention. 21610 16
Reposted by Ayesha HabibMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 05/05/2025This is an official plan for ethnic cleansing. If you supported Israel for the past 18 months or so under the assumption that this was about the hostages you were taken for a ride. If you still support Israel's assault on Gaza, you support ethnic cleansing. It's that simple.axios.comIsrael plans to occupy and flatten all of Gaza if no deal by Trump's tripTrump has effectively given Netanyahu a green light to do as he sees fit, Israeli officials say. 18863632547 6.4K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibE.L. Norry @elnorrywriter.bsky.social · 05/05/2025"The book is beautifully and sensitively written, so that despite covering difficult themes it is not just suitable for a readership aged 10+, but also helps tween readers empathise with children living under difficult conditions." Thank you @vonprice.bsky.social 🤩 085 8
Reposted by Ayesha HabibZeteo @zeteo.com · 03/05/2025“The world cannot silently just watch while this humanitarian crisis is happening & this siege is also, of course, a continuation of many, many decades of illegal occupation.” Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg explains how Israel bombed a Gaza Aid ship w/ drones w/ humanitarian volunteers on board. 192097774 2.1K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/05/2025LIBERTY DEFEATS GOVERNMENT APPEAL AS COURT RULES ANTI-PROTEST LAWS ARE UNLAWFUL This should be on every UK News channel www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...libertyhumanrights.org.ukLiberty defeats Government appeal as Court rules anti-protest laws are unlawful - Liberty 15562251 562
Reposted by Ayesha HabibJeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Palestinians are not “facing” starvation. They are being starved to death by Israel. Yet our government still refuses to end all arms sales and implement sanctions, granting endless impunity for Israel's crimes against humanity. End the blockade — and stop the genocide. 192655874 2.7K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibMr Tom Slattery @slatterymr.bsky.social · 23/04/2025A powerful and brilliant new story by @elnorrywriter.bsky.social a story of 2 different children who run away from home. A story of hope and human connection. Absolutely can’t recommend this enough. Check out my review here @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/r...tomsbookcorner.wordpress.comRunaways by E.L.NorryThe Book in Rhyme… “Introducing July and Jamie, both alike in age, Living in the same city though on a very different page, July in the foster system recently back with mother, Jamie’s dad left yea… 2148 14
Reposted by Ayesha HabibAhmed Alnaouq @ahmedalnaouq.bsky.social · 21/11/2024"For Palestinians, Zionism feels like the most terrifying monster. To the world, it might appear as a political stance, but for us, it has meant the loss of land, freedom, and even the right to live in safety," writes Reem Mohammed for We Are Not Numbers wearenotnumbers.org/the-real-mon...wearenotnumbers.orgThe real monsters in Gaza - We Are Not NumbersOur children don’t imagine monsters once a year on Halloween — they face them in real life, every day. 2133 13
Reposted by Ayesha HabibOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 20/04/2025I can't recommend this We Are Not Numbers enough - written by the young people of Gaza. Pre-order now - let's make it a bestseller 👇 bit.ly/4hiPzT2 924794 247
Reposted by Ayesha HabibRobert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 18/04/2025“If I die, I want a loud death. I don’t want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group, I want a death that the world will hear.” She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished. 10 of her family were killed with her. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...theguardian.com‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrikeFatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family 5213134 213
Reposted by Ayesha HabibMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/04/2025If you defend this or try and explain this away, you’re a monster and I don’t know how you sleep at night. 723004705 3K
Reposted by Ayesha HabibDaniel Rolph Author @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Amazon might deliver 'convenience', but it can’t replicate the magic of stepping into a quiet bookstore on a rainy day, where the scent of old pages mingles with fresh coffee and every shelf holds the promise of a new adventure waiting to be discovered. 511314 113