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Malaka Shwaikh

@mshwaikh.bsky.social
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Based at the University of St Andrews where I research prisons, hunger strikes, limits of resilience, and decoloniality. Talk with me about sunsets and hikes.

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Malaka Shwaikh @mshwaikh.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
1/ In 1970, Angela Davis became the focus of a global movement demanding her release. Supporters organised protests, fundraising campaigns, petitions, songs, and “Free Angela Davis” buttons across the world.
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Malaka Shwaikh @mshwaikh.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
I am doing a university task and just saw my research on resilience has been quoted widely, including several times by the United Nations and in recent official reports, including from the State of Jersey.
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Jasmine K Gani @jasminekgani.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
"As the slow and expensive work of rebuilding Gaza begins – the UN estimates that it will take $50 billion and at least a decade – education should be among the priorities." 'Education is Resistance' by @mshwaikh.bsky.social in @londonreview.bsky.social www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...
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Malaka Shwaikh | Education is resistance
Last month, my sister, her husband and their three children returned to their damaged flat in northern Gaza after...
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