Prof Nisreen Alwan
@nisreenalwan.bsky.social
Professor of Public Health MBE
Southampton,UK
Humanity is my home.
Immigrant & proud.
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I have opinions and I say them. Life’s too short not to.
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Southampton,UK
Humanity is my home.
Immigrant & proud.
Posts are my own personal views not those of any organisation.
Reposts are not necessarily endorsements.
I have opinions and I say them. Life’s too short not to.
🧿🔆🌻
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While the mainstream discussions are depressingly about *how* best to remove and stop immigrants, it’s a revolutionary act nowadays to say that immigration is actually a positive thing and an essential component of a thriving country, so please join me in doing so!
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UN report: 'Every 10 minutes, partners and family members killed a woman intentionally in 2024. Gender-related killings (femicide/feminicide) are the most brutal and extreme manifestation of violence against women and girls.'
www.unwomen.org/en/articles/...
www.unwomen.org/en/articles/...
Five essential facts to know about femicide | UN Women – Headquarters
Every 10 minutes, partners and family members killed a woman intentionally in 2024. Gender-related killings (femicide/feminicide) are the most brutal and extreme manifestation of violence against wome...
www.unwomen.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
UN report: 'Every 10 minutes, partners and family members killed a woman intentionally in 2024. Gender-related killings (femicide/feminicide) are the most brutal and extreme manifestation of violence against women and girls.'
www.unwomen.org/en/articles/...
www.unwomen.org/en/articles/...
A nation that demonises people fleeing war and terror and constantly paints them as lesser humans is a nation without a heart. That’s the path we’re on and we must not blindly walk it.
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A nation that demonises people fleeing war and terror and constantly paints them as lesser humans is a nation without a heart. That’s the path we’re on and we must not blindly walk it.
This is really becoming a most ridiculous joke.
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This is really becoming a most ridiculous joke.
Just watched a local production of My Fair Lady and it was indeed loverly… but isn’t it about time they change the ending? Just why does Eliza go back to Henry Higgins (to find him his slippers) after 3 hours of non-stop misogyny? 🙃
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Just watched a local production of My Fair Lady and it was indeed loverly… but isn’t it about time they change the ending? Just why does Eliza go back to Henry Higgins (to find him his slippers) after 3 hours of non-stop misogyny? 🙃
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I feel angry about the all hostile narratives propagated against immigrants. It's socially hard for an ethnic minority woman to express anger but nevertheless I feel I must. Anger is the appropriate emotion here with such gross unfairness & public harm. Let's give eachother permission to express it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I feel angry about the all hostile narratives propagated against immigrants. It's socially hard for an ethnic minority woman to express anger but nevertheless I feel I must. Anger is the appropriate emotion here with such gross unfairness & public harm. Let's give eachother permission to express it.
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💪"Anger is loaded with information and energy" Audre Lorde ❤️❤️❤️
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
💪"Anger is loaded with information and energy" Audre Lorde ❤️❤️❤️
I feel angry about the all hostile narratives propagated against immigrants. It's socially hard for an ethnic minority woman to express anger but nevertheless I feel I must. Anger is the appropriate emotion here with such gross unfairness & public harm. Let's give eachother permission to express it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I feel angry about the all hostile narratives propagated against immigrants. It's socially hard for an ethnic minority woman to express anger but nevertheless I feel I must. Anger is the appropriate emotion here with such gross unfairness & public harm. Let's give eachother permission to express it.
Now do we have any mainstream British news outlet stating the numbers like this?
See? That’s the problem!
See? That’s the problem!
"A new poll suggests nearly half of Britons think there are more migrants in the UK illegally than legally, but in reality just 7% arrive through irregular channels"
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Now do we have any mainstream British news outlet stating the numbers like this?
See? That’s the problem!
See? That’s the problem!
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Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!
Adolescence stage lasts till early 30s. That explains a lot!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Four pivotal ages in your brain's development revealed in new scientific study
Brain scans on thousands of people reveal the dramatic shifts the brain goes through between birth and death.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Adolescence stage lasts till early 30s. That explains a lot!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!
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It's important not to normalise spreading germs around. If someone is ill with respiratory symptoms encourage them to self-isolate and not attend in person any work or social events (if they can afford it)... or at the very least wear a mask. Haven't we learnt anything from the pandemic?
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It's important not to normalise spreading germs around. If someone is ill with respiratory symptoms encourage them to self-isolate and not attend in person any work or social events (if they can afford it)... or at the very least wear a mask. Haven't we learnt anything from the pandemic?
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Another excellent blog from #HEPI, focused upon the economic benefits driven by international students within the UK.
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/11/21/w...
#AcademicSky #UKHE #HigherEd #UKbudget25 #UKeconomy #InternationalStudents @hepi-news.bsky.social
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/11/21/w...
#AcademicSky #UKHE #HigherEd #UKbudget25 #UKeconomy #InternationalStudents @hepi-news.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Another excellent blog from #HEPI, focused upon the economic benefits driven by international students within the UK.
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/11/21/w...
#AcademicSky #UKHE #HigherEd #UKbudget25 #UKeconomy #InternationalStudents @hepi-news.bsky.social
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/11/21/w...
#AcademicSky #UKHE #HigherEd #UKbudget25 #UKeconomy #InternationalStudents @hepi-news.bsky.social
It's important not to normalise spreading germs around. If someone is ill with respiratory symptoms encourage them to self-isolate and not attend in person any work or social events (if they can afford it)... or at the very least wear a mask. Haven't we learnt anything from the pandemic?
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It's important not to normalise spreading germs around. If someone is ill with respiratory symptoms encourage them to self-isolate and not attend in person any work or social events (if they can afford it)... or at the very least wear a mask. Haven't we learnt anything from the pandemic?
The main issue with diet inequalities is affordability. Healthier fresh foods are more expensive than unhealthy foods which tend to be high in fat, sugar & salt and also more processed.
The ultimate public health threat is poverty.
The ultimate public health threat is poverty.
Ultra-processed foods – what’s the impact?
In a new Lancet Series, experts warn a global rise in #UPFs presents a growing public health threat.
Read the evidence & policy recommendations ⬇️
spkl.io/63327AduhR
In a new Lancet Series, experts warn a global rise in #UPFs presents a growing public health threat.
Read the evidence & policy recommendations ⬇️
spkl.io/63327AduhR
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The main issue with diet inequalities is affordability. Healthier fresh foods are more expensive than unhealthy foods which tend to be high in fat, sugar & salt and also more processed.
The ultimate public health threat is poverty.
The ultimate public health threat is poverty.
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Reeves prepares to lift two-child benefit cap at Budget on.ft.com/4o6siH3
Reeves prepares to lift two-child benefit cap at Budget
Conservatives urge chancellor to show ‘backbone’ and control welfare spending
on.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Reeves prepares to lift two-child benefit cap at Budget on.ft.com/4o6siH3
The role of politicians is to show racists that there’s no place for their racism in society and that racism is a severely detrimental position for anyone to take. Once politicians start pandering to racists, they have completely and irreversibly lost the way regardless of the rest of their agenda.
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The role of politicians is to show racists that there’s no place for their racism in society and that racism is a severely detrimental position for anyone to take. Once politicians start pandering to racists, they have completely and irreversibly lost the way regardless of the rest of their agenda.
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Racism is not justified by immigration levels or rising poverty, unemployment or crime.
It is not justified, period.
I see the rising wave of voices & arguments justifying the rising levels of racism as the most sinister political development in 2025 on the British landscape.
It is not justified, period.
I see the rising wave of voices & arguments justifying the rising levels of racism as the most sinister political development in 2025 on the British landscape.
The Home Secretary explaining that the rise in racist violence is, actually, the natural response to higher levels of immigration is a state of affairs that can't exist without the government having largely decided that racist violence is, if not legitimate, at least understandable.
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Racism is not justified by immigration levels or rising poverty, unemployment or crime.
It is not justified, period.
I see the rising wave of voices & arguments justifying the rising levels of racism as the most sinister political development in 2025 on the British landscape.
It is not justified, period.
I see the rising wave of voices & arguments justifying the rising levels of racism as the most sinister political development in 2025 on the British landscape.
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“Accept us as we are or leave us as we are. For you don’t have the right to adjust us and we don’t have the wish to justify.”
Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian Nobel Prize winner in literature.
Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian Nobel Prize winner in literature.
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
“Accept us as we are or leave us as we are. For you don’t have the right to adjust us and we don’t have the wish to justify.”
Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian Nobel Prize winner in literature.
Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian Nobel Prize winner in literature.
Racism is not justified by immigration levels or rising poverty, unemployment or crime.
It is not justified, period.
I see the rising wave of voices & arguments justifying the rising levels of racism as the most sinister political development in 2025 on the British landscape.
It is not justified, period.
I see the rising wave of voices & arguments justifying the rising levels of racism as the most sinister political development in 2025 on the British landscape.
The Home Secretary explaining that the rise in racist violence is, actually, the natural response to higher levels of immigration is a state of affairs that can't exist without the government having largely decided that racist violence is, if not legitimate, at least understandable.
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Racism is not justified by immigration levels or rising poverty, unemployment or crime.
It is not justified, period.
I see the rising wave of voices & arguments justifying the rising levels of racism as the most sinister political development in 2025 on the British landscape.
It is not justified, period.
I see the rising wave of voices & arguments justifying the rising levels of racism as the most sinister political development in 2025 on the British landscape.
“Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner…”
Bob Marley
Bob Marley
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
“Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner…”
Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Some people mistake making connections & networking with subservience & authority-pleasing. Wrong. You can be an effective influencer on real life outcomes even with saying non-conforming stuff. This is how we make meaningful change. Don’t believe that agreement is always the route to getting heard.
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Some people mistake making connections & networking with subservience & authority-pleasing. Wrong. You can be an effective influencer on real life outcomes even with saying non-conforming stuff. This is how we make meaningful change. Don’t believe that agreement is always the route to getting heard.
The NHS would literally collapse if this mindless anti-migrant bashing continues.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The NHS would literally collapse if this mindless anti-migrant bashing continues.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Kennedy is more unashamed than ever as he admits he directed the disinformation on the MMR vaccine to be posted on the CDC website. He wants to equate fraudulent studies with over 40 peer reviewed studies showing NO link between Autism and the MMR 🧵 #PublicHealth
Robert F Kennedy Jr instructed CDC to change stance on vaccines and autism
US health secretary said he told agency to update website to claim the fact vaccines do not cause autism is not evidence based
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Kennedy is more unashamed than ever as he admits he directed the disinformation on the MMR vaccine to be posted on the CDC website. He wants to equate fraudulent studies with over 40 peer reviewed studies showing NO link between Autism and the MMR 🧵 #PublicHealth
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This was the H5N5 patient.
"Public health officials are continuing to monitor anyone who was in contact with the patient — including more than 100 health care workers — for symptoms to ensure that human-to-human spread has not occurred."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
"Public health officials are continuing to monitor anyone who was in contact with the patient — including more than 100 health care workers — for symptoms to ensure that human-to-human spread has not occurred."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Bird flu patient dies, marking second U.S. fatality in 2025
The Washington state resident, an older adult with underlying conditions, was infected with a strain that has previously been reported in animals but never before in humans.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This was the H5N5 patient.
"Public health officials are continuing to monitor anyone who was in contact with the patient — including more than 100 health care workers — for symptoms to ensure that human-to-human spread has not occurred."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
"Public health officials are continuing to monitor anyone who was in contact with the patient — including more than 100 health care workers — for symptoms to ensure that human-to-human spread has not occurred."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...