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Anita Mureithi
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reporter @hyphenonline.com | previously @opendemocracy.net
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British Journalism Awards 2025: Finalists revealed
Press Gazette is proud to reveal the shortlist for the British Journalism Awards 2025, with links to all of the winning work.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Beyond proud that my @hyphenonline.com colleagues @lucascumiskey.bsky.social, Saman Javed and @anitamureithi.bsky.social have been shortlisted in the #BritishJournalismAwards2025 – days after our northern corr Aisha Rimi won Journalist Media Personality of the Year at the Black Muslim Awards 2025.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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The family of Ayaan Ali Waeys, a Black Muslim woman who died after giving birth to a stillborn baby, have called for urgent action on racial inequalities in maternity care.

An inquest found ‘missed opportunities’ in her treatment.

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Ayaan Ali Waeys’ death followed missed opportunities — coroner
Ayaan Ali Waeys died of natural causes, coroner concludes, but says medics had chances to ‘change course of events’
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October 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Umar Valu is the founder of Halal Beats — a global music platform streamed in more than 210 countries.

He spoke to @anitamureithi.bsky.social about how to make tracks that align with his faith.

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Meet Halal Beats — the producer making tracks aligned with his faith
Umar Valu makes beats for Muslim content creators as an alternative to music that doesn't match their religious values
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August 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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What you need to know about plans to disclose suspects’ ethnicity and nationality: hyphenonline.com/2025/08/27/p... From @anitamureithi.bsky.social in @hyphenonline.com:
What you need to know about plans to disclose suspects’ ethnicity and nationality
National Police Chiefs’ Council guidance could see suspects' ethnicity and nationality made public. Here’s what it could mean for Muslims
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August 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Hyphen's new series Island of Neighbours tells stories of community cohesion and grassroots projects bridging divides, as a riposte to the PM's 'island of strangers' speech.

For starters, @anitamureithi.bsky.social visits Sustainably Muslim⬇️

📸Tori Ferenc

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Sustainably Muslim: reconnecting communities with nature
In our new series Island of Neighbours, highlighting people creating positive change, we visit a group building grassroots climate action
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August 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Behind on rent due to illness, benefit changes or even wrongful imprisonment, families are hauled in front of a judge to plead for their homes. Court hearings last minutes.

Welcome to the frontline of the UK's #housing crisis.

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Evicted in 10 minutes: what I learned from a day in housing court
Behind on rent due to family illness, benefit changes and even wrongful imprisonment, families come before a judge to plead for their homes
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May 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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It’s 5.30pm on a recent Friday, but instead of joining their families for iftar Fatema Rajwani and Zahra Farooque are being ushered into their prison cells.

Their mothers tell @anitamureithi.bsky.social how they're coping with spending their first Ramadan apart.

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Mothers share pain over activist daughters in jail during Ramadan
Relatives of women accused of breaking into an Israeli business in Bristol say their daughters have experienced harsh prison conditions
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March 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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The case against Black Muslim woman Jamila Abdi, who tweeted the N-word about Newcastle United star Alexander Isak, has been dropped.

She spoke to our reporter @anitamureithi.bsky.social about the ordeal.

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Black Muslim woman who tweeted N-word about Alexander Isak has case dropped
Jamila Abdi used the term in a post about the Newcastle United star, arguing that it was not obscene or offensive within Black communities
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March 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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New from @anitamureithi.bsky.social: Merseyside's top cop wanted to tell the public that Axel Rudakubana wasn't Muslim as mosques and asylum housing were besieged by racist rioters last year. The local CPS branch told her not to.

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Police chief: I was told not to reveal Southport attacker’s religion
Merseyside chief constable told MPs on Tuesday that Crown Prosecution Service told her not to tell the public Axel Rudakubana was not Muslim
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February 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Breaking: MPs urge Yvette Cooper to review use of ‘dispersal accommodation’ after the death of Mehrab Omrani, an Iranian man who lay dead in his room in the Home Office-funded housing for up to four months.

@lucascumiskey.bsky.social reports.

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Iranian asylum seeker lay dead for up to four months while wearing ankle tag
Mehrab Omrani’s case sparks calls from cross-party MPs for government to review plan to expand use of Clearsprings ‘dispersal accommodation’
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February 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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A pink pavilion is transforming Bradford this #Ramadan.

Designed to inspire, the Infinite Light installation by architect Fatima Mejbil and artist Zahra Hussain will illuminate Centenary Square at sunset throughout Ramadan.
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Bradford’s Ramadan Pavilion is a striking celebration of creativity
Commissioned by the Ramadan Tent Project and the 2025 City of Culture, two artists have brought a splash of colour to the streets
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February 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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A horrific case, raising more serious questions about the companies running asylum accommodation.

Why are these companies allowed to keep extracting huge profits from services whilst failing in their duty of care and presiding over a litany of failings?
Iranian asylum seeker lay dead for up to four months while wearing ankle tag
Mehrab Omrani’s case sparks calls from cross-party MPs for government to review plan to expand use of Clearsprings ‘dispersal accommodation’
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February 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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In the heart of Bethnal Green, where 50% of children live below the poverty line, grassroots organisation Coffee Afrik is on the frontline providing support to rough sleepers and those battling with addiction.

✍🏿 @anitamureithi.bsky.social | 📷Saima Khalid

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Coffee Afrik: the east London charity ‘rooted in joy, Islam and love’
Keeping unhoused people warm in winter, and supporting local women and young people, the organisation follows its own vision of community
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February 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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🔴Revealed: The Tory government spent £1.9m on a pilot for 'dehumanising' GPS tagging of people on immigration bail — only to find it ineffective. The high court also ruled that it violated human rights.

@anitamureithi.bsky.social reports.

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Tories spent £1.9m on ‘dehumanising’ immigration tagging that didn’t work
Labour’s own evaluation of the programme, published in January, found that GPS tagging had not made people less likely to go awol
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February 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Arab and Muslim Americans are ‘anxious and frightened’ as Donald Trump orders universities to monitor overseas students and cancel visas.

We spoke to the Muslim Public Affairs Council about the resistance to 'Muslim ban 2.0'.

#Trump #MuslimBan

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Warnings of ‘silencing campaign’ as US ‘Muslim ban 2.0’ targets pro-Palestine groups
Arab and Muslim Americans are ‘anxious and frightened’ as new president orders universities to monitor overseas students and cancel visas
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February 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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'I managed to get the rules overturned and now the boxing dress code is inclusive of all women.'

For #WorldHijabDay tomorrow, we celebrate five hijab-wearing women who push boundaries in fields that are not traditionally inclusive.

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‘My hijab is my strength. I see it as a crown on my head’
For World Hijab Day on 1 February, five women who challenge stereotypes reflect on how Islamic attire can be a symbol of empowerment
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January 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Meet the British Bangladeshi poet and spoken word artist, Yasmin Ali.

She speaks to @anitamureithi.bsky.social about her lyricism in challenging stereotypes of underrepresented communities and the issue of name bias in the workplace.

📷Jasper Spanning

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Poet Yasmin Ali: ‘We shouldn’t have to justify who we are’
The spoken word artist speaks to Hyphen about using lyricism and poetry to challenge stereotypes of underrepresented communities
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January 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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'There’s destruction everywhere. It’s going to take years just taking the rubble out of Gaza.'

@morgankofori.bsky.social speaks to British Palestinians about their hope, grief – and plans for the future in the wake of the fragile ceasefire in the territory.

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British Palestinians weigh up whether to return to a ruined Gaza
Amid the ceasefire, British Palestinians call for more help from the UK — and reassurance that the world won’t forget the last 15 months
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January 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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'He probably doesn’t even know where Oldham is.'

Councillor Shoab Akhtar responds to Elon Musk's 'bizarre' sudden interest in his town.

Akhtar and other Muslim community leaders fear Musk's social posts can only stir racial tension.

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How it feels when the world’s richest man starts tweeting about your town
Oldham's Muslim community leaders are reluctant to discuss the X owner directly. But one told Hyphen locals now feel more threatened
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January 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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⚠️ TW domestic abuse

Police in England & Wales recorded 1.4m incidents in year to March 2024, with just 39,000 convictions.

Jamila Ali's ex-husband was convicted of battery. She shares her story.

Saman Javed and Anita Mureithi report.

Illo: Vartika Sharma

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An accountant hit his wife. Why did their community take his side?
A Wiltshire man was found guilty of battery. But the road to justice for his ex-wife was tough — and thousands face the same obstacles
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December 17, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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🚨GB News ‘hates Islam and Muslims’, a new report by the Centre for Media Monitoring concludes.

The two-year analysis of coverage found it characterised by misinformation, conspiracy theories and 'routine delegitimisation'.

@weronikas.bsky.social reports.
📷 Alamy

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GB News uses word ‘sharia’ twice as often as BBC News and Sky News combined
Two-year study by Centre for Media Monitoring concludes that channel ‘hates Muslims’ and is obsessed with them
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December 10, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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Sal Naseem speaks to @anitamureithi.bsky.social about his experience as the first Muslim IOPC director and why meaningful reform of UK policing to eliminate institutional racism remains elusive.

📸Denise Maxwell | Lensi Photography


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Muslim former police watchdog chief says he was used for ‘performative diversity’
Sal Naseem, who was London regional director at the Independent Office for Police Conduct, says he was used for ‘performative diversity’
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November 27, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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Important report from @anitamureithi.bsky.social on @onlinehyphen.bsky.social speaking to people who've been involved in these campaigns in the past.

Disappointingly but unsurprisingly, the Treasury aired our requests for comment.
November 21, 2024 at 10:06 AM