Fantastic to see this Guardian article about dhaqan collective groundbreaking work Camel Meat and Cassette Tapes, supported by a #Arnolfini fellowship a few years back and by @Bristol_BathRD and Playable City ❤️

can i expect a statement on how islamophobia has no place in our society? Rishi Sunak

A secret US task force killed an innocent woman and her 4-year-old daughter as they ran from the site of a drone strike. The Americans got even the most basic facts wrong but said that the rules of engagement were not violated. My latest The Intercept 🧵theintercept.com/2023/11/12/som…

Gaza has gas. Sudan has gold. Congo has cobalt. Haiti has limestone. Afghanistan has copper. West Papua has crude oil. Every nation suffering from some form of genocide or intense suffering is attractive in the eyes of the western imperial machine of consumer capitalism.

Following my The Guardian feature on Somali letter tapes, I got the chance to help produce a an episode for @bbc Africa Daily Show. Have a listen to the insightful queens who form dhaqan collective ♥️✨ ⁦Janet Ball⁩ ⁦Mpho Lakaje⁩ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/afr…

Thanks to BBC World Service we chatted all things Somali cassette culture with Mpho Lakaje - have

She was 13 years old, on her way to school. He just wanted to kill. After she was hit with the first bullet, he went up to her & kept on shooting her, despite pleas from his fellow soldiers to stop. Not only was he freed, he was also compensated for the time he spent in jail.

again: wear a mask & hat if you’re attending any demo/rally. Make yourself as indistinguishable as possible. ESP tell family members who are new to demos/protest. The Met police are intelligence gathering on a massive scale & asking random members of the public to snitch.

We had a fantastic evening at Southbank Centre last week, co-hosting Migration, Climate Justice & The Power of Stories with Counterpoints Arts! Thanks to our brilliant panellists for a thought-provoking discussion, @AlinahAzadeh dhaqan collective Gaia Vince @lenadobrowolska TEO ORMOND-SKEAPING

What if our collective dreams became a commons to which we can all contribute, from which we can gain sustenance? Last tickets to come rest #dance #dream with us #biomeballroom 👇🏽🪩👇🏽🌴🪩

Have you spotted this, weekend Twitter..? We're #Hiring a #SeniorProducer and #ExecDirector, and this Monday you can drop in to hear our AD Selina talking about the roles & the company, and take your questions! 👂 👀 👇

Come through tomo for some messy conversations around research & scholarship hosted by the amazing Hiromichi Takahashi@AMATA Games

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So sorry, I'm not sure what I did to the scheduled space but it's gone. New space here 👇👇👇 x.com/i/spaces/1yoKM…

"working in community is where I find hope...working with Somali elders makes me feel transformed." - arawelo eats dhaqan collective #Scholarflip

First time joining a space on X. Delighted to be hearing from scholars such as Larissa dhaqan collective Christienna Fryar Thank you Furaha Asani for hosting 🙏🏾 #scholarflip

What a wonderful healing space Furaha Asani created. Thank you! So needed and feels me with hope. 💜 #Scholarflip

HUGE THANKS to Dr Ruby (she/her) jaboukies everything dhaqan collective Larissa Leighan and Christienna Fryar for making this space so edifying ❤️❤️❤️

despicable show of aggression by police - students & organisers are being intimidated into silence under the guise of ‘counter terror.’ Journalists are actively helping w surveillance on and offline. Join the emergency demo at 5pm.

We now have a studio at Spike Island which has and will be a space for us to carry on our weaving practice and dream up the future. We are incredibly grateful. The studio will be open from the 3rd - 5th May. Come say hi, and see some of our work from the past 2 years!