In my area of research, femicide, there was a common theme threatening the safety of girls and women in Epping and nearby areas. It wasn't "illegal migrants", whatever that's supposed to mean, or immigrants of any description. I'll go through murders of women and girls. /1

I started school in Newcastle in Year 5 without knowing a word of English. I was nine years old and had arrived as a refugee from Bosnia just a couple of months earlier. I was one of those strangers our politicians often speak about.

Meet the Poets continues – we’re now in the Best Single Poem – Written category! First up: Qamoosia, shortlisted for ‘at least’, a haunting meditation on violence, memory, and how we speak about loss. Read the full poem via this link: buff.ly/WpoMcE1

What is the name of the child? Hind Rajab Who killed her? Israel How many bullets? 355

Irony is dead. Starmer, while tweeting about Charlie Kirk, says “We must all be free to debate openly and freely without fear - there can be no justification for political violence” whilst hosting the President of Israel, a country that assinates, bans & arrests its opponents.

Today, I witnessed with my own eyes women, children, and the elderly walking over 18 kilometers from northern Gaza to the south-on foot-under the scorching sun and surrounded by overwhelming fear. Their faces were pale, their bodies exhausted, and their steps heavy, as if

"We have some breaking news. A report by the United Nations has concluded Israel is committing genocide in Gaza"

A child cries while carrying his younger sister on his shoulders, walking along the long displacement route from northern Gaza to the south... a scene that captures the suffering of innocent children under the horrors of war.

“IF I MUST DIE”  BY REFAAT ALAREER (09/23/1979-12/06/2023) If I must die,  you must live  to tell my story  to sell my things  to buy a piece of cloth  and some strings,  (make it white with a long tail)  so that a child, somewhere in Gaza  while looking heaven in the eye

BBC News hearing from an unbelievably strong and professional woman surgeon saying she successfully performed a Caesarean on a mother beheaded in an Israeli bombing. Nothing will ever excuse this evil.

One meter separates my tent from hers. The tent next to mine belongs to an elderly woman who has been crying for three days, day and night. Her son was martyred in Gaza City, and she’s here, displaced in the south, unable to even bid him farewell. Her voice… oh God, what her

This was Palestinian journalist Saleh Al-Jaafarawi's Last message before he was killed today. He shared this video yesterday, a heartfelt message of thanks to everyone who supported, stood by, and protested for Gaza and the Palestinian cause. Rewatching it broke my heart

These two women have been friends for 40 years yet the white lady didn't realise just how uncomfortable the flags being hoisted up were making her black friend feel.... A must-watch video

Civil Defense crews in Gaza have recovered more than 80 bodies from a mass grave, reburying them at Shaban Cemetery. They were killed in an Israeli massacre in November 2023, at the beginning of the “war” on Gaza.

“at least/ these children/ don’t need to fear the dark/at least/ not anymore” -Abeer Ameer opens the Forward Best Single Poem Written category with this heartbreaking poem Forward Prizes

The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Written 2025: ‘At Least’ by Abeer Ameer (published by Modron Magazine)

Massive congratulations to Qamoosia for WINNING BEST SINGLE POEM at the Forward Prizes 2025. Kudos to Abeer for using her poetic talents to examine minimising language used in relation to the suffering of Palestinian children. One of the best readings I've ever seen.

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