Apparently, lemons are not naturally occurring. They're a hybrid by cross breeding a bitter orange and a citron. So basically life never gave us lemons, we created them ourselves.

Normalise auntiji’s and mums with south Asian heritage looking young please - my age does not make me YOUR stereotype

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper's call for another review into the UK's extremism strategy shows a commitment to the same flawed rationale that has created an infrastructure of authoritarian powers over the last 2 decades. This thread explains why:

just incase you needed reminding pigs are haram

We won!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Alhumdulillah 🤲🏽🤲🏽🤲🏽

Ah, this show has brought me endless joy since we first conceived of it in 2016. It's been a wild journey with Maddy Moore and co-writer afshan d’souza-lodhi is away and we're SO looking forward to this tour!

Comedy icon Helen Lederer will lead a panel of women writers including WGGB North West rep afshan d’souza-lodhi is away at our joint event in Manchester with David Nobbs Memorial Trust manchester_comedy There will be networking too! It’s on 13 October + tickets are free Register: buff.ly/47iBCAU

Introducing our expert judging panel for Slamovision 2024 🥁 Hailing from Manchester's fiery spoken word scene we have: ⭐️ Esther Koch YOUNG IDENTITY ⭐️ Jay (they/he) 🚩🏳️‍⚧️ The Writing Squad ⭐️ afshan d’souza-lodhi is away, New Writing North ⭐️ Melanie Kneads Word Central manchestercityofliterature.com/news/introduci…

CASTING NEWS: D'Souza-Lodhi & Mir's SANTI AND NAZ casts Aiyana Bartlett + #FarahAshraf @thethelmas Mobius afshan d’souza-lodhi is away Soho Theatre UK TOUR includes Hayes, Glasgow, Nottingham, Bedford, Birmingham, Norwich, Newcastle, Bolton, Leicester & Derby. 🔗:hamzajahanzeb.co.uk/casting-santi/

📢The wait is over! Santi & Naz is coming to London in 2025!📢 We're so excited to announce that #SantiAndNaz will run Soho Theatre and tickets are on sale NOW! 🎊🎉 🗓️January 21st - February 8th ⏰6:45pm and Saturday matinees 3pm 💷From £13 🎟️bit.ly/SandNso

Sharing footage of Palestinians in their most dehumanised state with limbs, large sections of their head missing a year into the escalated genocide feels like trauma porn now. We wouldn’t share that type of footage of our sons disfigured. Palestinians deserve Dignity and Justice

The IDF can really just do whatever it wants and kill anyone it wants without repercussion. Killing journalists, killing aid workers, killing women, killing children, bombing hospitals, bombing places of worship. Nobody is safe, nowhere is safe.

- SANTI & NAZ Produced by The Thelmas , written by Guleraana 💙 and afshan d’souza-lodhi is away The Wardrobe Theatre (08-10), Beck Theatre (11-13), TRON THEATRE (16-17), Nottingham Playhouse (19 Oct), The Place Theatre (22 Oct), Birmingham Hippodrome (25-26 Oct), Norwich Theatre (29 Oct) and Northern Stage (31 Oct)

We're being joined by an incredible creative team for #SantiAndNaz - here they are... Find all our tour dates here: thethelmas.co.uk/santi-naz #BringYourBestie (1/2)

Dampest team photo ever. Ps. Missing you afshan d’souza-lodhi is away

What a fantastic line-up for our free event manchester_comedy festival in Manchester this Sunday (with David Nobbs Memorial Trust) How to get that comedy break, with Amanda Graham, afshan d’souza-lodhi is away, Amna Saleem, Tilusha Ghelani + Helen Lederer Grab your free ticket now! wicf.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/sh…

This is going to be such a fun session at my old comedy home the Frog and Bucket MCR. Can’t wait to meet Helen Lederer afshan d’souza-lodhi is away Kate Glasspool and Amna Saleem. And to see Tilusha Ghelani again!

We’re discussing how to get that comedy break ⁦⁦manchester_comedy⁩ in Manchester today at our joint event with ⁦David Nobbs Memorial Trust⁩

Thank you to the The Writers' Guild David Nobbs Memorial Trust plus the inspirational panel Helen Lederer Amanda Graham afshan d’souza-lodhi is away Amna Saleem and Tilusha Ghelani