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Feb 22 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
🔺 BREAKING: Shamima Begum, the British schoolgirl who joined Islamic State, has lost her legal challenge over the stripping of her citizenship thetimes.co.uk/article/shamim…
What made the 15-year-old Shamima Begum leave Bethnal Green in 2015 and what happened to her when she joined Islamic State?

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Begum claimed she was not a “bad person” and that the public was largely angry at Islamic State, not her, conflating the two because she had been “put on the media so much”.

But those who know her doubt she has changed

Read the full story here 👇
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This episode of the Stories of our Times podcast will form part of a week-long series.

We'll explore: what should happen to British nationals who left to join Islamic State, and do we have a responsibility to bring them back?

#StoriesofOurTimes 👇
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In the second part of our series on Shamima Begum, we explore the experience of British nationals detained in Syria. What are living conditions like inside refugee camps? And should Britain repatriate its nationals who live in them?

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Supreme Court judges are now deliberating on whether Begum should be allowed back to Britain to fight for her citizenship. How does deradicalisation work and when can it go wrong? Hosted by @ManveenRana

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Thousands of European nationals travelled to the Middle East to take part in the conflict that has torn the region apart. Are they bringing foreign fighters back? What do they do with them if they do return?
Hosted by @ManveenRana

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The Supreme Court heard arguments over whether Shamima Begum should be allowed to come back to Britain to fight for her citizenship. It's a legal battle that could have enormous consequences for her future and her family

Listen here #StoriesofOurTimes 👇
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Feb 22
Everyone in Britain should be given a digital ID incorporating their passport, driving licence, tax records, qualifications and right to work as the cornerstone of a “technology revolution”, Sir Tony Blair and Lord Hague of Richmond say thetimes.co.uk/article/digita…
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