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Oct 10, 2023 1 tweets 1 min read Read on X
I join the call for an immediate ceasefire.  As I have processed the tragic news of the past days, I think of the Palestinian and Israeli children caught in the middle.   I was only 11 years old when I witnessed violence and terrorism. We woke up to the sounds of mortar shells, saw our schools and mosques destroyed by bombs. Peace became something we could only dream about.   War never spares children — not those kidnapped from their homes in Israel, not those hiding from airstrikes or without food and water in Gaza.   Today, I am grieving for all the children and people longing for peace a...

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Aug 29
For 3 years, the Taliban have showed us exactly who they are: misogynists who oppress girls and women. Their new laws banning Afghan women from speaking in public only further extend their system of gender apartheid. theguardian.com/global-develop…
Their regime does not exist in a vacuum. The world has emboldened them by offering platitudes and sympathy to Afghan women and girls without taking action to hold the Taliban to account. The ban on girls’ education past grade six seems to have been accepted by many as the new reality.
More than ever, Muslim countries and Muslim scholars alike must speak out with a unified voice: the Taliban are distorting and misusing Islam to legitimise their oppressive system.
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Jul 19
Still buzzing after the amazing conversations I had last week with Muska, Sana and Somaya and their classmates at Harrow High School @HarrowHighSch 💞
harrowonline.org/2024/07/14/nob…
I wanted to spend my 27th birthday raising awareness of the situation girls are facing in Afghanistan, who live under the Taliban’s brutal regime of gender apartheid, deprived of their basic rights and banned from going to school past grade six.
Together, we discussed what life is like for Afghan girls now and what it means to stand in solidarity with them. The students’ conviction and empathy made me hopeful for our future.
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Oct 17, 2023
I’m horrified to see the bombing of al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza and unequivocally condemn it. I urge the Israeli government to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza and reiterate the call for a ceasefire. I am directing $300K to three charities helping Palestinian people under attack.
Below are links to the organisations if you wish to join me in donating.
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Mar 4, 2020
When I was younger, adults would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up. At first, I would say a doctor. Then prime minister. Then, I just focused on getting into university & deciding what to study. Today, like a lot of young people, I’m not sure what my career path will be.
But I know that I can make that choice for myself and that’s what I want for all young women.

This week leading up to International Women's Day, I want to celebrate girls' ambitions & share what young women around the world are saying about their dream careers. #IWD2020👇
“My dream career is to be an astronaut because it is a place where men have more prominence. I want to give voice to women by saying that even the universe is not the limit.” — Ana Gabriely (@AnaGabrielyapo1), 15, Brazil
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Sep 14, 2019
In the last week, I’ve spent time speaking with people living and working in #Kashmir - journalists, human rights lawyers and students.
I wanted to hear directly from girls living in Kashmir right now. It took a lot of work from a lot of people to get their stories because of the communications blackout. Kashmiris are cut off from the world and unable to make their voices heard. #LetKashmirSpeak
Here is what three girls told me, in their own words: “The best way to describe the situation in Kashmir right now is absolute silence. We have no way of finding out what’s happening to us. All we could hear is the steps of troops outside our windows. It was really scary.”
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Sep 26, 2017
Yesterday I visited Capitol Hill in Washington to talk to members of Congress about girls' education. [THREAD]
First stop: I asked @PatrickLeahy to work w colleagues to keep $800mn in the budget for ed. He said girls' education is a bipartisan issue.
Senator @marcorubio left D.C. to help Puerto Rico - but I stopped by to ask his staff to thank him for his support for school for all girls.
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