Woke up this morning and saw that #US and #Israel have attacked #Iran 👉🏼https://open.substack.com/pub/shadaislam/p/can-we-imagine-a-world-where-wars?r=7ham&utm_medium=ios

This is my 5-week old answer to Marco Rubio's ridiculous assertions at the #MunichSecurityConference 👉🏼https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/05/donald-trump-europe-leaders-us-president-eu?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The EU's political elite gave a standing ovation and breathed "relief" after a US message of "reassurance" in Munich, even though it was laced with far-right tropes.

"The new EU narrative on India reflects a modesty, pragmatism and flexibility absent from its dealings with the Global South. Slowly, the EU is adjusting to a harsher, more transactional, Trumpian world. Adjustment is not enough. The Year of the Fire Horse demands a transformation of EU mindsets".

The #EU is adapting to a changed world but its foreign outreach is still often based on a fictional view of a changed world 👉🏼https://euobserver.com/201231/europes-friends-foes-and-fantasies-in-this-chinese-year-of-the-fire-horse/

Including my comments on #EU #India trade and stuff 👉🏼https://youtu.be/CXm0yPbZdRI?si=vWCzOuLTQjyfsaiS

The rules-based order didn’t die with Trump. It didn’t collapse in Ukraine. It didn’t fracture in Greenland. It died in Gaza—under Western bombs, vetoes, and silence. No Davos hero can rewrite that. open.substack.com/pub/shadaisl...

“They’re conspicuously silent” said one EU official. “Rutte was supposed to be the man Europe could rely on to be our Trump-whisperer. But he wasn’t supposed to be this quiet.” Nato yet to issue public statement asserting territorial integrity of ally Denmark or Greenland as.ft.com/r/f125cd10-6...

Only one leader in Europe has been willing to condemn Donald Trump's actions. For that he has been vilified and ostracised by the other European leaders. History will have its verdict.

MAGA and Trump are pushing a white supremacist vision for Europe. But EU leaders aren't properly challenging the racist logic: "Those who do not subscribe to this toxic fiction must have the courage to say so publicly" writes @simplyshada.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

UAE cuts funds for citizens keen to study in UK over Muslim Brotherhood tensions

The truth is that Trump’s alternative reality about a “woke” Europe is laughable. He would feel quite at home in today’s EU. Far-right parties are on the rise. If Trump were to visit #Brussels so white institutions, he would not run into many people of colour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Israel is banning dozens of major international humanitarian groups from Gaza as the Palestinian population struggles under mass displacement, hunger, winter cold and more.

Thank you ⁦‪@helenadalli‬⁩ for reminding us what #Christmas is really about 👉🏼 Christmas in #Malta and our shared humanity. timesofmalta.com/article/chri...

Very important insights👉🏼https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/221225/comment-la-diplomatie-europeenne-ete-grippee-par-des-fonctionnaires-tres-conciliants-avec-israel

“At a conference in Algiers, diplomats and leaders convened to advance an African Union resolution passed at a meeting earlier this year calling for justice and reparations for victims of colonialism.” Colonialism still shapes our present. Colonial states need to make reparations for their harms.

Feelings of economic insecurity serve as a signal of poor government performance.

Macron and Merz must look at themselves if they want to stop Europe sliding to the far right | Shada Islam www.theguardian.com/global/comme...

"There are many many more of us than you!" A handful of fascists turned up in Bristol again. They were outnumbered massively again. We are the people, they are the tiny fascist minority that has our mainstream media and politicians' attention

Today's Europe👉🏼https://theintercept.com/2025/11/04/journalist-israel-gaza-nova-gabriele-nunziati/

Strong women have been called "witches" through history. Here's why👉🏼https://open.substack.com/pub/shadaislam/p/its-a-kind-of-magic?r=7ham&utm_medium=ios

#Israel's ambassador finally recognises the amazing superpowers of @francescaalbanese.bsky.social

Can Europe ever nurture a politician as exciting as @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ?

Governments — and yes, those in Europe as well — are curbing civic space, expanding surveillance, restricting dissent, undermining media independence and scapegoating migrants in plain sight. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

@simplyshada.bsky.social highlighted key questions about the Global Gateway: Who really benefits? Where are the local jobs, the technology transfer, the community ownership? Read her full article 👇🏽

Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza is exposing deep #EU divides👇🏼https://euobserver.com/eu-and-the-world/ar0a1a35c6