Samir Jeraj 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 (@sajeraj) 's Twitter Profile
Samir Jeraj 🇰🇪 🇮🇪

@sajeraj

Reporter and author. Writing on policy for @newstatesman. Special correspondent for @onlinehyphen.

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Hyphen (@onlinehyphen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎥Hundreds gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square today to protest against the government’s decision to label British Action a terrorist organisation. Watch our video to find out what protesters had to say — and why they’re calling for as many Muslims as possible to join them.

Larry Madowo (@larrymadowo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Kenyan police have turned Nairobi into a war zone, using tear gas, flash bangs and water cannon trucks indiscriminately against mostly peaceful protesters. PS: Please don't crowd around my team when you see us. It makes our signal terrible like this

NetBlocks (@netblocks) 's Twitter Profile Photo

⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show restrictions to messaging platform Telegram in #Kenya are now in effect; the measure comes as authorities issue a ban on live media coverage of the June 25 anniversary protests, amid rising concerns over the risk of a wider internet shutdown 📵

⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show restrictions to messaging platform Telegram in #Kenya are now in effect; the measure comes as authorities issue a ban on live media coverage of the June 25 anniversary protests, amid rising concerns over the risk of a wider internet shutdown 📵
Matt Chorley (@mattchorley) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Labour MP Neil Duncan-Jordan, elected last year in Poole with a majority of 18, tells me BBC Radio 5 Live that he's never spoken to Keir Starmer. He is opposing the welfare changes.

Louisa Compton (@louisa_compton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: Channel 4 announces it is airing Gaza: Doctors Under Attack. The film - produced by Basement Films - forensically examines allegations that healthcare workers including doctors have been targeted by Israeli forces. Watch this important piece of journalism Wed at 10pm

BREAKING: Channel 4 announces it is airing Gaza: Doctors Under Attack. The film - produced by
<a href="/BasementFilms/">Basement Films</a> - forensically
 examines allegations that healthcare workers including doctors have been targeted by Israeli forces. Watch this important piece of journalism Wed at 10pm
Alex Crawford (@alexcrawfordsky) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Huge amount of Israeli bombing in Gaza overnight and today with 70+ killed since dawn includ Dr Shehada Mahmoud Asqoul, the former Head of Pulmonology at Nasser Hosp killed in his tent - plus a cafe full of journos and others kills another 20+

عائشة (@theaisharimi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm looking to speak with teachers based in the areas affected by the UK riots last summer for Hyphen. If this is you, please get in touch or email me at [email protected] — thanks!

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📢 MCJN is hiring!📢 We’re looking for a part-time Admin & Logistics Officer to play a key role in maintaining, managing, and improving MCJN’s administrative systems. Learn more here 🔗lnkd.in/dHVrnSeS {LinkedIn listing paused, but we're still accepting applications.}

📢 MCJN is hiring!📢

We’re looking for a part-time Admin &amp; Logistics Officer to play a key role in maintaining, managing, and improving MCJN’s administrative systems. 

Learn more here 🔗lnkd.in/dHVrnSeS

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Lucas Cumiskey (@lucas_cumiskey) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🌹Has Labour repaired its relationship with British Muslims? A year on from Starmer's landslide election win, my Hyphen colleague Samir Jeraj 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 has spoken to a dozen Muslim Labour figures to gauge the mood within the party. Well worth a read! 👇 hyphenonline.com/2025/07/04/lab…

Ramzy Alwakeel (@journoramzy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔴 One year on from the general election that saw Muslim voters turn away from Labour, has the party made any progress in winning back what was once one of its most reliable support bases? That's the Q Samir Jeraj 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 set out to answer for Hyphen.

Ben Reiff (@bentreyf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“It’s like a video game. You’re hundreds of meters away, you play with the joystick, see the target, and drop [a grenade].” In interviews with +972 Magazine, Israeli soldiers admit to targeting civilians — including children — with drone strikes in Gaza. 972mag.com/drones-grenade…

Hyphen (@onlinehyphen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The MCB is among faith groups in the UK that have urged the government to consider extending mandatory pay gap reporting to include data on religion. Samir Jeraj 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 has more⬇️ hyphenonline.com/2025/07/11/mus…

Larry Madowo (@larrymadowo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: Kenya’s most prominent activist Boniface Mwangi to be charged in court for having unlicensed ammunition because of “three teargas canisters” and a blank round displayed at his office

BREAKING: Kenya’s most prominent activist Boniface Mwangi to be charged in court for having unlicensed ammunition because of “three teargas canisters” and a blank round displayed at his office
Hyphen (@onlinehyphen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Lantern Initiative began 10 years ago with coffee mornings for young Muslim mothers — and now runs events across the UK and beyond. Samir Jeraj 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 hears how the organisation draws on centuries-old Islamic psychology to support Muslims’ mental health. hyphenonline.com/2025/07/18/lan…

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“I have just gone out to look for anything edible for my family, though I doubt I’ll find much." Journalists in Gaza attest to impossible circumstances amid extreme starvation, by Meghnad Bose. cjr.org/news/journalis…