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Malia Bouattia

Bouattia

Malia is the New Arab’s opinion editor. She was a prominent activist during her years as a student at the University of Birmingham, and was elected the first woman of colour of the National Union of Students in the UK in 2016. She has contributed to a number of publications, including ‘For the Many: Preparing Labour for Power’ as well as ‘It's Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race’. She produced and hosted prime-time talkshows on a SKY channel, which covered a range of subjects from the war on terror, to gendered violence. She has worked as a journalist for several years. Before taking on the role at TNA, she was an editor of a print publication. Malia was awarded Media Diversified's '#EightWomen' prize in 2014 and the 'Good Citizen' prize at the Muslim News Awards in 2017.

Areas of focus: Politics, social justice movements, the war on terror, Algerian and North African politics, Imperialism, French politics, Women’s rights, civil liberties.

 

Follow her on Twitter: @MaliaBouattia

Don’t be fooled by Boris Johnson’s latest reshuffle

Opinion: Despite being lauded, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest cabinet reshuffle will pave the way for more racism, lies, and profit over the people and the planet, warns Malia Bouattia.

29 September, 2021

The French left has a frog in its throat

Opinion: French politics is lurching markedly to the right in the run-up to the presidential election. Malia Bouattia asks what's stopping the progressive left from mounting a serious challenge.

17 September, 2021

Sharon Graham will return Unite union to its true purpose

Opinion: Graham's victory is rooted in her understanding that it's time to break with the 'obsession' over Labour, and focus instead on organising workers and building up striking capacity, writes Malia Bouattia.

03 September, 2021

EU countries have moral duty to help Afghan refugees

Opinion: European leaders looking to satisfy their domestic agendas by limiting numbers of Afghan refugees puts them on the wrong side of history, writes Malia Bouattia.

28 August, 2021

Algerians step up as their leaders play the blame game

Opinion: The people of Algeria have been organising to battle raging wildfires as their neglectful government points the finger of blame in every direction, writes Malia Bouattia.

24 August, 2021

Ten years after Tottenham uprising, too little has changed

Opinion: Since Mark Duggan's killing in 2011, two waves of Black Lives Matter demonstrations have pulled thousands onto the streets, but institutional racism, and disproportionate use of police violence continue unabated, writes Malia Bouattia.

13 August, 2021

EU hijab ruling marks a shameful new low for civil liberties

Opinion: Allowing companies to prevent employees from wearing the hijab in order to present a "neutral image" is an absurd justification for a racist and exclusionary policy, writes Malia Bouattia.

28 July, 2021

Protesters see straight through Tebboune's 'new Algeria'

Comment: A month after the election, Algerians are back on the streets protesting the same corruption, lack of reform and joblessness that led them to boycott the vote, writes Malia Bouattia.

16 July, 2021

A bittersweet week for Muslims in the Netherlands

Opinion: In the Netherlands, and across northern Europe, Islamophobia is no longer seen as an ignorant minority ideology, but has become a more acceptable part of mainstream debate, writes Malia Bouattia.

09 July, 2021

Offshore it and it will go away: the Tory solution

Opinion: The Tory government's proposal to physically offshore migrants is part of a wider policy of ignoring and offshoring social problems across the board, writes Malia Bouattia.

06 July, 2021