Nesrine Malik
The Guardian
United Kingdom
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It’s the ‘great noticing’, as rightwingers accept that ‘Britain is broken’. But their fixes won’t make it any better
After years spent dismissing progressive concerns, Tories want to highlight national decline, but to accept no responsibility, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik → Read More
Megacities in the desert: the human cost of Egypt and Saudi Arabia’s bold new projects
In their rush to claim the future and concrete over the past, these vast rebrands are demolishing people’s homes and their heritage, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik → Read More
The seeds of Sudan’s collapse were sown decades ago
The conflict in my birth country has its roots in a power struggle that began with the Darfur genocide 20 years ago, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik → Read More
Sudan’s warring generals
Fighting Sudan is continuing despite an internationally brokered truce. At the heart of the conflict is a power struggle between two powerful generals in a country permanently in the grip of its military. Nesrine Malik reports → Read More
Extraordinarily stressed and vigilant? How racism makes people physically ill
Arline Geronimus was once called the biggest threat to youth in the US. But her theory of how injustice affects our health is more influential than ever → Read More
If we can’t speak honestly about Britain’s links to slavery, we turn our backs on change
Today’s generation is not responsible for what happened two centuries ago – but it can be guilty of refusing to learn from it, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik → Read More
As the disturbing scenes in Tunisia show, anti-migrant sentiments have gone global
President Saied is scapegoating his country’s small black migrant population to distract from political failings. Does this sound familiar, asks Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik → Read More
Britain was sick before Brexit. Until the left accepts that, the likes of Liz Truss won’t give up
Brexit was the wrong answer to a perfectly valid question. In order to win now, Keir Starmer must steer clear of the status quo, says Guardian columnist → Read More
Look at how the 1% are doing right now, and tell me the system isn’t rigged
The world’s super-rich have amassed so much wealth since the pandemic that even a Tory minister can see something is amiss, says the Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik → Read More
Striking workers are telling the truth about Britain. No wonder politicians want to silence them
The Tories and Labour alike believe strikes are unpopular. But picket by picket, the divisive principles underlying British politics are being dismantled, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik → Read More
Elon Musk’s Twitter is fast proving that free speech at all costs is a dangerous fantasy
Reinstating the likes of Donald Trump and Kanye West looks likely to turn the social media site into an extremist ghetto, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik → Read More
Rishi Sunak posed as a PM-in-waiting. Now he’s in the spotlight, he’s not up to the job
Instead of the impressive intellectual Britain was promised, we see a leader with nothing to offer beyond cuts and culture war, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik → Read More
The Tories concocted the myth of the ‘migrant crisis’. Now their survival depends on it
Brexit is exposed, the economy is in shreds, the party has imploded – and the government is running out of people to blame, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik → Read More
Yes, Sunak at No 10 is a ‘win’ – in exposing the emptiness of elite diversity rhetoric
If Britain’s first Asian PM is meant to be a high mark for progress, let’s not forget the inequalities his politics create, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik → Read More
The very last thing the UK needs is more ‘grownup’ politics. That’s what got us into this mess
Poverty is stalking the streets of Britain – and that’s the big issue the people in charge continue to duck, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik → Read More
The floundering of GB News and Talk TV reveals a dark truth about the mainstream media
The only reason fringe channels are failing to flourish in Britain’s rightwing media swamp is because it is already full, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik → Read More
Labour must be bold and strike the killer blow – or the Tories will rise again
A rare opportunity has emerged to pin our many crises not just on the Conservative party, but the entire conservative ideology, says the Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik → Read More
How to Write About Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina review – a fierce literary talent taken too soon
In this selection of essays, the prize-winning Kenyan author, who died in 2019, shines a light on his continent without cliche → Read More
As Labour marches forward, is racism in the party being swept under the carpet?
A strange, unsettling amnesty over allegations of prejudice seems to have been granted Keir Starmer’s resurgent party, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik → Read More
Hilary Mantel knew how corrosive deference to monarchy can be – and why we must resist
Let us mark this year of royal death and accession by challenging the notion that a man with a crown is more important than everyone else, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik → Read More