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Dahaba Ali Hussen

@DahabaH

Dahaba Ali Hussen is a freelance journalist and campaigner for the3million, a grassroots organisation of EU citizens living in the UK.  

<p>The microaggressions faced by women of colour in dating have been long discussed</p>
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Love Island is reinforcing a dangerous stereotype

<p>Last week I decided to take a solo trip to Paris. I had no idea I would be stopped from coming back </p>
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I had my passport taken away when I tried to get home to Britain

<p>My world crashed down around me when in March 2021, I was refused my settled status</p>
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I launched a social media campaign to win the right to stay in the UK

<p>It is interesting, and wholly damaging, how all of this filtered through to me</p>
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Colourism has plagued me as a black woman – this summer will be a test

<p>There needs to be greater awareness in the Muslim community about those suffering from mental ill-health</p>
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Not fasting on Ramadan doesn’t make me any less of a Muslim

<p>I don’t think asking someone if they’d consider converting to Islam for me is a great start to a first date</p>
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The faith of my partner has never been important to me – until now

<p>As soon as I opened the app, my heart plummeted</p>
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What happened when I talked about drinking as a Muslim woman on TikTok

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Universal credit broke people before coronavirus – and it'll get worse

Demonstrators lobby MPs to guarantee the rights of EU citizens in the UK after Brexit during a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in September 2017
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Without physical proof of our status, EU citizens like me live in fear

It’s understood that Abdi may have been with two other children when she tragically drowned, according to Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
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Why isn't there more outrage about Shukri Yahya Abdi’s death?

‘There is a direct correlation between the ethnic makeup of the staff in a newsroom and how issues are covered’
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People of colour have more to offer than our trauma

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How ‘positive’ coverage of Ramadan charity brings problems of its own

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My mum fled Somalia's civil war, now Brexit may uproot her again

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My mum fled Somalia's civil war, now Brexit may uproot her again

Shamima Begum, who fled her East London home in 2015 to join Isis in Syria
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Begum is another case of Britain's hyper scrutiny of Muslim women

Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun is fighting to stay in Australia as a refugee after fleeing Saudi Arabia
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Rahaf gave us just one happy ending in a sea of bad news

Studies have indicated that the fitness industry is the largest growing single sector in the UK
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I had an eating disorder and I dread the pressure to change in January

Although some organizations have worked closely with local mosques to help dispel myths surrounding mental health, I can’t help but feel that the Somali community has been largely ignored
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We need to address mental health in the Somali community

Although some organizations have worked closely with local mosques to help dispel myths surrounding mental health, I can’t help but feel that the Somali community has been largely ignored
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We need to address mental health in the Somali community

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