Diyora Shadijanova

Really excited to be taking part in @resurgencetrust.bsky.social's Festival of Wellbeing tomorrow. If you are available at 2 pm, please join the talk I’m giving on the Right to Rest.

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Book recommendations: top romance novels from Muslim authors - Hyphen From chick lit to stories of forbidden love, our book columnist has selected her top reads from Muslim women writers

Looking for your next romantic read? 💕

From enemies-to-lovers to heartwarming slow burns,
@thediyora.bsky.social rounds up the best romance novels by Muslim authors you should have on your shelf.

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all signs point to this being just an incredibly destabilizing moment. very very bad stuff. we're in a very dark place.

there’s always a tweet…

Excellent response from Hasan Piker, who was scheduled to debate Charlie Kirk in two weeks. On his stream he said: “The reverberation of people seeking out vengeance in the aftermath of this violent, abhorrent incident is going to be genuinely worrisome.” Also talked about his own vulnerability

Killing the other side's negotiating team (multiple times!) should make it pretty clear the Israeli Government does not want a negotiated peace in Gaza. Netanyahu wants an end to Palestinian statehood as a possibility.

This is becoming abundantly clear to everyone, except it seems, our leaders.

Top travel books to transport you to faraway places Writing that reminds us just how beautiful and vast our world really is and here's a selection of nonfiction titles to whet the appetite

From the bustling markets of central Asia to gripping tales from the streets of Karachi, @thediyora.bsky.social rounds up the best books to read if you’re looking for escapism and adventure.

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Journalist missing in Norwegian wilderness found in good health Alec Luhn set out on trek in Folgefonna national park last week and was reported missing on Monday

A rare bit of good news! I don't know Alec, but was really worried about him!

‘Worrying’ levels of screen time means young people losing confidence to socialise in person, minister warns – UK politics live Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says ‘majority of young people spend all, or almost all, of their free time alone in their bedrooms, online’

This is not caused primarily by "screen time".

It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.

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Can anyone else pls confirm so I can relax lol

RE the allotment outcry, my understanding is that the allotment story been blown out of proportion? In the sense that what Angela Rayner has done is not new, has been done since 2016, but is being reported as something that’s brand new under this gov?

Fun fact: we devote ten times more space to golf courses in England than we do to allotments (source: OS Greenspace data) www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

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47% of people think immigration is primarily illegal. There were 4% irregular arrivals in March

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

bumping this as a few things have fallen through and i'm not doing great financially. open to any sort of freelance opps across culture journalism!

Book recommendations: top summer reads to suit every mood Five titles, from moving coming-of-age stories to political fiction and social commentary, to enjoy on your holidays

Stuck for summer reads?

Here are five books, from moving coming-of-age stories to political fiction, to accompany you on your holidays.

Check out the recommendations by Diyora Shadijanova👇🏽

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“this £85 billion represents a direct transfer of value from the public to private owners — a sum extracted while storm overflows proliferated, leakage targets were missed, and river health declined”

🚨BREAKING NEWS:arrests at Turo Cathedral

The Terrorism Act does not conform to international law. The UN Human Rights Committee said the definition of terrorism is “unduly restrictive of political expression”.
In times of destruction & genocide, the courage to act is a right & moral responsibility.

Coming soon! A gardening and lifestyle newsletter from Diyora Shadijanova.

I’m planting something new, and I’d love for you to grow it with me.

Introducing *Lessons From My Garden* - a new newsletter about the unexpected lessons nature is teaching me about the environment and myself too.

How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke | George Monbiot Whether it’s bloodshed at Glastonbury or starving people on benefits, their ‘irony poisoning’ seeps obscene ideas into the range of the possible, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Spot on @georgemonbiot.bsky.social, jokes with violent intent are never really "jokes" are they?

still very confused about what Greg Wallace's autism diagnosis has to do with anything

I hold on to the memories of our flat in Uzbekistan — a family home that will always be part of who I am My eventual homecoming, two decades after leaving the country, helped me realise this place is woven into the languages I speak, the food I eat, and my history

What happens when your childhood home becomes just a memory?

In a personal essay, Diyora Shadijanova reflects on childhood in a Soviet-era apartment block in Uzbekistan — and the emotional complexity of returning two decades later.

Illo: Kristina Tzekova

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Top reads to learn about the climate crisis Hyphen's books columnist reflects on the theme of environment and picks nonfiction titles to help engage with the issue

With the unseasonably hot weather we’ve been experiencing (every year), it feels timely to kick my @hyphenonline.com books column off with five compelling reads on the climate crisis.

Every mainstream Democrat who is hanging back on endorsing Mamdani is responsible for emboldening these absolute fascists

it is!!!

ty Mamdani for reminding us what hope feels like again 😭

a reminder of what Mamdani overcame:

the decision to brand a non-violent group of pro-Palestinian activists, "terrorists", while Israel commits actual war crimes is both deeply insulting and bleak

a very dark day for British democracy

Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.