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Ashifa Kassam

@ashifa_k

Correspondent covering communities and stories across Europe for The Guardian. Previously based in Spain & Canada for @guardian. Thoughts & ideas always welcome
Joined May 2009
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Ashifa Kassam @ashifa_k
As a politician, he spent his days crafting messaging that described Islam as a “lie” and pushing for the Qur’an and mosques to be banned in the Netherlands.
Now he's a Muslim convert, working to dismantle the myths he once peddled: theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…
www.theguardian.com ‘Some were extremely hostile’: how Dutch far-right figure turned to Islam Joram van Klaveren played a key role in Geert Wilders’ Freedom party but is now actively working to counteract its message
Ashifa Kassam @ashifa_k
From Barcelona to Brussels, a cohort of guides has trained its lens on Black and African history, laying bare how the continent has been shaped by colonialism and slavery as they revamp the stories that Europe tells about itself: theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…
www.theguardian.com ‘Hidden in plain sight’: the European city tours of slavery and colonialism From Puerta del Sol plaza in Madrid to the Tuileries Garden in Paris, guides reshape stories continent tells about itself