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Published Article — 2025

Will I Ever Belong?

A researched article exploring Muslim diaspora, discrimination and identity in the aftermath of 9/11.

Torn newspaper clippings layered on a dark surface, lit by a single shaft of light
Client
Manchester Historian
Year
2025
Role
Writer and researcher
Discipline
Write

Overview

Written for the Manchester Historian, this long-form piece traces how the years after 9/11 reshaped belonging for Muslim communities in Britain — moving between archival reporting, policy and the ordinary domestic detail that rarely makes the record.

Manchester Historian — the University of Manchester's student history magazine

Process

  1. 01Archive and press research across two decades of British reporting.
  2. 02Interviews and family testimony gathered with consent and care.
  3. 03Structural editing towards a narrative arc rather than a chronology.
  4. 04Fact-checking and sub-editing with the magazine's editorial team.

Stills

Hands sorting aged archival newspapers on a dark wooden desk by a window
01 — Hands sorting aged archival newspapers on a dark wooden desk by a window
A terraced brick street in northern England at dusk, one window lit
02 — A terraced brick street in northern England at dusk, one window lit

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