Prof Nisreen Alwan 🌻

Thanks for the new & reinstated follows. Grateful for connecting with u. This is my personal account so I’m here as my whole self & not representing anything else. You don’t have to agree with me & I don’t have to agree with u but here’s a place for respect, empathy & humanity 🔅

Good morning ☀️ Friends who are still here, reminding you that I am active on Bluesky if you wanna connect there: bsky.app/profile/nisree…

Check out this recent study @DailyMailUK which identified discursive practices in #journalism that contribute to epistemic injustice. It’s a fascinating read. #LongCovidKids #LongCovid

The burden of Long Covid on children & young people is significant. Accurate representation is the very least young people can expect. Please see these recommendations for reporting on #LongCovid in children & young people. medrxiv.org/content/10.110… @ChloeConnor7 @Dr2NisreenAlwan

The above article highlights the importance of our paper 👇 led by @ChloeConnor7 which makes recommendations for journalists. ‘A Critical Analysis of UK Media Characterisations of Long Covid in Children and Young People’ Words matter! medrxiv.org/content/10.110… @Dr2NisreenAlwan

It’s actually cool not to feel shut down by the algorithms anymore!!! Join me on Bluesky 😃 bsky.app/profile/nisree…

Good community forming on Bluesky. Sign up if you haven’t already and try it out. Looks and works the same way as here so you don’t have to learn news ways of working. And if you get there pls give me a follow :) bsky.app/profile/nisree…

The least I can do when I’m out and about is to smile. Smile even though my heart is breaking & aching at the state of division on display stoked by years and years of hostile propaganda & the silence on it. I hope my smile and yours bring out the best in us and in this country.

This is not protest, it is pure violence. We will have a standing army of public duty officers. We will ramp up criminal justice. We will apply criminal law online as well as offline. We will not tolerate attacks on mosques or on Muslim communities.

Support your colleagues who’re anxious & upset about the racist riots. Make them feel safe. Ask about their wellbeing & their families’. Don’t dismiss, minimise or deny their concerns. Don’t say ‘it’s nothing’. Let their fear be seen& empathised with. Show solidarity. Thank you.

There’s no excuse for racism just like there’s no excuse for abuse. There’s sometimes an explanation. But explanations don’t make wrong actions less wrong. They may prevent future ones by learning to avoid the pathways to wrongdoing. So excusing racism is racism not compassion.

Remember that “stop the boats” is a political slogan. A cheap, disgusting and highly divisive slogan used by the highest echelons of politics. Rioters didn’t come up with it.

Great job opportunity for a clinical trainee with us: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?i…

"For years anti immigration sentiment has been amplified by the UKs right wing newspapers" The world being told what our mainstream media won't tell us.