Friday, March 29, 2024

Shaheen Abdulla

Shaheen Abdulla, an award-winning journalist, is the Deputy Editor of Maktoob.

Muslim businessman completes 3 years in prison under Delhi pogrom UAPA case

On 25 June 2020, Saima Khan, 27, reached New Delhi's Chanakyapuri Police Station after she was summoned in connection with her the arrest of her father, Mohammed Saleem Khan. When she saw two men sitting on the floor with old clothes and handcuffs, Saima thought they were "prisoners".

Families of jailed Muslim activists break down at Iftar meet

"He told me he will be home before Ramadan," said Nargis Saifi, wife of jailed human rights activist Khalid Saifi jailed under India's terror...
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“No other option”: MGNREGA workers protesting over a month against throttling scheme

For over a month, MGNREGA workers from across the country have joined a sit-in protest in New Delhi's Jantar Mantar against app-based attendance, and budget cuts among other issues.

“Two years of torture”: In conversation with journalist Siddique Kappan

"My wife and my 17-year-old son had to travel to unfamiliar places for me. These are otherwise considered dangerous trips.“
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One year on, Muslim girls in Karnataka grapple with hijab ban, anxious about future

As another end-term exams approach, 18-year-old Aliya Assadi is nervous about what may unfold in the coming days. Assadi, a final-year school girl from Karnataka’s...

Interview | “Plan to curtail civil society,” says Hany Babu’s wife Jenny Rowena

Jenny Rowena, the wife of jailed Delhi University professor Hany Babu, laments the situation of prisons in India and accuses that, as a society, we failed to have a social ethos that never undermines prisoners' rights.
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