Nesrine Malik

Nesrine Malik is a Guardian columnist and the author of We Need New Stories: Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent

• Clashes between police and protesters after the conviction of Henry Nowak’s murderer, Southampton, 2 June 2026

  What to do as murder is exploited to spread lies about race and privilege? Stand firm – fight back

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  Too many leaders have appeased the rightwing culture warriors. In the wake of the Henry Nowak rioting, the time for a push against toxicity and untruths is now, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
• Composite: Yves Sakila, and cutouts of people protesting the circumstances of his death.

  The Long Wave

  How the death of Yves Sakila exposes Ireland’s deeply rooted racism problem

  Fatally restrained by security guards outside a Dublin department store, Congolese-born Sakila’s demise raises serious questions about accountability
• Thomas Pullin on AI in politics

  AI is devoid of meaning and humanity. That’s why its vapid voice suits this political moment

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  For ease and speed, we are degrading our ability to connect and to organise our societies. We must assert our trust in humans over machines, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

• Palestinian musician Saint Levant performing at Les Francofolies, Paris, July 2025.

  The long read

  Saint Levant: the pop star from Gaza caught between passionate fandom and bitter disapproval

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  The Long Wave

  ‘The flavour crisis’: a satirist’s exposé on the origins of broken Britain

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  The result of normalising Reform’s ideas? Neighbour is turned against neighbour

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• Sudan War-By the NumbersFILE - Smoke billows after drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the northern port in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, Sudan, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo, File)

  The UAE tries hard to keep its reputation spotless. But with the war in Sudan, how can it?

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• The Long Wave

  How Michael Jackson’s tarnished image is being cannily rehabilitated

• The Long Wave

  How Cuban doctors vital to Latin America are being squeezed out by the US

• Yes, the king’s US visit will go down in history: it marked the death throes of an old era

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• TOPSHOT-CAMEROON-VATICAN-DIPLOMACYTOPSHOT - Pope Leo XIV (C) waves from the Popemobile to people gathering as he arrives to lead the Holy Mass at Bamenda Airport in Bamenda, on the fourth day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa, on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP via Getty Images)

  The Long Wave

  The pope’s African tour shows the continent is vital to the future of Catholicism

• Keir Starmer visited Newcastle on St George’s Day, 23 April 2026.

  Zombie politics is the new norm and Starmer’s dying premiership is the latest instalment

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  The Long Wave

  ‘Reparations take many forms’: what the UN’s landmark vote on enslavement means for restorative justice

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  Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel

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• The Long Wave

  How the US-Israel war on Iran is affecting African economies

• Trump’s chaotic war on Iran has dragged into its sixth week because he is fighting an adversary he doesn’t understand

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• The Long Wave

  Bold concepts, loose ends in Ibram X Kendi’s Chain of Ideas

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  Will Trump bring peace, or more bombs? Shady speculators seem to bet right every time

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  The president may not be benefiting directly from betting markets, but he has encouraged a culture that treats politics like a casino floor, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
• Patrice Lumumba. To his left, Mobutu and right, up for trial Étienne Davignon

  The Long Wave

  ‘It’s going to give us closure’: could there finally be justice for the murder of Patrice Lumumba?

  The assassination of the Congo’s first prime minister has been shrouded in mystery – but the impending trial of a Belgian diplomat may provide answers
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  Trump’s video game war: AI, memes and a simplistic narrative have flattened the conflict in Iran

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  What was supposed to be a quick win has become a quagmire, so it now must be reduced to a dopamine hit, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik