How Azeem Rafiq is continuing his fight against racism in the UAE
Harriet Shephard
January 30, 2024
Azeem Rafiq, former professional cricket player and racism whistleblower, talks about his struggles with mental health.
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How Azeem Rafiq handles his mental health
Ann Marie McQueen
September 6, 2023
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Azeem Rafiq, the Karachi-born cricketer, made international headlines in 2020 when he blew the whistle on racism and bullying during his time playing for Yorkshire Cricket Club. He never intended to find himself in the middle of a long-running legal battle and investigation, which deeply tested his mental health, already challenged by the death of his baby son in 2018 and the loss of his career. In November 2021 he spoke to Britain’s Culture, Media
‘I look forward to seeing more Black yoga practitioners’
Melody Sylvain
July 15, 2022
Being Black in the yoga and wellness space is like being Black in many places: you often find that you’re the only one in the room and you regularly come up against discrimination. My experience as a student, both in the United States and in the UAE, has been that it is difficult to find truly inclusive wellness studios and spaces. It’s even more difficult to find Black representation among teachers. The cultural appropriation of
Aziza Sbaity, the fastest woman in Lebanon
Lina Elmusa
December 22, 2021
Aziza Sbaity is the fastest woman in Lebanon, but her journey of breaking records has been filled with challenges. It started as a child, fleeing her mother’s war-torn country of Liberia. Then there was the racism she experienced during her first years in the country, and the injuries that have hampered her performance in sports. Aziza tells the Livehealthy Arabic Podcast about how she overcame them all — and about what she plans to do
Fighting racism with Covid-19 variant names
Jonathan Gornall
June 28, 2021
From Aarskog-Scott syndrome to Zumbusch psoriasis, generations of clinicians and medical researchers have earned fame, fortune and a kind of immortality through the honor of having the rare disease or disorder they have identified named after them. But when an entire region or country finds itself associated with a deadly infectious disease, the result is more of a curse. Over the years there have been plenty of examples, including the “Spanish flu,” responsible for the
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