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Journalist @onlinehyphen #TeamTaylor big @taylorswift13 fan🤗🤗 BIIIIG

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Joined April 2012

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Saman Javed

2 years

Happy New Year ! I’m so happy to have joined @onlinehyphen where I’ll be reporting on Muslim communities in London and beyond. If you have a story you would like to share or want to get in touch, my DMs are open! Or you can email me: saman.javed @hyphenonline .com

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2 years

As the number of independent bookshops across the UK has almost halved in 30 years, I’ve been following the founder of @MaqamBooks on his journey to open a new home for Arabic books and culture in London - read my piece here !

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Book by book — building a new home for Arabic literature in London

The number of independent booksellers in the UK has nearly halved in the past 30 years. A new startup hopes to reverse the decline

hyphenonline.com

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6 years

I wrote a piece for @galdemzine latest issue! Grab a copy to read my viewssss

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Earlier this month, I went to Belfast to report on a spate of racist attacks on Muslim-owned businesses and organisations in the south of the city that have left some shopkeepers fearing for their lives. Read my findings here:

@onlinehyphen

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‘The attack was a message: you are not safe here’ - A years-long campaign of violence and intimidation directed at Muslim-run businesses and religious institutions in south Belfast has forced many to relocate or close for good. ✍🏼 @samannf reports.

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Saman Javed

6 years

I wrote about Eid 🍗🍖🍤🌶🍰🍫🍭

@Independent

The Independent

6 years

Everything you need to know about Eid al-Adha

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Saman Javed

1 year

Loved chatting with @Asma_KhanLDN about the lack of representation of South Asian women in professional kitchens, Muslim-run supper clubs, and our shared love of shahi tukda 🫶🏽

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Curry houses are facing acute chef shortages, but many employ only men. Chef and author @Asma_KhanLDN of @Darjeelingldn asks why can’t men and women work together. ✍🏼 @samannf

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6 years

Beyond the border: what it's like to be disabled in India by yours truly and @JenniferToro_ for @OUTLNDmag 👇🏾

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Saman Javed

3 years

joined a boxing club 2 months ago and my coach just told me I’m 100% stronger than I was when I started 🥺😁 lil sam can fight 😁

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Saman Javed

3 years

HI Twitter ! I’m climbing Mount Snowdon with @muslimhandsuk next month to raise money for Gaza. Any donations, no matter how small, will be much appreciated 🥰❣️❣️❣️ donate here:

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Will you sponsor my snowdon mountain trek?

Help Saman Javed raise money to support Muslim Hands

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5 years

my brother is applying for his first grad job and he just asked me what his ethnicity is ....... don’t think anyone’s hiring u anytime soon b

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Saman Javed

7 years

Just made my @eastlondonlines debut 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 please read 🤗

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@eastlondonlines

7 years

Headteacher appointment confirmed amid bullying claims inquiry, say union #ELL #TowerHamlets @TowerHamletsNow @GMB_union @samannf

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4 years

a girl who has tried every shampoo the market has to offer (SLS free obv)

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6 years

I miss the heatwave

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11 months

Hi Twitter ! I'm on the hunt for Muslim-owned small businesses for a gift guide. Pls send suggestions my way! DMs are open 🤗 #journorequest

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Saman Javed

3 years

it’s always ALWAYS been #FreePalestine 🖤❤️🤍💚

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7 years

Latest post by yours truly 🤗 please read

@eastlondonlines

EastLondonLines

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7 years

Parents staged a protest outside a school in Bethnal Green amid claims that pupils are being neglected @GMB_union @RabinaKhan #TowerHamletsCouncil #TowerHamlets #BethnalGreen

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3 years

tweetweeeet

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7 years

When I was 7 I ate four bowls of strawberries before mosque only to throw up red sick everywhere in front of everyone and that is the story of why I no longer eat strawberries

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3 years

Nikki Grahame’s death exposed a fractured care system failing people with anorexia #nikkigrahame #whoisshe

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Nikki Grahame’s death exposed a fractured care system failing people with anorexia

Limited treatment options and harmful stereotypes surrounding the mental illness are preventing anorexia patients from accessing the care they desperately need, Saman Javed finds

www.independent.co.uk

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#journorequest hello ! I'm looking to speak with people working in the wedding industry, specifically planning/decorating/photographing/catering Muslim weddings! DMs are open 🤗

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Saman Javed

6 years

“if you see a nice boy on the plane make sure you talk to him” rishta 101 with my aunt

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2 years

Hi Twitter ! I'm keen to speak to Muslim women from across the UK about their relationship with their local mosque, and whether facilities are adequate/easily accessible. Please get in touch - DMs are open 💛 #journorequest

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7 years

Goodbyeeeee January it's Saman time

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6 years

I'm crying why does she do this

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Saman Javed

3 years

after every function

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3 years

This Islamophobia Awareness Month, I’m keen to hear from Muslims in the UK about how they’ve been impacted by Islamophobia. Please get in touch if you have an experience you are willing to share - DMs are open💚 #journorequest #Islamophobia

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3 years

After lockdown limited Diwali festivities last year, I’m keen to speak to people about how they are celebrating this week 🧨🎉DMs are open. #journorequest #Diwali2021

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2 years

hii Twitter! I'm keen to speak with south Asian brides who hated their makeup on their wedding day/had a bad experience with their (pricey) MUA 😬🫠🫠 DMs are open #journorequest

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6 years

For all my amasians x

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3 years

I'm on the hunt for the people with the weirdest and most wonderful Christmas jumper collections. If you meet this criteria and would like to participate please get in touch!! DMs are open🎄 #journorequest #christmasjumper #christmasjumperday

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Saman Javed

6 years

Me in an exam I didn't study for:

@BBCPolitics

BBC Politics

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What does @realdonaldtrump think about #Brexit ? 🤔

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Hi Twitter ! I’m looking to speak with Muslim women about their experiences of cervical cancer screening. DMs are open 🫶🏽 #journorequest

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Saman Javed

11 years

My dad always comes into my room, looks at me for a while then leaves.. Not sure if he's admiring his own creation or just thinks I'm a slob

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Saman Javed

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Hello! I’m looking to speak with Muslim business owners for a story I’m working on for @onlinehyphen . Please get in touch ! DMs are open 🛒

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Saman Javed

6 years

So proud💛

@maladymag

malady mag

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🍾🥂🎉We've been shortlisted for @TheMagAcademy and @BBC_Worldwide Best New Magazine Brand 2018! 🎉🥂🍾

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7 years

are all brothers like this?

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6 years

Writing a piece for forthcoming magazine @OUTLNDmag . Looking to speak to anyone under the age of 30 with a disability who has a dating story they would like to share - please get in touch! 🤗 #journorequest #dating #Disability

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Saman Javed

7 years

Never thought I would be writing about a massive lump of fat 🙄 Please read 😁

@eastlondonlines

EastLondonLines

@eastlondonlines

7 years

Remnants of Whitechapel’s 'monster fatberg' to go on show in Museum of London @museumoflondon @thameswater by @samannf

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8 years

I wanna sleep but📚

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Saman Javed

3 years

i hope i marry a man as patient as my driving instructor because that man deserves a medal lmaaaaaoo

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4 years

Helloo! Has coronavirus changed the way you shop? Will you be buying less this Black Friday? Keen to speak to people who find they are shopping less because of the pandemic for @UNILAD @ladbible . DMs are open :) #journorequest #coronavirus #BlackFriday2020 #lockdown

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5 years

The poet The poem

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11 years

15 degrees and this happens on campus 😂 http://t.co/zUUJ10pPuj

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4 years

Hi! I’m looking to speak to music critics/writers on accountability among male rappers in the industry and their success despite allegations of abuse against women, for a feature for @UNILAD @ladbible . DMs are open! #journorequest

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2 years

can confirm it is life changing 💖

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3 years

it is a truth universally acknowledged that i need the dyson airwrap or i might die of sadness

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2 years

@1khalfani @owen__lang Hiya, I'm a reporter at the Independent. Did you take this photograph? If so, please may we use this picture in an article with a credit to you? Thanks, Saman

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6 years

We made it @OUTLNDmag 💛

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4 years

I spoke to Muslim women on how they navigate makeup and modesty:

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3 years

not me getting covid the same time as lil Lizzie 👑 two queens suffering

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4 years

I spoke to @EqualityLabs , @SeemaHari and my family on the part South Asia’s caste system plays in anti-black racism

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How South Asia’s caste system is fuelling anti-Black racism

The history of colourism can be traced back to the ideology of the Indian caste system, an occupational division of people, which still exists in South Asian communities today, writes Saman Javed

www.independent.co.uk

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4 years

if u saw me in Tesco with oil in my hair no u didn’t

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5 years

“Generic drugs were one of the few ‘bargains’ in the United States healthcare system" 44 US states are suing the drug industry for inflating costs of vital medicines for diseases like HIV, cancer and diabetes by as much as 1000%. I wrote about it here:

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7 years

used to think postgrad students were old AF and now I'm about to be one when I'm still a lil 👶🏽

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3 years

my mum keeps asking me to ‘go on’ muzmatch ?? 😭 I think tf not bestie

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3 years

Next week will be the first Eid without Covid-19 restrictions !! 🥳 I’m keen to speak to people about how they are celebrating. DMs are open ! #journorequest #EidAlAdha

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Saman Javed

3 years

SNOWDONE 😁🧚🏽‍♀️🧚🏽‍♀️ !!!

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5 years

@m_akhx 💀💀💀

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4 years

both of her parents are Pakistani

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6 years

3 days into 2019 and i'm actually losing at life 🙅🏽 let's try again in 2020

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4 years

my dad keeps telling me i have 'noor' on my face from praying LMAO but really i just exfoliated

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3 years

every time my mum is mad at me she comments on my eyeshadow 🤣 ma’am what did this sephora glitter ever do to u

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3 years

shot girl summerrrrrrrr

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2 years

thank you @SaqiBooks @HalasaMalu @Elias_Jahshan @Max0Scott

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4 years

I’m crying WHY is my brother’s google mini a bully 😔

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6 years

do you pronounce actually as ackchually or akshually? I just woke up from my sleep to tweet this I hate my brain

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7 years

I NEED A DAY OFF

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3 years

Hi ! As Klarna announces the launch of a card in the UK, I'm keen to speak to people who use the "buy now, pay later" service about their experiences, both good and bad. DMs are open #journorequest #klarna

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6 years

When will the world respect Mile End aka the best place in London

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4 years

to all my friends who reject my FT calls because they’re on the phone to their bfs: I’ll remember this when he breaks up with u

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7 years

"Just a few inches please" My hairdresser:

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4 years

Boris said tier 4 but make it non-pupil day

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2 years

rest in power Zara 💔

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Rachael Venables

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2 years

“Zara believed that a woman should be able to walk home.” Please, take the time to read every word of this tribute to Zara Aleena by her family. I’m not sure I’ve read anything quite like it before.

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5 years

r.i.p to my sleeping pattern

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4 years

tell me you’re a middle child without telling me you’re a middle child i’ll go first:

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4 years

I’m CEO of doing nothing

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6 years

the best part of Ramadan 2018 has been all the spring rolls i've eaten

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6 years

Can't believe I'm part of a group chat with THIS name

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5 years

my brother said this is me ?

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3 years

omg 🥺🥺 lil Sam 💖

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Finally finished writing my first blog.. Awwww I'm such a journalist

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5 years

her energy is kinda calm chaotic ... i love it

@evanrosskatz

Ξvan Ross Katz

5 years

"My cat Chicken is buried here, which is not funny but I don't know why I think it's funny to tell you that. The pool is heated a little so I can go in it all the time." - Dakota Johnson, master of seamless transitions

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6 years

sadly had to write this today 💔i was hoping they would never catch her

@Independent

The Independent

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Tiger shot dead after 'killing 13 people' in India

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11 years

Our flat mate is hitler http://t.co/nJib5FMjKR

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7 years

snow snow snow snow snow me all day

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3 years

thinking of everyone spending Eid alone or away from their families this year 💖

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New Muslims on how they will celebrate their first Eid

With continued restrictions on celebrations due to the pandemic, recently converted Muslims tell Saman Javed how they plan to mark the occasion

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4 years

my mum makes gobi knowing I hate it then gets mad when I won’t eat it 😒 read the room sis !!

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11 years

I remember when I loved tinchy stryder and I wanted a 'star in the hood' hoodie Looooolaaaaaaa

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6 years

why do I feel jet lagged from the clocks changing

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8 years

god spent 6 out of the 7 days of creation making zayn malik

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9 years

“ @RosheFitness : Need a pair of these 🔥😍 http://t.co/yZoC39SbQE” to throw in the bin

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5 years

why did god make me a sensitive b and not a bad b :(

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7 years

The idea of going to sleep before midnight always bothers me. Feels too early

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Saman Javed

10 years

😂😂 true story #KardashianGameproblems http://t.co/ZPZewIdH92

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6 years

the best part of infinity war was Groot 💛

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6 years

Pakistani mango > any other fruit you'll ever eat

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9 years

@aleem_official yeah you 👿❤️

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5 years

all my friends are successful bad 🐝🐝🐝💛🥰

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4 years

a plum is just a really big grape if you think about it

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4 years

my wardrobe is split three ways: halal, haram, Pakistani

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