Nesrine Malik

Nesrine Malik is a Sudanese-born on 23 October 1975, London-based columnist and author. She writes for The Guardian and is a panellist on the BBC's Dateline London.[1]

Early life and career

Malik was born in Khartoum, Sudan and educated in that country. She attended the American University in Cairo and the University of Khartoum, following which she completed her graduate studies at the University of London. Alongside her career as a journalist, she spent ten years in emerging markets private equity.[2] Her work focuses on British and American politics, and identity politics and Islamophobia, and has been quoted by New York magazine and The New York Times for her comments in The Guardian after the Charlie Hebdo shooting,[3][4] a topic which she also spoke about on the BBC's Newsnight alongside David Aaronovitch of The Times and Myriam François-Cerrah of the New Statesman.[5] Malik's columns and dispatches for Foreign Policy magazine focus on Sudanese politics.[6]

In 2015, Malik and Peter Hitchens discussed the role of the hijab and Muslim cultural identity in Britain on Channel 4 News.[7] In 2016, Malik was one of three columnists featured in The Guardian's "The Web We Want" series discussing online abuse and negative comments they had received online regarding their work.[8][9] Following this, she contributed to a session at the British parliament with the aim of tackling the chilling effect online abuse has on emerging writers.


References
  1. Hill, Jane (22 April 2018). "Dateline London". BBC News – via Internet Archive.
  2. "Nesrine Malik". Curtis Brown. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. Zavadski, Katie. "A Guide to Charlie Hebdo Opinions". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  4. Schuessler, Jennifer (4 May 2015). "Charlie Hebdo Award at PEN Gala Sparks More Debate". New York Times. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. Wark, Kirsty (8 January 2015). "Toleration After the Charlie Hebdo Attacks". BBC Newsnight 3 September 2019.
  6. "Nesrine Malik". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  7. Frei, Matt (7 October 2015). "Hijab in Britain: Peter Hitchens and Nesrine Malik debate". Channel 4 News. Accessed 3 December 2019.
  8. Cornish, Audie. "'The Guardian' Launches New Series Examining Online Abuse". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  9. Gardiner, Becky; Mansfield, Mahana; Anderson, Ian; Holder, Josh; Louter, Daan; Ulmanu, Monica (12 April 2016). "The dark side of Guardian comments". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
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