Faraz Hassan
@FarazHassan
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Urbanist with politics alter-ego | Head of Portfolio for Green Economies & Infrastructure @Sddirect_global | Photographer | Inclusive Cities | My own opinion
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Imagine educating people to be critical thinkers then thinking they won't hold you to account for complicity in genocide.
@SOAS
&
@ucl
Alumni filling the streets of Bloomsbury with the flag of Palestine in solidarity with student encampments. 🇵🇸
@UCLAlumni4Pal
@UCLS4J
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Nailed it. I'm sure he's got all the racists frothing! Representing the experience of so many of us on such a big stage, well done
@Nabilu
- even name dropped Jeremy Corbyn 😂
#SouthLondonRepresent
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Lambeth Council has rejected my request to allow a petition for the council to use its influence to call for a
#ceasefire
in
#Gaza
. They said it would breach of their rules on 'publicity' & not an issue for the council. I wonder if
@lambeth_council
were also in breach here?
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I wrote to my MP
@ChukaUmunna
about
@realDonaldTrump
's xenophobic behaviour & that he shouldn't be welcome here.
Pleased to read Chuka's response: "Donald Trump is normalising hatred. His visit the UK should be cancelled indefinitely."
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I'm really surprised at (so many) comments on this hashtag that it's a woman's own choices that lead to pay gap. Hello.. Men also choose to have children? Why don't we recognise that so women aren't penalised for choices we all want to have?
#GenderPensionGap
"Women earn less because they have children. That's their choice."
Asshole, those children have fathers too. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
#GenderPensionGap
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@a_leesha1
I contacted my local Green Party reps and they were not interested in supporting Palestine. I would be careful to automatically assume they are a viable alternative.
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@a_leesha1
I'm aware at the party level they are calling for a ceasefire, but they do not have consistent quality candidates. After this whole situation I feel any party must work for our votes, not just assume any vacant opposition space.
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There must be safety for the people who keep us safe. Targeting of Hospitals is a war crime.
#SayTheirName
#StopTheGenocide
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"Understanding shelter from a gender perspective: the case of Hawassa, Ethiopia." Our findings on
#gender
and
#housing
in Hawassa,
#Ethiopia
, as part of a wider study on East African Cities with
@IIED
@EandUjournal
@SDDirect_global
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An update on this. We have now organised & our petition has over 1,200 signatures. A growing civil society coalition representing the community are calling on
@lambeth_council
to end its silence on
#Gaza
. This includes:
@PSCBrixton
,
@LambSolidarity
,
@LambethUNISON
,
@LBWG3
& more.
Lambeth Council has rejected my request to allow a petition for the council to use its influence to call for a
#ceasefire
in
#Gaza
. They said it would breach of their rules on 'publicity' & not an issue for the council. I wonder if
@lambeth_council
were also in breach here?
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Wow, can
@UKLabour
clarify which of my tweets means I've been barred from participating in
#LabourLeadership
vote?
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Here's what the co-opting of diversity & inclusion looks like. To support the killing of one people 🇵🇸 when you denounced the killing of another 🇺🇦 while peppering 'diversity' in the same breath is an insult.
Please read below Lambeth Labour Group's statement on the motion submitted to tonight's Full Council meeting concerning the conflict in the Middle East
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@sibtain_h
@LambethLabour
An institutionally racist council leadership in one of the most diverse boroughs in the country is not a good look indeed.
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This is outrageous. Not only are they blocking any debate on Palestine but now they are censoring the flag? Such blatant racism is not acceptable in Lambeth. Please can
@lambeth_council
clarify if it censoring all flags or just Palestine?
@lambeth_council
why was a resident ask to remove their
#Palestinian
badge before attending a meeting in the town hall today.
#shameful
#we
need an answer. Asap.
@LambSolidarity
@brixtonbuzz
@PSCBrixton
@BayoDosunmu
@SouthwarkSolid
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@DvdMrsdn
@markhowell7
@lambeth_council
@clairekholland
@BellRibeiroAddy
It's not really acceptable that racism is institutionalised in this way in some of the most diverse Boroughs in the country. Unfortunately political parties appeal to us to get our votes but refuse to represent us when it comes down to it.
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Went for a walk in Central London to snap a few shots before shops are open again. 📷
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Goodness Gracious Me was so genius. That sharp, power reversing, 'inside-joke' humour is needed more than ever. People still get my name wrong in emails. Would love to see that torch carried forward. You guys were great.
@TVSanjeev
@MeeraSyal
@kulvinderghir
@Nina_Wadia
🙏
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Coffee in
#Copenhagen
. A very beautiful, friendly, & happy
#city
from what I've seen so far!
@DACdotDK
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'An urban lens highlights challenges but also solutions.'
@JaiGupte
providing closing reflections on Day 1 of
@ea_researchfund
#CitiesAsSystems
conference in Nairobi.
#UstawiKenyaUK
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Shame on
@lambeth_council
for hiding behind procedures & semantics as children are murdered. A 'sustainable ceasefire' is not the same as an immediate
#ceasefire
. You can only afford to play games like this when you don't view Palestinian lives as equal.
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Interesting(surprising?) outcome of vote on what kind of growth strategy participants would pick for
#Delhi
. Tech focused over community focused. Hmm..
#LiveCityHack
#PwCIDC2017
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Since
@lambeth_council
are seeking to surpress this.. I set up the petition anyway. Please sign & share.
Lambeth Council must call for a permanent Ceasefire in Gaza NOW - Sign the Petition! via
@UKChange
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#GrenfellTower
residents' struggles to have their voice heard sound sadly familiar to anyone who has worked with housing estates in London..
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@nha3383
@KarachiUrbanLab
@AbeeraKamran
@Amierasawas
@Daanibhai
@AyonaDatta
@JaiGupte
Love the website, important work on an important city!
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"Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colours. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving."
— Terry Pratchett
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@devisridhar
Made the most of summer 2020. Kept ourselves locked away thinking it'll be over and need to push through, but now only 400 cases a day, as it was last summer, seems like a dream...
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#OpenData
can unravel the complex dealings of multinationals
http://t.co/D0xGlgjmY5
cc:
@Global_Witness
@GavinHayman_GW
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The majority of thinking seems to be based on nuclear families which don't include elderly or vulnerable individuals. Whether it comes to risk appetite or response strategies, communities where family structures are more common have to think & plan differently.
#Coronavirus
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Pakistan is leading the way with its welfare state – the world can learn from its innovation via
@Telegraph
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'Is gender parity a prerequisite for economic development? History says no. However it's an incredible accelerant for it, so we'd be foolish to ignore.' - Nick Lea
Depends what your metrics & goals are.
#PwCIDC2017
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Urbanisation in a digital world: The importance of cities from
@icedfacility
#smartcities
#digital
#development
#urbanisation
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So my nephew Ali has written an adapted HP story with
@jk_rowling
as Hogwarts headteacher. She sounds quite strict..
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This is
#freedom
in a country which democratically elects a gov the west doesnt want
http://t.co/rXn9lMfTPn
#egypt
http://t.co/vyF21APoUh
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I tweeted about fried chicken & arresting Tony Blair. Maybe
@UKLabour
don't like chicken wings or dissent? Don't know which is more shocking
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Sunday: "No one should be in any doubt, there is a tidal wave of Omicron coming"
Monday: 'NHS website overwhelmed by booster demand and runs out of lateral flow tests in England.'
Doesn't seem like a great way to manage a pandemic. Great for resetting the news cycle though.
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Didn't think things like this happened in the UK. We should call it what it is: establishment panic & a prevention of democracy.
@UKLabour
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'
#Conflict
&
#fragility
will become the main reason extreme
#poverty
exists' - Nick Lea
Africa has highest incidence of fragility.
#PwCIDC2017
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Really interesting to hear about how, in practice, development has been merging with other national & international agendas in recent years.
I think there are many risks of development objectives being skewed but overall cross-collaboration seems vital for impact.
#PwCIDC2017
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Despite recent clampdowns on Free Speech, it's still important to remember that the UK has some of the highest freedoms of anywhere in the world. As citizens, we have many democratic rights & routes available to us to effect change.
Well done to our community for making our voices heard at the Town Hall today & calling on
@lambeth_council
to support a full & permanent ceasefire. ✊🏽
#CeasefireNOW
#FreePalestine
🇵🇸🇵🇸
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@ZLoudjeva
Tech is not just high-tech, innovative uses of existing/common tech & improving access to it can also promote prosperity.
@ZLoudjeva
#PwCIDC2017
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Glad to meet
@SadiqKhan
at the mosque today. Candidate we need to support for a better
#London
!
http://t.co/wO4wE7NZk8
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Shame on
@Keir_Starmer
's cowardly approach to leadership.
Streatham residents stand behind principles, not parties. Solidarity with our Councillor
@Martin_Abrams
for not being afraid to speak out for his principles. ✊🏽
A Jewish Labour councillor has alleged factions in the party are trying to kick him out of his job for criticising the leadership’s position on the Israel-Hamas war.
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Recently I participated in a panel for
@CommonsIDC
's evidence session on
#Racism
in the
#AidSector
. Here's a short clip on why I think diversity & equality matters so much. Thanks also to co-panelists
@TigistGrieve
& Dr. Rosanna Duncan. Full session:
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Now Reading: The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life
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Reading some excellent insight into public space & civic life interactions from
@NextCityOrg
"The Public Life Reader"
http://t.co/TNu0wm1Lme
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How a
#CrowdSourced
map changed
#KualaLumpur
’s ideas about
#cycling
http://t.co/t1DIiZ3zyE
http://t.co/Q2Ewrl2oAr
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Its easy to simplify
#ParisAttacks
into actions of crazy fanatics, but in reality its complex global geopolitics, power, & vested interests.
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Requiring a graduate / post-graduate qualification from a top-level university is an (often unneeded) proxy for exclusion, undermining commitments to diversity.
Interesting insight from a paper we are reading "A bachelor degree is the most essential need in any business now a days, however, in resumes education part is usually listed in the bottom (Owyang, 2012).'
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So a public figure has just called for the genocide of people of my background. Have we become so accepting of hate in mainstream discourse?
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I was a bit skeptical about
#clapforNHS
compared to what they really need from us, but after seeing my whole street errupt into applause I realised the sense of community, emotions people are feeling, and the morale boost is more important than the politics of it right now.
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Returning to my old department
@BartlettUCL
today after almost 10 years to join
@ea_researchfund
conference on Spatial Inequalities in Cities. So glad to see the new building (it wasn't so exciting while we were there!).
#GoodMemories
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How will you deliver truly affordable housing at scale given context of austerity & reliance on private sector developers/capital?
#AskSadiq
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It's so implausible that I wonder if
@UKLabour
racially profiled me with a badly created twitter algorithm based on keywords?
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Saddened to see the response from many people to incidents in
#Streatham
today. Perhaps its the polarising effect of years of Brexit. The facts seem secondary. Xenophobes out in force.
But we will model a proper response here in
#Streatham
because we are a resilient community.
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.
@ZLoudjeva
challenge to panel: will technology address skills mismatch or not?
#PwCIDC2017
Panel share examples of tech supporting learning, potential of blockchain. Tech as a fundamental solution.
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Value isn't created by physical or economic features of a space, but by diverse people being able to use it. These are the places you come back to.
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After all that, twitter is changing its character limit to 10k.
@OCourtneyGW
@AHarrisonGW
#Twitter10k
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I hope in future we remember this moment, as a rich country: better pay for NHS workers & those essential to keeping our society working; provide proper protective gear; not vote for a party that stripped the NHS back; and stay at home!
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I get the sense the media is once again catalysing panic, just like the petrol crisis. Click bait headlines that spin what scientists are actually saying, if you read the articles.
Looking for the truth somewhere between 'sensational' and 'denial.'
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I'll be speaking at
#CHI2018
later today about how cities can better include people with disabilities.
@SDDirect_global
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Really good event, remembering my honeymoon from earlier this year 😉
#MalaysiaNight
thanks
@MalaysianFoodUK
http://t.co/OF1Jg3vDgp
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'Urban ordering is a non-random process. It's a failure in systems thinking to classify informality as a random process.'
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No matter what it takes, Londoners will keep speaking out for justice, and holding those who are on the wrong side of history to account.
Felt proud to see Streatham represented by
@BellRibeiroAddy
today. ✊🏽
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Do our MPs & Councillors really think this will just blow over? We will not stop until the bombs stop & every genocide enabler is held to account. 🇵🇸✊🏽
#LondonProtest
#FreePalestine
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The complicity of our institutions shows just how dangerous institutionalised racism is.
It allows a state to openly support a literal genocide because the belief that one life is more valuable than another is so ingrained.
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Martin represents what I expected of my elected representatives, to represent the community. Meanwhile, institutionally racist
@LambethLabour
forgot it was meant to represent us & has instead been representing the arms industry & Kier Starmer. Kick them out.
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Nice amount of (typical) abuse for asking why they labelled it a terrorist incident before facts have emerged (as they always do). That's mutually exclusive of whether it actually is or not. Sky/BBC also discussing it so go take your snarling elsewhere.
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@Amierasawas
@zahrahnesbitt
Goodness.. it's really shocking. I'm all for making people feel uncomfortable as possible about it😂 Also been tempted to purposefully mix up other people's names in an act of petty revenge.
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@paddy_alley
@GavinHayman_GW
Incredible to see GW investigating role of tech - the tools of conflict and corruption are evolving..
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Hi
@clairekholland
, could you clarify if Lambeth was in breach of its constitution when it raised the Ukrainian flag, fundraised, & appealed for residents to host Ukrainian refugees, but won't host a petition calling for ceasefire in Gaza? Or is it just institutionalised racism?
Lambeth Council has rejected my request to allow a petition for the council to use its influence to call for a
#ceasefire
in
#Gaza
. They said it would breach of their rules on 'publicity' & not an issue for the council. I wonder if
@lambeth_council
were also in breach here?
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Planning for reality in one of Nairobi’s largest ‘slums.’
A write up of our recent visit to Mukuru with
@IIED
@SDI
& important lessons on community-led planning
#Slums
#UrbanDevelopment
#Communities
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@Amierasawas
@zahrahnesbitt
Geez it would be funny if it wasn't so painful. This always makes me feel better though.
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Think about it. Why do ethnicities have to be the butt end of the joke? Why not inclusive and driving the jokes?
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@ShabzyK
I recommend you follow these organisations if you don't already!
@senseaboutsci
@voiceofyoungsci
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(2/2)
#UrbanResilience
is coalescing of many factors of vulnerability in a way that allows a holistic response
@ArupID
@ICLEI
@informalcity
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Regardless of the outcome, Jeremy Corbyn has just transformed the kind of politics we have in the UK.
#ElectionDay2017
#ExitPoll
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Brad Pitt shooting movie next to my office. They're having to simulate rain this fine summer's day in London. Irony.
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Anyone who does not align with genocide must come out tomorrow. If not now, when?
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Just read an article by an academic describing Dubai as one of the world's most radically inclusive cities.
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Worth a look: "6 Intersection Designs That Actually Prioritize Pedestrians"
http://t.co/Gzjh11VTLv
from
@NextCityOrg
#Cities
#UrbanDesign
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Really need to
#DeportTheresaMay
as she admits Racist Vans were a flop.
http://t.co/7gGNiBQtcC
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*Must read* 'The Muslim faith does not turn men to terror' by
@mehdirhasan
http://t.co/cxojL2FoBb
#muslims
#islam
#woolwich
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Reading about history of
#cities
. New tech discoveries led to urban leaps. Agriculture, long-distance ships, paper, cars, etc.
#SmartCities
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