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As #Belfast burned, two Sudanese women braved the streets and sheltered those under attack: As mobs roamed Belfast's streets targeting anyone who looked foreign, Areej Fareh and Twasul Mohammed organised to help keep immigrant families safe (Middle East Eye, 2026-06-13)

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/belfast-anti-immigrant-violence-sudanese-women-sheltered-those-under-attack
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>> At Anaka, a women's collective based in the Northern Irish capital, Areej Fareh and Twasul Mohammed had been working on how to keep their community safe even before the stabbing committed by a fellow Sudanese on Monday.

>> On Tuesday, when the first night of violent attacks broke out, the #Anaka community - made up mostly of women from a wide range of backgrounds - ventured out into the streets, braving the petrol bombs and the improvised checkpoints set up to root out anyone who looked foreign.

>> With the state almost totally absent, they evacuated 12 families themselves - families whose homes and cars had been burned…