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بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِEssays & Commentary
On justice, education, and the people history is written to forget.
Writing that questions who benefits from the story as it is told — in curricula, in newsrooms, and in the record we leave behind.
Colonisation is no longer just physical; it is now spiritual, educational, and cultural. Modern colonisation has become the enrapturement of the mind through educational manipulation.
As Bangladesh considers introducing transgender topics into school curriculum, we must question whether mimicking Western educational approaches is truly in the nation's best interest.
As bombs rain upon Gaza, Israel has destroyed more than 325 schools, stripping Palestinian children of their right to education while brainwashing Israeli children with hatred.
“Our pens and words are weapons.”
I am Fatima Mohsinah, reading Education, Practice and Society at UCL. I write about how education systems distribute opportunity — and how often they distribute it unevenly, then teach the result as though it were natural.
Progress has been made, but it arrives tainted. One party benefits while another absorbs the aftermath, and the record is written by whoever benefited. Colonisers describe triumph and civilisation; the colonised remember mass murder, stolen land, and erased history.
It is our responsibility to question that disparity and to illuminate what has been left out, so that those responsible are held to account.
If something here is worth arguing with, write to me.
Questions, corrections, commissions and collaborations are all welcome. I aim to reply within a few days.