Article 5R2PK Somalis in UK targeted with death threats and abuse after David Amess killing

Somalis in UK targeted with death threats and abuse after David Amess killing

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Mark Townsend
from World news | The Guardian on (#5R2PK)

The MP's death has had an impact on a community that is already marginalised and fighting against negative perceptions

Deep in the sprawling Andover estate in Finsbury Park, north London, talk turns to an identity crisis holding back teenage and twentysomething British Somalis.

Born in London, 23-year-old Najma Sharif laments how some view her as not British enough, as others in her community believe she is not sufficiently Somalian. In her parents' birthplace she is dismissed as diaspora; at home a mere 'Mali.

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