Amna Abdullatif

Amna Abdullatif is a member of Manchester City Council representing the Ardwick ward since 2019. She works as a community psychologist in voluntary organisations.[1] She was elected as a Labour councillor. She is the the first Arab Muslim woman councillor in the city. She resigned from the party in October 2023 as a protest against what she said were "horrifying comments" by Keir Starmer about the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. She said he showed a "lack of humanity" to Palestinians.[2]

In 2021 she organised a petition to ban racists from football games. It got three quarters of a million signatures in 24 hours. After UEFA Euro 2020 racist social media posts were made at footballers Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka.[3]

She set up The Three Hijabis as an anti-racist platform with two other British Muslim women football fans who wear the hijab, Shaista Aziz and Huda Jawad.[4]

In 2016 she was given an award by the Remembering Srebrenica organisation.[5]

References

  1. ↑ FANN, BAYT AL (2022-07-04). "Women, Art & Activism, Amna Abdullatif". Bayt Al Fann. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  2. ↑ "Manchester councillor leaves Labour over Starmer's Israel comments". BBC News. 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. ↑ "Hundreds of thousands call for lifetime football match ban for racists after England players abused". ITV News. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "The Three Hijabis". www.nationaldiversityawards.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  5. ↑ Khan, Amil (2017-02-06). "The North West's Community Champions Win Cohesive Society Awards | Remembering Srebrenica". Retrieved 2023-10-18.