Samira Ahmed

Person · Open Library

Works

32

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

GB

Active from

1968-06-15

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

15

Total plays

257

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Rayyan—a web and mobile app for systematic reviews

   · 2016 · cited 21,163x

2. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,955x

3. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

   · 2018 · cited 10,995x

4. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019

   · 2020 · cited 10,224x

5. Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines

   · 2018 · cited 9,646x

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Quotes

• “We live in an age of internment right now…and it’s not just in the United States. These things are happening globally…Silence is complicity. It’s so important for those of us who have any kind of privilege, power or platform to always speak up. That’s the very first step to take when we see oppression in our country, when we see acts of bigotry, hatred, homophobia, xenophobia—any institutionalized prejudices.”
• “Writing for young adults is writing into the realm of possibility…I always say that middle age novels are about doors closing, and young adult novels are about doors opening.”
• “A child always grows away from their parents. That is the job of a parent — to give their child the tools to be independent. But for the immigrant family, there’s a different cost to it, an inevitable cultural loss that happens as the first generation gives way to the second and then the third, as this once-new nation becomes (hopefully) fully your own…”
• “[B]eing an ally means you need to be active. It’s not enough to be non-racist. You need to be anti-racist. It may not be easy, but you need to use your voice and your privilege in the moment to speak up when you see something wrong being done. Even if it is “only” a microaggression…”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Samira

Gender

female

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

London

Occupation

journalist

Educated at

City, University of London

Employer

BBC

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Official website

www.samiraahmed.blog

Image

Samira Ahmed in 2022.jpg

Number of children

2

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