But I also know Shamima Begum, who this week lost her appeal to have her citizenship reinstated, perhaps better than anyone else in Britain – apart from her family. Shamima threw an odd sort of tantrumIn June 2021, I went to meet Shamima in the al-Roj prison camp in Syria. At the end of our walk around the dusty camp, Shamima gave me a hug goodbye. When we first met, Shamima told me she loved her husband, Yago Riedijk, but this time she said he had mentally abused her. Whatever the right answer to the question of her citizenship, we need to stop saying that Shamima was some kind of teenage victim.

Source: The Times February 23, 2023 06:51 UTC