Fahmeda Naheed

activist

Fahmeda Naheed is a poet and human rights activist originally from Pakistan, who has been living in Cork, Ireland for 13 years. She has been vocal about the increasing violence and racism faced by immigrants in Ireland, particularly those from South Asia. Naheed emphasizes the need for better policing, victim support, and anti-racism education in light of a troubling rise in physical assaults against immigrant communities, and she highlights that this violence has intensified alongside the country's housing crisis.