Arwa Mahdawi
Role at the time: Guardian columnist, writing in her own bylined column
Condemned
Responding to
Did ICE Detain an Entire Family for What Eissa Hashemi’s Mother Did?
"Do take the time to read this shocking piece"
Why we used this label
The speaker explicitly criticizes the action or its effects in the surrounding directly attributed statement.
Arwa Mahdawi responds to Tahmasebi’s account in the Guardian (opens in a new tab)Subsection: ICE is locking people up for things their grandmother did
Primary record of the columnist’s own response. She relies on Tahmasebi’s essay for the underlying family account. This is Mahdawi’s position, not an institutional Guardian editorial. Publication day verified; exact time unknown.