Rakel Chukri
Rakel Chukri is a Swedish journalist and writer born in 1978. In 2008, she started working in the culture section of the daily Sydsvenskan, and now runs the section. She teaches in the Faculty of Arts, Culture and Communication at the University of Malmö and also works with Expressen and Arena.
Updated: 27 September 2013
The recent revelations about the police registry of Roma lifts the veil on the persecutions the Roma have been subjected to down through history – and the discrimination they are still facing today. The revelations call into question the state of integration into Swedish society and the image the Swedes have of their own country.