It was in late March when Maaria Ahmed found herself driving down the M1 from Leicester to London to join thousands of others calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Ahmed, a 31-year-old mother of three, had never been to a protest in the UK before. But, she said, she felt compelled to attend the demonstration along with marchers from across the country, despite her initial anxieties. “I wasn’t quite sure how these marches are run so I wanted to go by myself to suss it out,” she said. “I’ve never been on a march and I was very cautious because...