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Fatima Al Mahmoud

Fatima Al Mahmoud

Foreign Affairs Reporter
Abu Dhabi
Fatima Al Mahmoud is a Foreign Affairs Reporter at The National and a fellow with the Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Programme.

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Abdulla Balalaa, Assistant Minister for Energy and Sustainable Affairs at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ahmed Ramzan / The National
UAE rallies world to prioritise water security before 2026 UN summit

The Emirates will host and co-chair the United Nations Water Conference with Senegal in December 2026

UAESeptember 24, 2025
Palestinian children stand among rubble at a tent camp damaged by an Israeli strike on Gaza city. Reuters
UN experts say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Now what?

As the evidence mounts, countries are being told they have a legal obligation to act

MENASeptember 19, 2025
Damaged grain silos stand as a reminder of the Beirut port blast five years after the explosion on August 4, 2020. EPA
Owner of ship linked to Beirut port blast arrested in Bulgaria

Lebanese authorities expected to request extradition

MENASeptember 16, 2025
A school used as a shelter in the town of Rmaich during Israeli air strikes on Lebanon in October 2024. Getty Images
Lebanon's four-day school week is 'chipping away at children's futures'

New, reduced timetable will save money – but cost children a month of learning every year

MENAAugust 22, 2025
Mohammed Shaalan, Gaza basketball player killed while seeking aid. Photo: Palestinian Basketball Federation
Gaza basketball player killed by Israel while seeking medicine for his daughter

Nicknamed 'The Earthquake', Mohammed Shaalan was a national team star

MENAAugust 21, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu & Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. AP, Reuters
ExplainerIsrael and Australia's war of words: How did we get here?

Canberra has been ramping up criticism of the devastating war in Gaza

NewsAugust 20, 2025
Palestinian children take part in a graduation ceremony at Al Wafaa Village for orphans of Israel's war on Gaza. Photo: Abdallah Al Attar
Tears at Gaza graduation ceremony for children without parents to cheer them on

Young graduates wipe away their tears in absence of parents from crowd

MENAAugust 19, 2025
An Afghan woman, deported from Iran, waits to register at a camp for returning migrants near the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat province, Afghanistan, in July. Reuters
The world pledged solidarity with Afghan women. Where is the world now?

Four years after the Taliban returned to power, Afghanistan's most vulnerable people at centre of deepening humanitarian crisis

NewsAugust 15, 2025
Al Jazeera's Arabic-language Gaza correspondent, Anas Al Sharif, and four other staff members were killed by an Israeli drone strike on Sunday. AFP
Who was Anas Al Sharif, the ‘voice of Gaza’ killed by Israel?

The Israeli army has killed at least 186 journalists since the war began

MENAAugust 11, 2025
Security forces in Abyan province, Yemen, search for bodies and survivors after a boat carrying about 200 mostly Ethiopian migrants sank off the coast. AFP
Africa-Yemen migration crisis requires new approach, IOM warns

African migrants risk death and violence as they try to reach Gulf countries through Yemen

MENAAugust 11, 2025
Mohamed Hatem, 19, trains for strength, survival and sanity
‘Gym rat in Gaza’: Meet the resilient bodybuilder training through the rubble of war

Gazans are not giving up what they love, says Mohamed Hatem, who lost his home and lives in a tent

MENAAugust 10, 2025
Palestinian footballer Suleiman Al Obaid during a match in Amman. AFP
'Pele of Palestine' killed by Israeli fire in Gaza aid queue

Suleiman Al Obaid played for local football clubs and the Palestinian national team

MENAAugust 07, 2025
Beirut port seen through smashed windows at St George Hospital. The August 4, 2020 explosion killed more than 200 people, injured thousands and upended lives. Photo: Getty Images
'No one gave me one dollar': Beirut businesses lament costs after port blast

Economic activity rebounding five years on, after business owners forced to fund repairs themselves

EconomyAugust 03, 2025
Grace Dergham draped in a Lebanese flag in Downtown Beirut in a public protest in 2019
Bittersweet: The Lebanese expats who left their hearts in Beirut

Deadly explosion was last straw for many amid compounding crises

MENAJuly 31, 2025
Drone footage shows the extent of the damage to the silos in Beirut port following the blast on August 4, 2020. Reuters
Special reportFive years after the port blast, Beirut's wounds remain unhealed

Much of the physical damage has been repaired - but closure remains elusive for people frustrated by delays in the investigation and unresolved questions of accountability

MENAJuly 30, 2025
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