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      Fatima Al Mahmoud

      Fatima Al Mahmoud

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

      Articles

      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
      Play00:35
      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
      Play02:12
      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
      Play02:39
      ‘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
      Gaza famine gif 2
      'Worst-case scenario': Famine unfolds in Gaza as war death toll crosses 60,000

      Humanitarian organisations sound alarm following IPC report on acute hunger levels in the enclave after nearly 22 months of fighting

      MENAJuly 29, 2025
      Social media users have described the AI-generated Superman image of Donald Trump as 'embarrassing'. Photo: The White House
      From Superman to Jedi: AI memes of Donald Trump shared by the White House

      US President has been depicted as a superhero and king in AI-generated photos – attracting criticism from social media users

      USJuly 11, 2025
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