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      Hala Nasar

      Hala Nasar

      Social Media Journalist
      Location
      Abu Dhabi
      Hala is a Social Media Journalist and has experience covering Middle East politics, as part of her training on The National's 2024 graduate programme. She graduated from the American University of Sharjah with a bachelor's degree in mass communications. During her studies, she did an honours programme at Stanford University where she studied writing and film. She also completed internships with MBC and Forbes Middle East before graduating.

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      Ahmad Manasra was arrested at the age of 13 and later convicted of attempted murder. AFP
      Teenage trauma: Palestinian's ordeal goes on despite release from Israeli jail

      Lawyers reveal Palestinian youth's cat-and-mouse release - and psychological ordeal

      MENAMay 09, 2025
      Shuruq Ayyad consoles her 12-year-old daughter Rahaf, who is suffering from malnutrition, at a school-turned-shelter in al-Rimal in central Gaza City on May 4, 2025. Amnesty International accused Israel on April 29, of committing a "live-streamed genocide" against Palestinians by forcibly displacing Gazans and creating a humanitarian catastrophe in the besieged territory, claims Israel dismissed as "blatant lies". (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
      Play01:58
      'Every day I cry': Pain of malnourished Gazan girl

      One family's torment as Gaza goes hungry under Israeli blockade

      MENAMay 06, 2025
      Mohammed Mustafa returns to Perth. Photo: Mohammed Mustafa / Instagram
      Play02:25
      Blood is cheap on streets of Gaza, says returning Australian doctor

      Mohammed Mustafa says the people in Gaza, not he, deserve praise, as he calls for humanitarian intervention

      MENAApril 16, 2025
      US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC. Reuters
      US-Iran talks in Oman: Who said what?

      The most striking quotes, from hope to threats

      MENAApril 12, 2025
      Ahmad Manasra leaves an Israeli security office in Jerusalem accompanied by his father. AFP
      Israel releases Ahmad Manasra, arrested at 13, after nearly a decade in prison

      Manasra was diagnosed with several psychological conditions while serving sentence for 'terrorism'

      MENAApril 10, 2025
      Photo: Danny Kaan
      Les Miserables arena show will 'blow away' audiences, stars say

      Show at Etihad Arena will feature more than 65 performers as part of a world tour 40 years after musical's debut

      CultureApril 10, 2025
      A US ship fires missiles at an undisclosed location in Yemen, after President Donald Trump ordered military strikes against Houthi infrastructure last month. Reuters
      Houthis claim US warship attacked in retaliation for deadly strikes on Yemen

      USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier due to arrive in the Middle East to boost Washington's military presence

      MENAApril 02, 2025
      Gazans in the southern city of Khan Younis mourn the deaths of a Palestinian family, who were killed when an Israeli strike hit their tent. AP
      Killed in their Eid dresses: Children bear brunt of Israeli strikes

      Hundreds of children dead in Gaza over past 10 days, Unicef says

      MENAMarch 31, 2025
      Abu Anas's lanterns have created a celebratory space for his children and the other children in the Palestinian enclave. Rakan Abed El Rahman for The National
      Play01:50
      Gazan father makes lanterns from food cans for children to celebrate Eid despite the war

      As the holiday approaches, Palestinian Abu Anas hopes to provide his family with a flicker of hope amid the death and destruction surrounding them

      MENAMarch 28, 2025
      BANGKOK, THAILAND - MARCH 28: Thai rescue workers arrive on scene at a construction building collapse in the Chatuchak area following an earthquake on March 28, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28, 2025, causing strong tremors that were felt in Bangkok, where buildings swayed and hundreds of people evacuated onto the streets. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca / Getty Images)
      Camera13
      Hundreds feared dead as devastating earthquake hits Myanmar and Thailand

      Massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake strike at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres near city of Mandalay

      NewsMarch 28, 2025
      Dr Marwan Al Hams, director of the Field Hospitals Department in Gaza, surveys the damage from an Israeli air strike on the surgical building of Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza on March 23. AP Photo
      Play01:44
      US doctor narrowly escapes death in Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital

      Dr Feroze Sidhwa was on his way to see his patient, who was killed in the attack on Sunday night

      MENAMarch 27, 2025
      Strategically planning annual leave around UAE national holidays could get you up to 51 days off in 2025. Getty Images
      UAE holidays in 2025: How to maximise days off within minimum leave

      With a little forward planning, the remaining holidays could turn into 37 days away from the office this year

      TravelMarch 23, 2025
      Defence Minister Israel Katz said: 'The more Hamas continues its refusal to release the kidnapped, the more territory it will lose.' EPA
      Katz: Israel will seize more of Gaza until Hamas frees hostages

      Defence Minister tells Gazans to flee for safety

      MENAMarch 21, 2025
      Mahdi Al Mashat, head of the Houthi's Supreme Political Council, addresses a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, supporting Palestinians in Gaza. Reuters
      Who are the key Houthi leaders sanctioned by the US?

      Yemeni rebel group has been targeted by US air strikes in recent days over its threat to shipping in the Red Sea

      MENAMarch 20, 2025
      Nour Nassar helping students learn through her Schools Without Borders initiative in Gaza . Photo: Nour Nassar / Instagram
      Play01:26
      One woman's mission to bring education to children of war-torn Gaza

      Realising in the early months of the Israel-Gaza war that young Palestinians had already missed a term of school, Nour Nassar decided to do something about it

      MENAMarch 15, 2025
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