Kareem Shaheen
Kareem Shaheen
Contributor


An Egyptian man reads the daily Al-Ahram newspaper at a coffee shop in Cairo, Egypt. AP
What does it take to support young Arab journalists?

Writers who want to tell stories of their own communities face challenges

July 15, 2021, 4:30 AM
Palestinian police prevent demonstrators from gathering following the death of activist Nizar Banat, on July 5, 2021. AFP
The mortal danger of a totalitarian Palestine

Palestinian activist Nizar Banat was brutally killed by security forces, and the government has shown no remorse

July 08, 2021, 4:00 AM
Syrian soldiers walk past a portrait of Bashar Al Assad in 2017, during a one-year anniversary of retaking Aleppo. AFP
The Assad regime's most cruel weapon of war

A Syrian Network for Human Rights report on the regime's torture methods details just how vicious it is at its core

July 02, 2021, 8:00 AM
In this June 21, 2021, photo, Iran's new President-elect Ebrahim Raisi waves at the conclusion of his news conference in Tehran, Iran. Biden administration officials are insisting that the election of a hard-liner as Iran’s president won’t affect prospects for reviving the faltering 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. But there are already signs that their goal of locking in a deal just got harder. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran has one too many unresolved issues in the region

Raisi’s election and his subsequent public hardline stance shows the Iranian regime’s implacable intent

June 24, 2021, 9:52 AM
Destruction of Al Shifa Hospital in the city of Afrin, northern Syria, earlier this month. EPA
What Syria's bombing of hospitals is doing to the rest of us

These war crimes will slowly cease to shock and outrage our collective conscience

June 16, 2021, 1:16 PM
Londoners attend a vigil for the victims of the deadly vehicle attack on five members of the Canadian Muslim community in London, Ontario. AFP
Canada attack: It's time to speak about the 'unspeakable'

Attacks such as this week's in London, Ontario will continue unabated if we don't address their underlying causes

June 09, 2021, 2:07 PM
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the makeshift memorial erected in honour of the 215 indigenous children in Ottawa. AFP
Canadian mass grave peels away another layer of human failings

It is increasingly evident that only a thin line separates our better angels and our worst demons

June 02, 2021, 6:44 PM
Amr Ibn El Aas mosque in Cairo, after the Eid Al Fitr prayers, Egypt, May 13. Reuters
Birthdays remind emigres of the price of a dignified life abroad

New lives overseas often mean separation from loved ones, but they are still worthy of celebration

May 27, 2021, 11:26 AM
Getty
How long before I can feel normal around other people again?

Even as we emerge from lockdowns, socialising still feels like something from a past life, writes Kareem Shaheen

May 26, 2021, 7:42 AM
Diets have become driven by trend rather than necessity. Getty
Is my diet and exercise routine just a sign of my privilege?

I often ask myself if all this unnecessary hardship is mere indulgence, or an attempt to fill a void

May 11, 2021, 10:35 AM
FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators take part in an anti-lockdown 'Unite for Freedom' protest, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, April 24, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
You can't run from your Covid jab forever

Vaccine passports are coming, and they will be a powerful tool in building herd immunity

May 05, 2021, 12:32 PM
Iraqis mourn relatives killed during a fire in a hospital in the capital, during a funeral procession in the holy shrine city of Najaf, on April 25, 2021. The fire which erupted pre-dawn at the Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital in Baghdad, a medical facility reserved for the most severe COVID-19 cases, killed 82 people, sparking angry calls for officials to be sacked in a country with long-dilapidated health infrastructure. / AFP / Ali NAJAFI
Iraq hospital fire points to a disregard for human life

People are not merely statistics

May 03, 2021, 2:48 PM
Syrian writer and activist Michel Kilo died of Covid-19 on April 19, 2021. AFP
A Syrian hero has died, and the hope he carried risks dying with him

Michel Kilo was repeatedly imprisoned for desiring a better, more dignified Syria

April 21, 2021, 2:30 PM
Syrian refugees Dania and Hussam are facing deportation from Denmark.  Courtsey of Dania and Hussam
Denmark is returning Syrians to their abusers

Copenhagen's decision to deport refugees is based on the utter fiction that Syria is safe

April 14, 2021, 3:26 PM
Syrian children watch a puppet show performed by a local theatre group amidst the ruins of buildings destroyed during Syria's civil war, in Idlib, on March 30. AFP
Remembering the sarin attack in Syria four years on

This week marked four years since the Khan Sheikhoun sarin gas attack

April 08, 2021, 7:23 PM