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Lemma Shehadi

Lemma Shehadi

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Lemma Shehadi covers stories of Middle East interest in the UK. She has reported from the Middle East, Europe and South Asia. She won The Independent’s Rupert Cornwell Prize for foreign journalism to write a series on the Yazidis of Iraq and the Caucasus in 2019. She was a One World Media Fellow 2022, looking at the impact of wildfires and reforestation in the marginalized north of Lebanon.
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Left, a Landsat 2026 image of Ras Laffan Refinery in Qatar. Right, A zoomed SatVu 2023 image of the refinery. Photo: Handout
Heat-tracking satellite can see inside war-damaged oil plants

HotSat-2's infrared thermal imagery can show human activity or radiation leaks

UKMarch 24, 2026
Atlas of an Entangled Gaze by artist Ramzi Mallat at Leighton House. Photo: Getty Images
London's Arab Hall - a celebration of cosmopolitanism as Britain turns inward

To keep alive the spirit of Lord Frederic Leighton, the museum that now bears his name has commissioned four artists to come up with installations for his Damascus-inspired masterpiece

UKMarch 20, 2026
Britain's Attorney General Richard Hermer. EPA
UK law chief challenges 'appalling' criticism of Trafalgar Square Muslim prayers

Richard Hermer asks whether Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch would oppose Jewish prayers in a public space

UKMarch 20, 2026
An oil tanker in Port Sultan Qaboos, Muscat, is among the ships at anchor dotted around the Strait of Hormuz, as they wait for a break in hostilities. Reuters
UAE hails UN maritime agency condemnation of Iran's attacks on Gulf shipping

Safe passage across Strait of Hormuz for evacuation of stranded seafarers accepted at emergency IMO session

UKMarch 19, 2026
Hundreds attend an 'open iftar' in London's Trafalgar Square on Monday. EPA
Ramadan helps London social worker find unity as division grows in UK

Suraya Miah faced online backlash after joining Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Downing Street iftar last year

UKMarch 18, 2026
The TurkmenAlem 52°E / MonacoSAT satellite was launched with a SpaceX rocket in 2015. AFP
Iran forces shutdown of satellite broadcasts from anti-regime TV station

Iranian government successfully lobbies against opposition channel

UKMarch 17, 2026
AI singer Nava null is inspired in part by women from Iran’s Qajar dynasty. Photo: Farbod Mehr Studio
Iranians embrace AI singer Nava's revolutionary anthem

British-Iranian artist Farbod Mehr draws on 20th-century poem to create song viewed 13 million times

UKMarch 16, 2026
Some shops owned by Iranians in London have put up displays of support for Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah. Getty
Exiled medics stirred to help Iran's protesters

Open letter calls on Iranians to maintain solidarity as war divides exiles

UKMarch 14, 2026
ICJ President Iwasawa Yuji, centre, and other judges arrive for hearings in the case filed by South Africa against Israel. EPA
Six countries intervene in ICJ genocide case against Israel

Netherlands says starvation of Palestinians highlights criminal intent as US rejects allegations of atrocities as recycled arguments

UKMarch 13, 2026
Anti-war activists hold signs and images of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a protest outside the US embassy in London. Reuters
Mojtaba Khamenei’s 'London property empire' fuels call for Iran sanctions blitz

Mounting scrutiny of Iranian-linked networks in Britain leads to renewed demands for IRGC ban

UKMarch 11, 2026
Syed Usman Shah featuring in Heathrow's Welcome poster campaign. Photo: London Heathrow Airport
London market trader takes on anti-Muslim trolls with free dates

Syed Usman Shah was abused online after featuring in 'Welcome to Heathrow' campaign

UKMarch 11, 2026
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe signed a letter with other Iranians in the UK criticising the Iran war. Getty Images
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe among Iranians in UK warning war could bolster regime

More than 100 people including former detainee sign letter urging PM Keir Starmer not to join US-led strikes

UKMarch 11, 2026
Counter Terrorism Policing London chief Helen Flanagan has said the investigation was 'incredibly complex and challenging'. PA
UK to launch its first war crimes trial against member of Assad regime

Former Syrian Air Force Intelligence operative faces charges of crimes against humanity

UKMarch 09, 2026
A demonstration in the UK commemorating the Nakba – the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes after the formation of Israel. Getty
UK MPs ask government to apologise for Balfour Declaration

Campaign for Palestine reparations boosted by public letter signed by cross-party grouping

UKMarch 09, 2026
Displaced residents who fled Israeli air strikes in Beirut's southern suburbs along the corniche in the Lebanese capital. EPA
UN says more than 300,000 displaced in Iran and Lebanon

World body's refugee agency warns of large-scale forcible movement of people in past week

MENAMarch 06, 2026
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