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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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NYUAD enrols a high number of international students from 120 countries. EPA
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As isolationism grows around world, students in UAE learn to be global citizens

The NYU Abu Dhabi campus is a melting pot of cultures, promoting understanding and political empowerment

UAEMarch 06, 2026
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer held a press conference in Downing Street to address the developing situation in the Middle East. PA
'Calm leadership': Starmer insists UK was prepared for outbreak of war in Gulf

Four extra British Typhoon fighter jets being deployed to Qatar

UKMarch 05, 2026
A screenshot of the map showing tankers stationed in the Gulf seas from Marine Traffic. Photo: Marine Traffic
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UN warns 20,000 sailors and thousands of cruise passengers stuck in Arabian Gulf

Head of IMO agency fears there is no unilateral solution to Strait of Hormuz closure

MENAMarch 05, 2026
Anti-regime demonstrators and supporters of Reza Pahlavi, son of the deposed shah, outside the Iranian embassy in London. EPA
European governments urged to support Iranian opposition ambitions

Exiles in London will take part in conference aimed at post-regime unity

UKMarch 04, 2026
Jeff and Rebecca Moses from Manchester arrive at Heathrow Airport on a flight from Abu Dhabi, where they were staying at the Fairmont Bab Al Bahr hotel. PA
UK to charter flight from Muscat to secure return of stranded Gulf holidaymakers

110,000 of the 132,000 British nationals who have registered with the Foreign Office are in the UAE

UKMarch 03, 2026
Terminal 3 of the Dubai International Airport as the UAE's airspace remains closed. Reuters
How to access UK's 'free' Gulf evacuation plans

Residents and holiday makers in the Middle East are registering in huge numbers

UKMarch 02, 2026
Jack Letts is believed to be held in Iraq.
Canada seeks consular visits for ISIS-linked detainees in Iraq

Authorities tell the family of Jack Letts they believe he is one of the prisoners moved from Syria

UKFebruary 27, 2026
Juliet Stevenson speaks during a national march for Palestine in London on January 31. Getty Images
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Juliet Stevenson launches Gaza health workers appeal

Award-winning British actress tells moving story of Ahmed, a health worker in Gaza who sleeps in the street but saves lives every day

MENAFebruary 26, 2026
Protesters march from Whitehall to the Iranian embassy in London, calling for a regime change in Iran. PA
ExclusiveOpposition figures meet in London to form 'Iran Freedom Congress'

Separately, CIA tries to lure Iranian officials as Tehran regime's ability to survive comes into focus

USFebruary 24, 2026
Manoto TV's YouTube channel. Photo: Manoto TV / YouTube
UK-based Iranian channel stops live broadcasts after threats

ManotoTV evicted from its studios after police warn landlords of potential threat

UKFebruary 24, 2026
Azam, an Iranian woman living in the UK, hangs the photo of a young man at a memorial in London for protesters who died. Lemma Shehadi / The National
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‘Nobody here is alone’: London memorial grows for Iran’s dead protesters

Visitors come from across the UK to hang pictures and light candles

UKFebruary 23, 2026
British dual nationals will be required to present either a British passport or the Certificate of Entitlement with their second passport to enter Britain from February 25. EPA
UK introduces 11th-hour passport rule change in ETA visa scheme

Home Office says airlines can accept expired passports 'at their discretion' following backlash from British dual nationals

TravelFebruary 20, 2026
Tony Blair spoke in a new documentary about his time in Downing Street. Photo: Channel 4
Tony Blair defends Iraq invasion: 'I still believe it was necessary'

Former British prime minister stands by decision to support US in 'dealing with' Saddam Hussein

UKFebruary 19, 2026
Craig and Lindsay Foreman deny gathering information during their trip. Photo: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
UK Foreign Secretary condemns Iran's 10-year jail sentence for British couple

Court convicts pair of spying after they were arrested on motorcycle trip in January last year

UKFebruary 19, 2026
Yvette Cooper, UK Foreign Secretary, will head to New York to push for progress on the Gaza peace plan. Bloomberg
UK to convene Palestinian and Israeli organisation leaders at the UN

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper is travelling to New York to chair a meeting at the UN Security Council

UKFebruary 18, 2026
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