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Lemma Shehadi

Lemma Shehadi

Senior Correspondent
London
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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A model of a BAE Systems Tempest next-generation combat aircraft at the Farnborough International Airshow, in southern England. Bloomberg
UK's Defence Secretary in Turkey and Saudi Arabia for talks on Middle East tensions

John Healey also looks to build on Britain's 'decades-long' defence ties with the kingdom

UKNovember 14, 2024
Sarah Agha will perform A Grain of Sand to open the two-week festival in London. Photo: Huzayfa Dawood
New play telling one girl’s story gives all Gazan children a voice

Premiering this week at Barbican, Elias Matar's A Grain of Sand includes real-life testimonies and highlights the human cost of war

Film & TVNovember 13, 2024
British transplant surgeon Prof Nizam Mamode at Nasser Hospital in Gaza. Photo: MAP
British doctor warns Gaza aid restrictions amount to bogus excuses

Prof Nizam Mamode urges UK government to act on Israel's blocking of medical aid into war zone

UKNovember 12, 2024
Haim Bresheeth is one of a growing number of pro-Palestine activists to be arrested in the past year under the UK's Terrorism Act 2000. Photo: skwawkbox.org
Israeli protester 'treated like terrorist' after taking on Netanyahu's ambassador to UK

Son of Holocaust survivors faces more than a year of investigations, as lawyer warns arrests of activists have 'chilling effect' on free speech

UKNovember 11, 2024
Faris Ishaq brings a contemporary and experimental approach to playing the nay. Photo: Faris Ishaq
Palestinian classical music talent to light up London event

Nay player Faris Ishaq and oud meastro Saied Silbak will premiere new compositions, arranged alongside St Paul's Sinfonia orchestra

UKNovember 08, 2024
Pro-Palestine protesters attend a rally outside the US embassy in London. The majority of respondents in a European poll say more should be done to restrain Israel. Getty Images
Support for Israel's war on Gaza has dropped in Europe, poll finds

More than a third of respondents in the UK believe conflict has 'gone too far', with about half saying attacks on Lebanon are 'not justified'

EuropeNovember 05, 2024
The Zayed Centre For Research Into Rare Disease In Children. Victoria Pertusa / The National
Pioneering gene therapies coming from Zayed Centre breakthroughs

Drugs developed for genetic disorders and childhood cancers in groundbreaking clinical trial

HealthNovember 04, 2024
Emirati doctors have embarked on two-year fellowships at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, linked to the Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease. The National
ExclusiveFuture-proofing Emirati talent at London's Great Ormond St Hospital

Five medical pioneers from Abu Dhabi have received training at the famous children's hospital to bring cutting-edge treatments home to the Emirates

HealthNovember 04, 2024
Prince William first staged the awards ceremony three years ago in London. AP
Prince William unveils plans for Earthshot Prize in Cape Town

British royal and climate campaigner will announce 15 finalists at a ceremony this week

ClimateNovember 02, 2024
The headquarters of the BBC in central London. Getty
BBC staff accuse broadcaster of Israel bias in Gaza coverage

UK broadcasters were criticised for 'the lack of consistently fair and accurate evidence-based journalism' on Gaza

UKNovember 02, 2024
Members of the military work to clear mud and debris in the town of Catarroja on Saturday. AFP
Spain set for largest military operation in peacetime after floods

More soldiers and police to be sent to Valencia to help with rescue operations, as the death toll rises to 211

NewsNovember 02, 2024
Kemi Badenoch said her priority was to develop a 'clear plan' to hold Keir Starmer's Labour government to account. PA
Badenoch wins race to succeed Sunak as UK Tory leader

Favourite beats Robert Jenrick in members’ vote after four-month contest

UKNovember 02, 2024
Refugees fleeing fighting in Darfur queue at the Sudan-Chad border. Getty Images
Hamdok urges UK government to help protect Sudanese people

Former prime minister of Sudan urges Britain to use UN Security Council presidency to energise peace process

UKNovember 01, 2024
Supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party celebrate after exit poll results in Tbilisi. The party's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has rejected claims of election rigging, while the country's president accused his supporters of falsifying the results. EPA
Georgians fear 'difficult path' to democracy after pro-Russia party wins elections

Opposition claims election was stolen, but Georgian Dream's victory is blow to country's long-held aspirations to join EU

NewsOctober 27, 2024
An UNRWA vehicle is seen through the shrapnel-riddled windscreen of a bus damaged by Israeli artillery outside Deir Al Balah in the Gaza Strip. AFP
Israel's allies call out move to ban UNRWA

Seven countries urge Knesset MPs to 'abide by international obligations' ahead of Monday's vote on two measures outlawing agency

UKOctober 27, 2024
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