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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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Cardinal Pizzaballa briefs MPs about the situation in Israel-Palestine during his UK visit. Photo: Catholic Church of England and Wales
'We do not understand each other': Faith leaders fall out over Israel-Gaza war

Rome’s Patriarch of Jerusalem on the quest for common ground so interfaith dialogue continues during the war

UKNovember 29, 2024
Migrants are escorted by the Turkish coastguard after being intercepted en route to Greece on the Aegean Sea. Getty Images
ExclusiveKurdish leaders open to UK migration deal but warn bigger plan needed

Regional officials want development help to take priority over new migration deals to combat trafficking gangs

UKNovember 22, 2024
Arrest warrants have been issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant. Reuters
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes

Prosecutor says there are grounds to believe Prime Minister and former defence minister oversaw attacks on civilians

MENANovember 21, 2024
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Dr Haider Al Abadi says Iraq should not been seen solely through the lens of Iranian-US tension. Getty Images
Iraq positioned for key role in resolving regional issues, former PM says

Dr Haider Al Abadi warned an incoming US administration that Iraq had a pivotal role to play in the region and should not remain unsupported

MENANovember 21, 2024
Around 4.4 million people from around the world are stateless. Getty Images / The National
Invisible crisis: anguish of the growing millions of stateless people

At least 4.4 million people live without citizenship of any country in an expanding worldwide pool of refugees

EuropeNovember 15, 2024
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
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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
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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
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