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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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An Arab Movie House features in an exhibition by Massoud Hayoun at Larkin Durey gallery in central London. Photo: Larkin Durey gallery
How Israel-Gaza war deepened a Jewish artist's links to Arab roots

Journalist-turned-painter Massoud Hayoun uses his work to reimagine common bonds destroyed by history

UKMay 17, 2024
Britain's shadow foreign secretary David Lammy has outlined Labour's foreign policy strategy. Reuters
UK needs 'dynamic diplomacy' like UAE, says Labour's David Lammy

Shadow foreign secretary says a government led by Keir Starmer would seek to improve relations with Gulf states

UKMay 17, 2024
Palestinian photographer Motaz Azaiza spoke at a journalism conference in London on Thursday, before attending a Nakba commemoration. Reuters
'I lost my city': Gazan war photographer in tears at Nakba event

Hundreds gather in Westminster to hear stories from poets and writers about the 1948 displacement of Palestinians

UKMay 16, 2024
Protesters gather in Hyde Park in solidarity with Palestine on April 27 in London, England. Getty Images
UK accused of betraying Palestinians fleeing Gaza

Cross-party calls were made to help relatives of British Palestinians enter the country

UKMay 14, 2024
Palestinian classical music duo Lamar Elias and Mira Abualzulof. Photo: MiraLamar Duo
Exclusive'Music an outlet for emotion and a beacon of hope in Gaza'

Musical education has continued in Gaza under the bombs but help is needed more than ever, advocates of the Edward Said National Conservatory say

Music & On-stageMay 11, 2024
A Palestinian woman holds a girl wounded in an Israeli strike, as Israeli forces launch a ground and air operation in the eastern part of Rafah. Reuters
We were last to leave before border closed, say UK doctors fleeing Rafah

Palestinian families face difficult choices as they attempt to escape Gaza's last place of refuge where UK emergency doctors have been able to leave

UKMay 07, 2024
Displaced Palestinians in Rafah sit next to their belongings in the back of a vehicle after an evacuation order by the Israeli army. AFP
ISRAEL-GAZA WARIsrael begins assault on Gaza's Rafah amid crucial ceasefire talks

Army says it will operate with extreme force in southern city

MENAMay 06, 2024
Sadiq Khan speaks after winning an unprecedented third term as London's mayor. Getty Images
Sadiq Khan re-elected London mayor despite Ulez backlash

Labour mayor wins unprecedented third term with 275,000 majority over his Conservative rival

UKMay 04, 2024
Ghassan Abu Sitta addresses a pro-Palestine demonstration at University College London on Friday May 3. as a pro-Palestinian camp has been set up on the campus. AFP
Gaza witness Ghassan Abu Sitta stopped from entering France

British-Palestinian doctor who recounted alleged war crimes in Gaza said Germany has banned him from entering the EU's Schengen area

UKMay 04, 2024
Seven-year-old Sara Al Hashimi was crushed to death in a people smuggler's boat crossing the English Channel. Photo: BBC
Family of girl who died in Channel were making fourth crossing attempt

Sara, aged seven, was crushed to death on the overloaded boat heading from France to England

UKMay 01, 2024
Left: Husam Zomlot. Right: Protestors march down Regent Street during the 'Ceasefire Now Stop The Genocide In Gaza' national UK demonstration in London. AP / Getty Images
Husam Zomlot: The diplomat who insists Palestine's future will be a collective effort

Ambassador draws on London's streets for hope and insists Palestinian politics is the business of the Palestinians alone

UKApril 26, 2024
Students in tents occupied part of Sciences Po Paris as they demand university bosses condemn Israel's actions in Gaza. Getty Images
Paris students in Gaza sit-in as US campus protests spread across Europe

French police break up tent 'occupation' but demonstrators are inspired to take to the streets from Brussels to Lisbon

EuropeApril 25, 2024
Refugees from Darfur in Sudan, sit on a vehicle before being taken to a camp on April 23, 2024, in Adre, Chad. Getty Images
Aid agencies and UK government to discuss need for Sudan resolution

British government says peace talks are 'best bet' to end the conflict after Paris conference pledges $2.1bn in aid

MENAApril 24, 2024
Humanitarian aid falls towards Gaza after being dropped from an aircraft. Reuters
Rishi Sunak and King Abdullah II discuss Gaza aid efforts

The Prime Minister said that a two-state solution remained the UK's 'ultimate goal' during a call on Sunday

UKApril 21, 2024
MP Layla Moran speaking at a Humanity Not Hatred vigil. Photo: Together
UK MP 'incredibly lucky' after family flee Gaza

The British MP described her family's perilous journey to Rafah, as a UK minister condemned Israel's overnight strike on Gaza's border city.

UKApril 21, 2024
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