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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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Yasmin Al-Atroshi says her Kurdish heritage has given her 'a fire in my belly to fight for those who have been forgotten'. Photo: Yasmin Al-Atroshi / Instagram
Conservative candidate 'told to keep her Iraqi-Kurdish heritage quiet'

Healthcare professional turned politician Yasmin Al-Atroshi accuses her own party of racism and misogyny days before the general election

UKJuly 02, 2024
Dr Mohammad Al Issa, the head of the Muslim World League, delivers the Arafat sermon during Hajj at the Nimrah Mosque. Saudi Press Agency
Muslim World League leader on 'open' dialogue with Le Pen

Though the League does not agree with the far-right viewpoint, it has clear communications with European groups

UKJuly 01, 2024
Protesters march in support of Palestinians during a demonstration in Westminster, central London. Reuters
Labour willing to bypass US to recognise Palestine

Foreign secretary front-runner David Lammy reaffirms party's commitment to statehood recognition

UKJune 28, 2024
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy attends a Welsh Labour general election campaign event in Abergavenny. Reuters
Labour's David Lammy would steer UK as a 'middle-sized power'

If Labour is elected to government, the lawyer-turned politician will have to navigate a shifting world order in which the UK's influence has been diminished

UKJune 21, 2024
Palestinian filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly, front, in Life is Beautiful, a documentary about how his life was put on hold when the borders to Gaza closed while he was in Norway. Photo: Safar Film Festival
Safar Film Festival shines light on Palestinian seeking solidarity

Mohamed Jabaly's Life is Beautiful documentary is part of the UK's largest showcase of Arab cinema

Film & TVJune 21, 2024
Prince Khaled bin Bandar Al Saud speaking at Chatham House
Saudi Arabia's UK envoy warns Israel-Lebanon war would go global

Prince Khaled bin Bandar Al Saud fears a regional conflict could become international very quickly

UKJune 20, 2024
Carne Ross in the documentary Accidental Anarchist. Hopscotch Films
Ex-Iraq war whistleblower calls for 'global solidarity' in foreign policy

Carne Ross is running as a Green Party candidate in north London, challenging a senior Labour MP

UKJune 17, 2024
Protesters gather outside the Eurosatory arms fair, which opened in Paris on Monday. AP
Protesters call for end to Israeli weapons sales at major arms fair

French district court bars representatives of Israeli companies from Eurosatory event, days after officials banned Israeli exhibits

EuropeJune 17, 2024
Sudanese refugees gather to fill cans with water in the Farchana refugee camp in Chad. AFP
Global refugee population grows by almost 10 per cent in one year

More than 120 million people have been displaced, with low to middle income countries bearing most of the burden

NewsJune 13, 2024
Shabana Mahmood appeared on the BBC1 current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. BBC/PA Wire
Labour's Mahmood says unions positive about party manifesto

The MP said there were disagreements with a couple of unions but they did not push the issue to a vote

UKJune 09, 2024
An event in England commemorating the D-Day landings. The Prime Minister has been criticised after leaving early from a D-Day ceremony in France last week. PA
Farage faces flak over 'Sunak doesn’t care about our culture' claim

Reform UK party leader's comments dismissed by shadow cabinet minister as 'dog whistle' to stir right-wing voters

UKJune 09, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron has called a new national election. AFP
Macron moves to dissolve parliament as far-right wave hits EU vote

Projected results for the European Parliament for France put the far-right National Rally party at about 33 per cent

UKJune 09, 2024
A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag at a rally outside the Houses of Parliament in London. Getty Images
Ex-diplomats backing UK Labour Party's decision to recognise Palestine

An action plan has been drawn up by former envoys and politicians involved with Middle East affairs

UKJune 07, 2024
Clockwise from the top left: Jas Athwal, Josh Simons, Nesil Caliskan, Georgia Gould, Shama Tatler and Luke Akehurst. Getty Images / X / Alamy
Muslim councillor is leading the Starmerite candidate charge

The Labour Party is teeing up a new breed of MPs well-versed in local government, organised labour and policy research

UKJune 06, 2024
Labour party leader Keir Starmer, left, and Andrew Feinstein are among those contesting the seat of Holborn and St Pancras. Getty Images; The National
Nelson Mandela adviser seeks to unseat Labour leader Keir Starmer

Former South African MP and anti-corruption campaigner Andrew Feinstein says he is building a community campaign for challenge

UKJune 04, 2024
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