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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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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
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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
Al Mawasi, in southern Gaza, and Hastings, on England's south coast, have formed a friendship. Getty Images
UK towns to twin with Palestine in show of support

A network of friendship associations will meet on Saturday to discuss new ways of helping Palestinians

UKApril 18, 2024
Haifa Al Kaylani at the investiture at Windsor Castle. Courtesy of Haifa Al Kaylani
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Haifa Al Kaylani receives OBE at 'moving' Windsor investiture

She founded, and still heads, the London-based Arab International Women’s Forum

UKApril 12, 2024
Left: Narmin El Gabbour with her siblings and their children in Gaza before the war. Right: Narmin's sister Noura in a refugee camp in Gaza. Photo: Narmin El Gabbour
'How will I explain to my children?': Pain of British Palestinians who escaped from Gaza

Families evacuated from the warzone have had to start their lives from scratch in a new country - but their thoughts are never far from what they left behind

MENAApril 05, 2024
Palestinian Ambassador Husam Zomlot with actor Khalid Abdalla and others at the London vigil. Photo: Algbra X
London Ramadan light display switches off for Gaza

Actor Khalid Abdalla and publisher Alexandra Pringle were among guests honouring work of Medical Aid for Palestinians

UKMarch 30, 2024
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer passes protesters after leaving Chatham House, where he delivered a speech on the situation in the Middle East. Getty Images
Independent wave gathers against Labour over Gaza war

Labour's position on Israel-Gaza war is shifting but initial refusal to call for ceasefire has sparked anger among supporters

UKMarch 28, 2024
Shanty housing in Khayelitsha, near Cape Town, South Africa. Elevating the UK minister for development and Africa to cabinet level was one feature of the departmental merger. AFP
UK merger of aid and diplomacy departments led to smaller plans and staff shortages

National Audit Office report said impact of £24.7m merger was not fully known and benefits were not assessed

UKMarch 25, 2024
Tamara Al Saade, chef and owner of T by Tamara restuarant in London's Marylebone district. Victoria Pertusa / The National
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Hunger in Gaza haunts London iftars

London's Middle Eastern communities are coming together to raise funds for Palestine this Ramadan

UKMarch 23, 2024
Clockwise from the top left: Tasnim Nazeer, Zamzam Ibrahim, Adama Juldeh Munu, and Amna Abdullatif in HIJABI. Photo: Samir Mehanovic
Documentary highlights the resilience of UK's hijab wearers

Samir Mehanovic is an award-winning filmmaker who is highlighting the anti-Muslim hate many British women are subjected to

Film & TVMarch 22, 2024
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