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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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British Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran, in her office in Westminster, fears her relatives trapped in Gaza's only Roman Catholic church will not survive to see Christmas. AFP
British-Palestinian MP releases audio of family’s plight in Gaza

Layla Moran's relative fears that people in the church will either be killed by Israeli bombardment, or die of starvation

UKDecember 19, 2023
Afghan refugees attend a class in Islamabad. Pakistan. Half of the world's refugee children are not in education. AFP
UN global forum aims to get half of refugee children into school

Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini presented pledge to protect refugees crossing by sea

WorldDecember 14, 2023
Asia Al Mashreqi, co-founder of the Sustainable Development Foundation, highlighted the 'forgotten' humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Photo: UNHCR
Education is priority, refugee forum told

Activists demand a role in decision-making and greater funding

EuropeDecember 14, 2023
King Abdullah II of Jordan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and Switzerland's State Secretary for Migration, Christine Schraner Burgener, take part in the Global Refugee Forum, in Geneva. AFP
Refugee host countries struggling to cope as funding gap widens

UN agency has $400m black hole as Lebanon plans pilot returns programme with Syrian villages, global forum hears

UKDecember 13, 2023
A woman gives water to a child suffering from fever and malnutrition at a clinic inside the Adre refugee camp in Chad. Getty Images
Global Refugees Forum needed ‘more urgently than ever'

There are currently about 36 million refugees in the world, according to UN figures

UKDecember 12, 2023
First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf, left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meet at Cop28 in Dubai. EPA
Yousaf and Cameron clash over Erdogan rebuke

Scottish First Minister insists 'international engagement' is vital to economy after meeting Turkey's president

UKDecember 11, 2023
AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. Reuters
Abu Dhabi peace forum launches AI faith commission

Voices of minority communities and the Global South are being brought to technology governance

UKDecember 11, 2023
Palestinian residents search the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli air strike in Gaza. Bloomberg
Gaza faces 'years, not months' of humanitarian catastrophe

Leading aid organisations call for 'immediate ceasefire' to end unfolding crisis

UKDecember 07, 2023
Former Palestinian prime minister Dr Salam Fayyad has questioned Israel's strategy in Gaza. AP Photo
Israel's war could kill tens of thousands, says former Palestine PM

Former Palestinian PM calls for international custodianship of Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem

UKDecember 06, 2023
John Casson, former British ambassador to Egypt, said the UK needs more Arabists and diplomats on the ground in the Middle East to help guide foreign policy. Photo: Mohammed El Shahed
UK urged to seek expert advice in shaping Middle East policy

Former ambassador to Egypt fears Britain's commitment to two-state solution has become an 'empty phrase'

UKDecember 05, 2023
We Are The Ocean workshop at Beacon Primary School in Exmouth, Devon. Photo: University of Exeter
School pupils make waves by sharing tales of life by the sea

Children aged 11 to 13 learn about the rich but fragile ecosystems near their homes, and publish anthology of poetry and artwork

UKDecember 05, 2023
Guests celebrate UAE Union Day under the skeleton of Hope the blue whale at the Natural History Museum in London. Photo: Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in London
Hope for the oceans at UAE Union Day celebrations in London

Guests gathered beneath the iconic 132-year-old whale skeleton at the Natural History Museum ahead of Cop28

UKDecember 02, 2023
Smoke rises from buildings hit by Israeli strikes, as battles resume between Israel and Hamas on Friday. AFP
Israel on 'path to permanent war', warns former negotiator as truce ends

Latest fighting in Gaza shows Hamas cannot be defeated militarily, experts say

Palestine-IsraelDecember 01, 2023
Mothers and their children demonstrate outside Downing Street in London over the deaths of Palestinian children in Gaza. Photo: Friends of Al Aqsa
Mothers protest at Downing Street over child death toll in Gaza

Six thousand children have been killed under Israeli bombardment, according to the Gaza's health ministry

UKNovember 30, 2023
Wind turbines on Greece's Evia island. Athens is working on a number of energy projects in the Eastern Mediterranean. AFP
Greek energy co-operation in Eastern Mediterranean 'can help bring stability'

Athens is 'pivotal' due to close friendship with Israel and historic relationship with the Arab world, says Chatham House academic

EuropeNovember 30, 2023
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