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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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A modular theatre is installed at another hospital operated by Circle Health Group. Photo: Circle Health Group
Special ReportFlat-pack hospitals are the future but face delays in UK rollout

Facilities add new capacity to hospitals more quickly and at less cost even as shortages impact rollout

UKJuly 25, 2023
Newly appointed French Minister for Cities Sabrina Agresti-Roubache arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris. AFP
France's new Banlieues minister knows about life in troubled neighbourhoods

Former television producer of Algerian descent will be responsible for bringing better opportunities to France's marginalised suburbs

EuropeJuly 21, 2023
The third night of protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of Nahel Merzouk, 17, in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. AP
Europe is 'doomed': How fringe groups are capitalising on France's unrest

Experts say many people are invested in seeing the fall of Macron - and Europe's liberal values in general

WeekendJuly 21, 2023
Champions of England's music scene say it is one of the best in the world, while the British government is making entry to the UK harder for African musical talent. AFP
UK faces backlash over visa fee increases

Key workers and artists may struggle to apply for visas, as 'unequal' application process becomes more expensive

UKJuly 15, 2023
Mathilde from France shelters from the sun near the Colosseum in Rome. Reuters
Deadly Saharan heatwave sweeps across Europe

Governments across Southern Europe issue warnings amid fears temperatures in Italy could hit a record 48.8°C.

EuropeJuly 13, 2023
A scene from the play Trouf: Scenes from 75 Years. Photo: BayremBenMrad
Tunisian actor's visa rejection takes centre stage at Shubbak Festival

London playwright fears an 'invisible wall' could be hindering artist visa applications to the UK

UKJuly 07, 2023
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival brochures mark the years throughout which organisers say the event has brought diverse groups together and grown into a platform for artists locally, nationally and internationally. Photo: Liverpool Arab Arts Festival
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival celebrates 25 years with a focus on storytelling

What began as a small series of weekend events has grown into the UK's longest-running annual Arab arts festival

Arts & CultureJuly 06, 2023
The Olive Jar, directed by Elias Mattar, will show at the Shubbak Festival. Photo: Ellie Kurttz
Actors from the Arab diaspora find healing in London play

Members of Britain's Arabic-speaking community share stories of migration with audience over tea and olives

Music & On-stageJuly 06, 2023
French riot police officers stand guard next to a burnt out trash bin during a demonstration against police in Marseille, southern France on July 1, 2023, after a fourth consecutive night of rioting in France over the killing of a teenager by police. French police arrested 1311 people nationwide during a fourth consecutive night of rioting over the killing of a teenager by police, the interior ministry said on July 1, 2023. France had deployed 45,000 officers overnight backed by light armoured vehicles and crack police units to quell the violence over the death of 17-year-old Nahel, killed during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb on July 27, 2023. (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP)
How the killing of a teenager exposed a fault-line through France
Beyond the HeadlinesJuly 05, 2023
Fuad Hussein is on a two-day trip to London. AFP
Iraq's historic UK ties can help boost economic development, says Foreign Minister

Fuad Hussein believes democracy 'on a good path' in Iraq but challenges remain

UKJuly 04, 2023
Asha Umrawsingh. Photo: Gofundme
SPECIAL REPORTUntreatables: The cancer patients shunned by health care

Patients denied treatment on basis of cost and viability say fairer access to therapies is needed

HealthJuly 04, 2023
Egyptian-born French economist and politician Jean Messiha. AFP
'Insulting' appeal for French policeman who killed teen raises €1 million

The fundraiser was set up by Jean Messiha, an Egyptian-born economist and former adviser to Marine Le Pen

UKJuly 03, 2023
Hannah Khalil's Trouf: Scenes from 75 Years is composed of fragments of daily life in Palestine. Photo: Bayrem Ben Mrad
Palestinian playwright keeps Nakba memories alive on London stage

Trouf: Scenes from 75 Years, a play remembering the Nakba, will make its UK debut at the Shubbak Festival

Arts & CultureJuly 02, 2023
Cromwell Hospital is planning to expand, with a new building set to open in 2024 Photo: Bupa
London's Cromwell Hospital expands as NHS doctors seek private work

Hospital will open its new facility, including radiotherapy, an MRI scanner and an operating theatre in 2024

UKJune 29, 2023
UK-trained nurses accounted for one in five foreign-trained nurses in New Zealand and one in four in Australia. PA
Australia and New Zealand luring UK healthcare providers saps NHS staff rolls

Rush to Antipodean posts as staff shortages and inadequate investment takes toll on state system on its 75th anniversary

UKJune 27, 2023
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