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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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The UK is one of dozens of countries taking diplomatic staff out of Khartoum. EPA
How elite troops evacuated UK embassy staff from Sudan

Soldiers escort evacuees through Khartoum checkpoints heading for airfield north of the city

UKApril 23, 2023
The Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas playing in Speakers Court in London's Palace Of Westminster. PA
Last Gurkha recipient of Victoria Cross dies

Rambahadur Limbu was hailed as a figurehead of gallantry and courage

UKApril 23, 2023
The concert's range was wide — from jazz greats to music composed by Ottoman sultans, as well as a new style of Muslim pop that is taking hold around the world. Reuters
London harpist celebrates Eid Al Fitr with concert featuring Muslim composers

Harps have a long history in the Middle East

UKApril 21, 2023
Labour leader Keir Starmer, left, and Wes Streeting are behind proposals to revive Britain’s health service. Getty Images
Labour lays out 'neighbourhood' plan to fix NHS and cut waiting lists

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting says obsession with pouring money into hospitals has to stop

UKApril 21, 2023
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dungeness, Kent, after being rescued by the RNLI from a boat in the English Channel. Getty Images
EXCLUSIVEIraqi chemist languished in asylum hotel despite NHS shortage

Qualified medical professionals are becoming stuck in Britain's system even though they could help solve staffing crisis

UKApril 13, 2023
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with US President Joe Biden at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California, on March 13. Reuters
UK PM Rishi Sunak to celebrate Good Friday Agreement with Joe Biden in Belfast

Prime Minister's office announced an investment summit to support Northern Ireland's tech industry

UKApril 08, 2023
A giant screen in Beijing broadcasts footage on April 8 of an Air Force fighter jet attending combat exercises around Taiwan. Reuters
Beijing begins military drill after Taiwan leader's visit to US

The self-ruled island's leader Tsai Ing Wen met American politicians on a visit to the US last week

AsiaApril 08, 2023
First Minister Humza Yousaf
Scotland's ruling party 'facing biggest crisis in 50 years'

Mike Russell backs Humza Yousaf's pledges for a review of the SNP's governance

UKApril 08, 2023
Part of Anisa Karolia's reason for writing 'The Ramadan Cookbook' was to preserve the culinary traditions handed down by her grandmother. Photo: Ellis Parrinder
Anisa Karolia helps readers cook their way through Ramadan

The culinary author and blogger gives us a taste of how to navigate the holy month

WeekendApril 07, 2023
The coffin of Ramses II at the Grande Halle de la Villette, in Paris, where it will remain on display until September. Reuters
Sarcophagus of Pharoah Ramses II is seen in Paris after rare journey from Egypt

The ruler's cedar wood coffin was last seen in the French capital in 1976

WorldApril 07, 2023
Twins Irfanullah, left, and Obaidullah Jabarkhyl. Victoria Pertusa / The National
Afghan twins celebrate first Ramadan together since being reunited

The two boys are settling in to their new lives in the UK, but remain separated from their parents

UKApril 07, 2023
Cleveland Clinic London opened a year ago. Photo: Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic London to expand amid dissatisfaction with NHS

Private healthcare provider says new building, research projects and clinical trials on way after first year

HealthMarch 29, 2023
Humza Yousaf reacts as the announcement of his election as new leader of the SNP is announced, at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, Scotland. Getty Images
Triple crown of leaders of Asian heritage in the UK and Ireland

Three leaders with roots in West Asia are running the governments in London, Dublin and Edinburgh in a milestone for race and equality

UKMarch 27, 2023
Newly released data has revealed Britain's health and care workforce demographics. Getty Images
Quarter of UK's specialist doctors born in Middle East or Asia

New census documents reveal vital role of foreign-born specialists, GPs and nurses in Britain

UKMarch 22, 2023
US military personnel and Iraqi security forces investigate the scene of a deadly car bomb attack on the International Committee of the Red Cross HQ in October 2003, in Baghdad. Getty Images
For these Iraqis the bright future after Saddam was in London

Initial hopes after the fall of the Iraqi dictator led to uncertainty about the future for those in exile

UKMarch 18, 2023
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