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Lemma Shehadi

Lemma Shehadi

Senior Correspondent
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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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Palestinian philanthropist Munib Al Masri seeks an apology from the UK government for historical responsibility in Palestine. Photo: Britain Owes Palestine
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UKSeptember 09, 2025
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at Downing Street, London. PA
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Mahmoud Abbas in Britain as Israeli forces wage war on Gaza and destruction in occupied West Bank

UKSeptember 08, 2025
Protesters hold signs supporting banned group Palestine Action at a demonstration in London's Parliament Square on Saturday. Getty
Arrests at London protest against Palestine Action ban

Hundreds of protesters turned out in the UK capital in support of banned group

UKSeptember 06, 2025
Supporters of Palestine Action attend a protest organised by the Defend Our Juries group as part of their campaign to end the proscription of Palestine Action. EPA
Palestine Action arrests expected at day of protest in London

More than 1,500 people are expected to demonstrate in support of the banned campaign group

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Afghan refugees at the Afghanistan and Central Asia Association in London. Getty Images
UK faces legal challenge to save Afghan relocation scheme

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UKSeptember 05, 2025
Police arrest a supporter of Palestine Action at a protest organised by campaign group Defend Our Juries in August. EPA
Film director Ken Loach hits out at 'absurd' Palestine Action ban

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UKSeptember 03, 2025
Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK Husam Zomlot says international recognition of Palestine must be followed by sanctions to end Israel’s occupation and war. Reuters
Palestine's Zomlot warns West Bank annexation complete in all but name

Countries recognising Palestine should be braced for Israeli backlash in the West Bank, diplomat says

UKSeptember 02, 2025
Co-founders of Palestine Action, Richard Barnard and Huda Ammori, outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London in September 2024. Getty Images
How Palestine Action founder Huda Ammori inspires protest

Group's demonstrations in spotlight after controversial ban by UK government

UKSeptember 01, 2025
Palestinian researcher Nevin Yassin 'defended' her master's thesis from the ruins of Al Azhar University in Gaza city in May. Getty.
UK launches effort to assist Palestinian students leaving Gaza

Nine Chevening scholars' departures will be speeded up but dozens are left behind

UKAugust 26, 2025
The Scottish Storytelling Centre on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The arts centre received a complaint about a proposed Palestinian film festival. Photo: Alamy
Pro-Israel lawyers probed over 'campaign' to silence Palestine supporters

UK Lawyers for Israel accused of sending 'legally baseless' letters to arts events organisers

UKAugust 23, 2025
Joanna Barakat's book Narrative Threads was launched at October Gallery in London. Mark Chilvers for The National
Stitches in time: How Palestinian artists have given tatreez a new symbolism

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CultureAugust 22, 2025
A supporter of Palestine Action is detained by police. PA
Palestine Action ban can be 'overturned by mass defiance'

More than 700 people arrested for supporting banned group, as politicians raise doubts about proscription

UKAugust 22, 2025
Palestinian children in Gaza city. AP
Biometric rules delay evacuation of Gaza children to UK

Up to 50 children could travel to Britain by end of August

UKAugust 19, 2025
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