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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 Iranian asylum seeker crossed the English Channel from France to the UK on a small boat on October 18. AFP
UK extradites Iranian man despite human trafficking concerns

Asylum seeker came to the UK from France for the second time

UKNovember 05, 2025
Saudi rock band Seera play their first gig in London. Photo: Lemma Shehadi / The National
Saudi all-women rock band Seera hit the right note on London debut

Four-piece aim to tour again next year after surprise at seeing a UK audience sing along to their songs

Music & On-stageOctober 31, 2025
Students in Gaza tried to continue their studies, with limited internet connection and access to electricity, during the Israel-Hamas war. Getty Images
Students from Gaza studying in UK told they can bring family

UK government reverses policy but applicants will need to prove they can pay dependants' living costs

UKOctober 30, 2025
British couple Lindsay and Craig Foreman, who were arrested in Kerman, Iran, in early January. Family handout / PA Wire
Mum was making a film about happiness, says son of woman detained in Iran

Lindsay and Craig Foreman's family hope appointment of UK special envoy for hostages could secure their release

UKOctober 30, 2025
'I’m keen on building bridges between the two cultures,' says Cardiff-based publisher Ali Anwar. Photo: H'mm Foundation
Iraqi publisher seeks to promote Arab and Welsh cultures

Baghdad-born Ali Anwar has translated the Seven Voyages of Sinbad into Welsh, after 48 years of living in Wales

UKOctober 29, 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves speaks at a UK business delegation breakfast in Riyadh. Photo: HM Treasury
Oxford-Cambridge tech corridor on agenda at GCC-UK trade talks

Business leader in Riyadh with UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells The National of potential for twinning tech hubs and university partnerships

UKOctober 28, 2025
An Israeli soldier in the West Bank. A British national who served with the Israeli military in the West Bank is the target of a new prosecution attempt by a UK-based rights group. AFP
Rights group seeks prosecution of UK citizen who fought for Israel in Gaza

Application for court summons bolstered by Britain's recognition of Palestine statehood

UKOctober 24, 2025
King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend a service at the Sistine Chapel with Pope Leo XIV and Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell. PA
King Charles joins Pope Leo in historic Sistine Chapel prayer

Vatican visit sees 'joining of hands' of two churches with joint worship

UKOctober 23, 2025
Palestinian children play near the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza city. AFP
ICJ says Israel must allow UNRWA to operate in Gaza

World Court warns Israel against using starvation as a weapon after it targeted UN aid agencies

MENAOctober 22, 2025
Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, former minister for the Middle East who fears the UK does not carry the weight of diplomacy it once did. AFP.
UK will use influence with US and Israel to support Gaza ceasefire talks

Lord Tariq Ahmad says Westminster can only 'lean in where it can' as international stabilisation efforts begin

UKOctober 22, 2025
Ann Snow, UK special representative for Syria, meets Syrian Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra in Damascus. Photo: Ann Snow / X
UK removes Hayat Tahrir Al Sham from terror list

Decision aimed at enabling closer engagement with post-Assad Syrian government

UKOctober 21, 2025
Angelina Jolie has spoken out against Israel's war on Gaza. EPA
Angelina Jolie could set up 'huge SOS village' for Gaza orphans, activist says

Palestinian activist welcomes reports Hollywood actress plans to play role in Gaza reconstruction

MENAOctober 21, 2025
The Royal Astronomical Society library in London, a window into the world of Ibn Al Haytham. Photo: Royal Astronomical Society
The Islamic mathematician who defied the Greeks to prove light travels straight

Ibn Al Haytham inspired generations of European philosophers, physicists and astronomers - but his road to recognition was a rocky one

UKOctober 17, 2025
A UN Development Programme delegation, including special representative Jaco Cilliers, centre, assess the damage in Gaza city after the ceasefire came into effect. Reuters
Europe's leaders flesh out support for Gaza reconstruction before key summit

Cairo conference in November stems from US-brokered peace plan - but could boost role of Palestinian Authority

UKOctober 17, 2025
Radek Sikorski with an Iranian-made Shahed-136 attack drone used by Russia to attack Ukraine. Getty Images
Poland calls for new maritime laws to counter Iran and Russia

Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski says illicit selling of oil to fund war in Ukraine must be stopped

UKOctober 15, 2025
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