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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 Isle of Cumbrae off the Ayrshire coast of Scotland, where oceanographers are studying the seabed. Photo: Matt Jervis
What can the UK's muddy shores tell us about marine conservation in the Gulf?

Scientists studying carbon stores in seabeds hope the ocean can be used to slow rising temperatures

May 30, 2025
The 15th century wooden ceiling from the Torrijos Palace, near Toledo, Spain, at the new V&A East Storehouse. Getty
Inside the Middle East collections at London's V&A East Storehouse

The National was given a tour before the vast collection’s public opening on Saturday

May 29, 2025
UK trade envoy to Israel Ian Austin visited several locations including Haifa Bayport. Photo: British embassy in Israel
UK envoy visits Israel to 'drum up business' days after trade talks suspended

Lord Austin says British-Israeli trade is about 'values and relationships'

May 28, 2025
Police and emergency personnel help a casualty in Liverpool after a car hit pedestrians at the Premier League winners' parade. PA
Liverpool's shared adversity helps city 'stand together' after victory parade crash

Compassion, care and solidarity evident on Monday night as people rallied to help after driver ploughs into crowd

May 28, 2025
Fifty people were injured, including four children, when a car ploughed through a crowd during Liverpool FC's victory parade. AFP
Imam hits out at 'disgusting' rumours over Liverpool parade crash

Adam Kelwick says Muslims falsely accused online after incident that injured dozens

May 27, 2025
MILK by the Haifa-based Khashabi Ensemble. Photo: Christophe Raynaud de Lage, Festival d'Avignon
Palestinian art takes centre stage as Arab festival returns

Milk, by Haifa-based troupe Khashabi Ensemble, among the major performances at the Shubbak Festival in London

May 26, 2025
British Jews march against anti-Semitism in London. Reuters
Jewish split over Gaza deepens in the UK

Dissent flourishes over Board of Deputies' position on Israel's military campaign in Gaza

May 23, 2025
Al Carns and fellow climbers on the summit of Everest. AP
UK minister brushes off xenon gas probe after climbing Everest in five days

Veterans minister sparks criticism in Nepal

May 23, 2025
Bertrice Pompe and Bernadette Dugasse outside London's High Court after a judge overturned an injunction that temporarily blocked the UK from concluding its Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius. Reuters
Chagos handover deal paused by last-minute legal action

Britain says decision is 'vital to protect our people and our national security'

May 22, 2025
UK boarding schools have been hit by a fall in numbers. Getty Images
UK boarding schools hit by drop in number of international pupils

Tighter visa restrictions have negative impact on numbers of children choosing to study in Britain

May 22, 2025
East Ham was part of the regeneration project for the 2012 London Olympics. Alamy
2012 Olympics kids are UK's most upwardly mobile

Children who grew up near Olympic village have bragging rights among Britain's poorest

May 19, 2025
Pilgrims arrive in Mina, near Islam's holy city of Makkah, during Hajj. AFP
UK and Saudi authorities team up to beat criminals targeting Hajj pilgrims

City of London Police senior officer warns pilgrims of fake Hajj platforms

May 16, 2025
A wildfire near a wooded area in Scotland this month. Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images
Early drought and wildfire warnings for Northern Europe

Record wildfires have already been seen in the UK, as Copernicus warns of drought in the summer months.

May 16, 2025
Protesters demonstrate against selling arms to Israel at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Tuesday. EPA
Lebanese ambassador tells UK time is right to recognise Palestine

Britain is urged to work with France on recognition ahead of UN Conference on a Two-State Solution in June

May 13, 2025
Najat Benchiba-Savenius, the founder of Gazelle Advisory Group. Photo: London Business School annual Mena conference
Call for regional AI governing body to tackle boom in Middle East

Najat Benchiba-Savenius says Middle East countries should work together on AI investment and regulation

May 13, 2025

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