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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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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
Palestinians collect water from a broken pipe surrounded by destroyed buildings in Gaza city. AP
Gaza’s 'ecological collapse' threatens recovery

Two years of war have poisoned the territory's water and contaminated the air with rubble particles

MENAOctober 14, 2025
Craig and Lindsay Foreman were arrested in Kerman in early January. Photo supplied by their family.
British woman transferred to Iran's Evin prison after inmate deaths

Lindsay Foreman's family hope jail move will mean more phone contact despite its notorious reputation

UKOctober 14, 2025
Police are surrounded by burning street barricades during protests in Derry, 1969. Getty Images
UK pitches lessons from Northern Ireland for Gaza peace fund

Keir Starmer offers British weapons decommissioning expertise

UKOctober 14, 2025
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The Evin prisoner who was released - and the 'daughters' she had to leave behind

Nasrin Roshan is safe in London after her second jail term in Iran. But her heart remains behind bars - and she is convinced her incarcerators' days are numbered

UKOctober 10, 2025
Students attend a pro-Palestine demonstration in London, where protests have been held throughout the Gaza war. Getty Images
Europe's Palestine supporters to 'stay in the streets' despite Gaza ceasefire

Anger aimed at governments remains, with organisers in UK planning 'largest ever' demonstration

EuropeOctober 10, 2025
Demonstrators hold a banner reading 'Islamisation? Re-migration!' during a rally in Pontida, Italy. EPA
Italy's ruling party proposes new laws on head coverings

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's attempts to squeeze out some sources of foreign funding

EuropeOctober 09, 2025
Pro-Palestinian campaigners demonstrated outside weapons manufacturer BAE Systems's Rochdale site on Tuesday. Getty Images
Palestinian rights group challenges UK court over F-35 arms sales

High Court ruling in British government's favour is being appealed

UKOctober 09, 2025
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel, right, meets UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch. Photo: Sharren Haskel / X
Israeli ministers rebuked after intervention in UK politics

Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel says Labour Party has 'lost any moral purpose whatsoever'

UKOctober 07, 2025
Mark Evans kayaking in his adopted country. Photo: Mark Evans
From dune peaks to the blue ocean, kayaker's 3,000km voyage around Oman

Mark Evans' latest expedition aims to raise awareness about the need to protect sea life in the Gulf

UKOctober 03, 2025
Armed police at the scene of at the attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Manchester. PA
Two dead in Manchester synagogue attack as Starmer pledges to guarantee security

Terror attack declared as killer is identified as Jihad Al Shamie

UKOctober 02, 2025
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani is particularly popular among women voters, who credit him with achieving better security. AFP
Iraqi PM 'optimistic' about November elections

Mohammed Al Sudani's prospects could be affected by low voter turnout

MENAOctober 01, 2025
Lebanese singer Sura moved to the UK during her homeland’s financial crisis in 2020. Photo: Sura
Season of Arabic culture coming to the heart of London

Series of concerts, storytelling events and dabke workshops taking place in UK capital

UKSeptember 30, 2025
A wounded child is carried to Al Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, central Gaza. AFP
One in 10 patients with gunshot wounds in Gaza hit in head, doctors say

Civilians in Palestinian enclave suffering 'soldier-like' injuries, British Medical Journal survey finds

MENASeptember 25, 2025
Cleveland Clinic’s London hospital at 33 Grosvenor Place. Cleveland Clinic
Jordanian nurses to join Cleveland Clinic London

England's National Health Service predicted to lack 10,000 nurses by year-end

UKSeptember 25, 2025
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