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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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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

UKMay 13, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Panorama prison in north-eastern Syria, which houses men accused of being members of ISIS. Getty Images
UK cannot 'wash its hands' of British-born ISIS fighters, report says

Committee criticises failure to prosecute war crimes and calls for 'transparency' on stripping of citizenship

UKMay 13, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
The set of tiles that once decorated the walls of Haft Dast Palace in Isfahan, Iran, are set to go on display in Dundee. PA
Tiles from 17th-century Iranian palace to go on display in Scotland

Panel depicting a paradise garden with pomegranates and fruit trees will be exhibited at V&A Dundee

UKMay 12, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Palestinians wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. Reuters
UNRWA's Gaza director accuses Israel of letting food rot at border

Soup kitchens in Gaza have more than halved their meals in a week as famine-like conditions take hold

UKMay 09, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Police forensic officers search a property in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, where an Iranian was arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism. Getty Images
UK police question Iranian terror suspects as officials consider IRGC ban

UK's security minister reveals review of how to deal with threat from Iran will be published soon

UKMay 07, 2025
Tariq Tahir
Forensic officers search a house in Rochdale after the arrests. Getty
UK government must proscribe IRGC, expert says

Arrest of seven Iranian terror suspects on Sunday has intesified calls to proscribe Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps

UKMay 05, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Ahmed Ghazzal, pictured as a toddler with his aunt and cousin, wants to recover Ghazzal and Company operations, seen here in the 1950s in Idlib. The cotton processing factory that his father and uncle ran is behind him. Photo: Courtesy of the Ghazzal family
Syria is coming in from the cold - but exiles remain lukewarm about reinvesting

Slow pace of sanctions relief is among the reasons why businesspeople who fled Assad remain cautious

NewsMay 02, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
The two-bedroom apartment is at 105 Mount Street in Mayfair. Photo: Lawrie Cornish
Winston Churchill’s first 'bachelor pad' on sale in Mayfair

Apartment on Mount Street was where British wartime PM built foundations of prolific writing and political career

UKMay 01, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
David Miliband says the lessons of Syria's civil war must lead to aid being directed away from government control. Matt Kynaston / The National
IRC chief calls for international aid overhaul after learning Syria lessons

IRC chief highlights Assad rule as example of how foreign aid can fail to reach those most in need

MENAApril 29, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa in Downing Street. PA
UK vows two-state solution support as Palestinian PM meets Starmer

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy refuses to 'give up' on peace process and recognition of Palestinian state

MENAApril 28, 2025
Thomas Harding
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was challenged by a left-wing movement in his coalition over the contract. Reuters
Spain scraps order for millions of bullets from Israel

Government banned arms sales to Israel over its conduct in Gaza in 2023, but decision to go ahead with contract signed before October 7 caused backlash

EuropeApril 25, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Social media platforms will have three months to make changes required by OfCom. Getty images
UK to restrict some social media access by age to tackle 'toxic' impact

Campaigners say more work is needed on platforms to tackle algorithms that promote harmful content

UKApril 24, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
British MPs Andrew George, second left, and Shockat Adam, right, during their recent trip to Israel and the occupied West Bank. Photo: ICJP
UK MP tells of being detained crossing into occupied West Bank

Israeli police pointed guns at Lib Dem Andrew George and independent Shockat Adam

UKApril 23, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
People gather for prayers in honour of Pope Francis after the announcement of his death, at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, on Tuesday. Getty images
World leaders confirm attendance at Pope's tradition-breaking funeral

Pontiff's coffin will travel from St Peter's Basilica to a hilltop neighbourhood of Rome for burial

EuropeApril 22, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Pistachio and kunafa chocolate from the Dubai Viral Style range by West London chocolatier Maison Samadi. Photo: Maison Samadi
Dubai chocolate makers in UK savour sweet taste of success

Variants of the viral treat have emerged from London to Glasgow

UKApril 18, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
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