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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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Hassan Blasim says he wants to stop writing about violence 'but the violence does not stop in Iraq'. Photo: Katja Bohm
How Hassan Blasim's four-year odyssey from Iraq to Finland haunts his new book

The award-winning author's new collection of short stories deals with Iraq's youth revolution and the growth of the far-right in northern Europe

BooksMarch 28, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
France's President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun during an official visit at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris. AFP
Israel strikes Beirut as France's Macron meets Lebanese President Joseph Aoun

Lebanon's leader asks France to help end Israel's continued presence and air strikes that breach US and French-brokered ceasefire agreement

EuropeMarch 28, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Almost 28,000 social media posts referring to Mayor of London Sadiq Khan in 2024 included a Islamophobic keyword. PA
Surge in Islamophobia against London Mayor Sadiq Khan from Elon Musk's X

Online abuse against the Mayor more than doubled in 2024, with attacks on Mr Khan's Pakistani and Muslim heritage

UKMarch 26, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
A dabke dance lesson followed an open iftar event in East London in aid of Palestinians in Gaza. Lemma Shehadi / The National
Palestine-inspired iftar in London promotes solidarity

Fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians comes as Israel targeted Nasser Hospital in Gaza where the charity operates

UKMarch 24, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Adam Kelwick hosts an iftar for 120 street cleaners in Homs. Photo: Adam Kelwick
'You are Syrian and free': British imam hosts iftar for street cleaners in Homs

Adam Kelwick from Liverpool's Abdullah Quilliam Mosque is touring Syria to distribute meals and money during Ramadan

UKMarch 21, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Passengers reach Senegal after crossing the Senegal River from Mauritania, which has been expelling migrants from neighbouring countries. AFP
Migrant deaths hit record high in 2024, says UN

Toll has risen for five years in a row in 'unacceptable and preventable' tragedy, says UN

EuropeMarch 21, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Soldiers stand guard by the Israel-Gaza border. Reuters
Global network of lawyers to pursue Israeli soldiers in courts

Dual citizens who serve in the Israeli military are among those who could have criminal complaints made against them

UKMarch 18, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
US President Donald Trump and Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. AP
Trump goes after new Iran deal as alternative to direct strikes

Experts say Iran is unlikely to concede to US demands despite its regional influence being significantly weakened

MENAMarch 18, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
President Nazem Al Kudsi is welcomed in Latakia during a tour of the country in 1962. Photo: Presidential Library of Dr Nazem Al Kudsi
Syrian campaign pushes a revived version of 1950 constitution for new era

Charter is remembered as part of Golden Age for Syria’s political rights, led by Aleppan politician Dr Nazem Al Kudsi

MENAMarch 14, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Nour Al-Din Labad had returned from France to his Syrian hometown of Sanamayn this month but was shot dead by gunmen. His funeral has already been held. Photo: Facebook
Syrian poet and diplomat killed after returning to his hometown from France

Unidentified gunmen assassinated the prominent ex-diplomat and former representative of the exiled Syrian National Coalition

MENAMarch 13, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Far-right activists hold an anti-immigration protest under the motto 'Enough is Enough' in Sunderland, north-east England in 2024, when similar events led to riots across the UK. Getty Images
Anti-Islamophobia charity loses UK funding even as incidents soar

Funding cut comes as reports of anti-Muslim hate crime reaches record high in Britain

UKMarch 10, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
The Central Bank of Syria in Damascus, which has been removed from the UK's sanctions list. AFP
UK lifts sanctions against dozens of Syrian entities including central bank

The decision follows a similar move by the EU, with the removal of restrictions on energy, banking and reconstruction

MENAMarch 06, 2025
Hadya Al Alawi
Actor Khalid Abdalla speaks at a January 18 demonstration in London, support of Palestinians in Gaza. Reuters
The Crown actor Khalid Abdalla faces police questioning after Palestine rally

Actor who played Dodi Fayed in hit show said he will not be silenced for his activism on Palestine

UKMarch 04, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
The open iftar event held in Windsor Castle's St George's Hall, was free to attend and is one of many to be held around the UK this Ramadan. Photo: Acacia Diana
Windsor Castle hosts its first open iftar

More than 360 people attend multi-faith event on first weekend of Ramadan

UKMarch 03, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
Nadiya Hussain in episode 1 “Indulgent Desserts” of Nadiya Bakes: Season 1. c. Courtesy of Netflix © 2021
Nadiya Hussain’s Milton Keynes and its inspirational Ramadan neighbourhood traditions

One of the UK’s best-loved chefs extols the cooking traditions of Muslim communities on her doorstep

FoodFebruary 28, 2025
Lemma Shehadi
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