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Sulaiman Hakemy

Sulaiman Hakemy

Opinion Editor
Sulaiman Hakemy is opinion editor at The National. Sulaiman previously worked as an industry reporter in Abu Dhabi, and as a freelance correspondent in Turkey, Western Europe and Canada, covering politics, refugees and terrorism for several outlets including the BBC, New York Times, the New Statesman and VICE.
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The Abul Fazl shrine and mosque, located in Murad Khani, Kabul, Afghanistan.
The tense atmosphere of the Taliban’s budding security state

The group's attempts to ensure safety in the capital also engender fear as undercover officers roam the streets

AsiaAugust 14, 2022
Sulaiman Hakemy
An Afghan worker spreads separated saffron threads from harvested flowers at a processing centre in Herat. AFP
Afghans fight economic destruction with Bitcoin, video games and a new Chinatown

Businesses are finding increasingly inventive ways to meet challenges of economy broken by Taliban takeover

WorldAugust 12, 2022
Sulaiman Hakemy
Women buy household items at a roadside shop in Kabul, Afghanistan. EPA
‘How are they going to control everybody?’: Kabul’s small rebellion against the Taliban

Residents of Afghanistan’s capital take advantage of a stretched and inexperienced Taliban police force to enjoy daily pleasures

WorldAugust 11, 2022
Sulaiman Hakemy
A Taliban fighter stands guard near the site where Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U. S. strike over the weekend, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2, 2022. REUTERS / Stringer
Afghans stunned to learn terror leader Al Zawahiri was living in central Kabul

The US claims to have killed the Al Qaeda chief in a drone strike in Afghanistan's capital

WorldAugust 02, 2022
Sulaiman Hakemy
'The National' reports from Kabul where Al Qaeda leader Al Zawahiri was killed
'The National' reports from Kabul where Al Qaeda leader Al Zawahiri was killed

Al Zawahiri took the helm of Al Qaeda after Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan in 2011

WorldAugust 02, 2022
Sulaiman Hakemy
British Special Forces soldiers are accused of unlawfully killing more than 50 Afghans during one six-month tour. AFP
UK war crimes allegations show the ICC can't run from its Afghanistan probe forever

The evidence that western forces committed atrocities against Afghans is growing, and a reckoning is on the horizon

CommentJuly 13, 2022
Sulaiman Hakemy
The Zervreila reservoir in summer. Photo: 7132 Hotel & Global Image Creation
Healing by water and stone in Switzerland's Vals

Reflection, mountain views and chance encounters at the famed Therme Vals

LifestyleJune 22, 2022
Sulaiman Hakemy
Protests are becoming more frequent in Tajikistan’s mountainous GBAO province, which borders Afghanistan and China. Getty
Nine killed in 'anti-terrorist operation' in restive Tajikistan region

Security situation in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast area has become increasingly volatile in past six months

AsiaMay 19, 2022
Sulaiman Hakemy
A screengrab from a video posted on YouTube by the Saudi General Authority for Statistics about the 2022 census. General Authority for Statistics / YouTube
How many people are there in the Arab world? No one actually knows

The region is woefully short on censuses, impacting governments' ability to serve its people

CommentMay 03, 2022
Sulaiman Hakemy
More than 25,000 children from Iraq and a number of foreign countries are stranded in north-eastern Syria. AFP
With so many kids stuck in Syria, does the world still care about child rights?

Thousands of children are stranded, and getting them out would be all too easy

CommentApril 26, 2022
Sulaiman Hakemy
Afghan refugees gather in a playground at Park View Villas, a compound built for this year's football World Cup, in the Qatari capital Doha. AFP
Thousands of Afghan refugees in limbo six months after Taliban takeover, US official says

State Department official says conversations with other nations to persuade them to resettle Afghan refugees were in the early stages

AsiaMarch 04, 2022
Sulaiman Hakemy
Alisa, 38, a media relations specialist, is one of thousands of civilians to have taken up arms in Ukraine. Reuters
The old law of war guiding Ukraine's citizen soldiers

What does international law say about civilians participating in armed resistance?

CommentFebruary 28, 2022
Sulaiman Hakemy
Taliban representatives prepare to meet with Norwegian officials at the Soria Moria hotel in Oslo, Norway, on January 25, 2022. EPA
What was the point of the Taliban's visit to Norway?

Western governments have been under fire for treating the militant group to a diplomatic summit

CommentFebruary 01, 2022
Sulaiman Hakemy
People gather to support drivers protesting over Covid-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers. Reuters
Will Canada's truck drivers force Trudeau to reverse Covid-19 rules?

Protests against vaccine mandates have unearthed an identity crisis at the heart of Canadian politics

CommentJanuary 28, 2022
Sulaiman Hakemy
Musicians who remain in Taliban-run Afghanistan are increasingly afraid to play in public. AP
The Taliban can destroy many things, but music is not one of them

When faced with suppression, Afghanistan's cultural memory only becomes stronger

CommentDecember 28, 2021
Sulaiman Hakemy
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