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Vanessa Ghanem

Vanessa Ghanem

Arab Affairs Editor
Abu Dhabi
Vanessa Ghanem is The National’s Arab Affairs Editor, based in Abu Dhabi. Previously, she worked as a freelance multimedia journalist, covering Middle East geopolitics, business, energy and socio-economic issues. Her work has appeared in Al Arabiya English, Al-Monitor and others. She was also a digital media editor at LBCI Lebanon and contributed to the English edition of An-Nahar Newspaper.
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Hajj pilgrims climb Mount Arafat, where they are to commemorate the final sermon delivered by the Prophet Mohammed. Reuters
Pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat for Hajj’s most sacred day

Saudi officials have called on worshippers to remain in air-conditioned tents during hottest hours of the day

June 05, 2025
Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot has said his country supports nuclear talks between the US and Iran. Wam
Belgium explores plan to drop aid into Gaza amid 'shameful' crisis

Government has urged EU states to expand sanctions list to include leaders from Israel and Hamas, says Maxime Prevot

June 04, 2025
Madagascar’s Foreign Minister Rafaravavitafika Rasata. Photo: Madagascar Presidency
Madagascar looks to deepen investment ties with the UAE, says top diplomat

Island nation views the Emirates as a strategic partner for economic recovery and development

May 31, 2025
Olof Skoog, deputy secretary general for political affairs at the European External Action Service, says Israel must abide by international humanitarian law. Photo: European Parliament
EU states considering sanctions against violent Israeli settlers, says official

Gaza, Syria and Ukraine are discussed at fourth high-level political dialogue between the UAE and EU

May 30, 2025
Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde addresses the media during a press conference at Balasaheb Bhavan, Nariman Point in Mumbai, India. Getty Images
India will respond to any future terror attacks, senior MP warns

MP Shrikant Shinde led an eight-member delegation to the UAE to highlight New Delhi's stance

May 24, 2025
President Sheikh Mohamed and US President Donald Trump are welcomed by children at a state visit reception at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi. Abdulla Al Bedwawi / UAE Presidential Court
Trump’s Gulf tour marks reset in ties and long-term US engagement

Messages of friendship, mutual respect and renewed strategic alignment marked visit

May 16, 2025
US President Donald Trump at Al Udeid Air Base outside Doha on Thursday. Reuters
Trump says his priority is to end conflicts as landmark Doha visit ends

US President flies to Abu Dhabi next

May 15, 2025
TOPSHOT - Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R) and US President Donald Trump speak to each other at the Royal Palace in Doha on May 14, 2025. Trump touched down at Hamad International Airport in Doha, with relations between the two governments in the spotlight over Qatar's offer to Trump of a $400 million luxury aircraft to serve as a new Air Force One and then pass into his personal use. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
US and Qatar sign major agreements during 'historic' Trump visit to Doha

Emir of Qatar says his country and US are taking relations to 'another level'

May 14, 2025
US President Donald Trump at a signing ceremony with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh. EPA
Trump hails 'bright new day for Middle East' on first leg of Gulf visit

Ceremony, business deals and diplomacy with Syria and Iran dominate US leader's day in Riyadh

May 13, 2025
US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman shake hands during a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony in Riyadh. Reuters
Trump arrives in Riyadh on 'historic' Gulf tour

US President's first official state visit of his second term in office is expected to focus on economic deals

May 13, 2025
Donald Trump (R) and US First lady Melania Trump (2nd R), posing for a picture with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (L) and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud during the inauguration of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology "Etidal" in Riyadh. AFP
Trump returns to a changed Gulf: How the region has evolved since 2017

US President will find a region that has transformed economically, diplomatically and strategically

May 11, 2025
US President Donald Trump is welcomed by Saudi Arabia's King Salman, right, in Riyadh. AFP
Gulf-US summit to take place in Riyadh next week

Major investments, Israel-Gaza war, Abraham Accords and tariffs expected to dominate agenda

May 09, 2025
Ameirah Al Hefeiti (C), Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Agent of the United Arab Emirates speaks to media after the ruling in Sudan's genocide case against United Arab Emirates, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, The Netherlands, 05 May 2025. Sudan has accused UAE of being complicit in the genocide of the Masalit population by backing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The ICJ dismissed the Sudan genocide case against UAE. EPA / LEX VAN LIESHOUT
UAE welcomes ICJ ruling to dismiss Sudan case

Emirati official says move by UN’s top court proves case was 'utterly baseless'

May 05, 2025
Ameirah AlHefeiti, the UAE's ambassador to the Netherlands. Antonie Robertson / The National
World must not allow Sudan to spiral further into chaos, says UAE diplomat

UAE ambassador calls for warring sides to 'urgently engage in good faith negotiations'

May 05, 2025
Salah Salih, left, widely known as Salah Gosh, and Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan were said to be involved in the plot
UAE foils plot to smuggle weapons to Sudan's army

Officials say scheme involved former intelligence chief Salah Gosh

April 30, 2025

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