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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. She oversees coverage of Arab and Gulf affairs, with a focus on regional geopolitics and diplomacy. 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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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'

MENAMay 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

UAEApril 30, 2025
Displaced people ride an animal-drawn cart, following attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on Zamzam displacement camp, in North Darfur. Reuters
UN accuses Sudan’s warring parties of atrocities against civilians

UAE official says report debunks Sudan army's false accusations against the Emirates

MENAApril 29, 2025
US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Trump renewed criticism of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as he championed his economic policies and tariff regime during a Tuesday event to mark his 100th day in office. Photographer: Yuri Gripas / Abaca / Bloomberg
Special reportTrump's first 100 days: America first and a new era for the world

From radical foreign policy shifts to tariff wars, the start of the US president's second term has shattered the norms of governing

USApril 28, 2025
David McAllister, chairman of the European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee. Photo: European Parliament
InterviewEU says carefully observing US-Iran nuclear talks

The National speaks to the EU's David McAllister after the announcement of free trade talks with the UAE

MENAApril 25, 2025
A bank customer holds a placard reading 'The new president's priority must be depositors' savings' during a demonstration in downtown Beirut. EPA
Lebanon's bank customers won't see the $93 billion they're owed 'any time soon'

Customer funds remain frozen with lenders after the country’s economy collapsed in 2019

BusinessApril 16, 2025
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim receives Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the Royal Palace in Doha. AFP
Qatar renews support for Lebanon's army after leaders meet in Doha

President Joseph Aoun's visit follows a second Qatari fuel shipment to Lebanon this year

MENAApril 16, 2025
Abdalla AlNaqbi, director of the Office of International Legal Affairs at the UAE Presidential Court, and Reem Ketait, deputy assistant minister for political affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, right, at the hearing in The Hague. Antonie Robertson / The National
UAE urges accountability for both Sudanese warring parties

Emirati officials reject ‘baseless’ allegations made by Sudanese Armed Forces

UAEApril 10, 2025
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, hosts Oman's Sultan Haitham, middle, in Tehran in May 2023. With them is then-president Ebrahim Raisi. Wana
Oman steps in again to mediate between US and Iran

Muscat has brokered talks and deals with Washington and Tehran before

MENAApril 08, 2025
The sun sets behind electricity pylons in Kuwait City. AFP
ExplainerWhy Kuwait is implementing temporary power cuts

Reforms needed to accelerate renewable energy capacity expansion and upgrade grid infrastructure

MENAApril 05, 2025
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun, right, speaks with US deputy special envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus on Saturday. AFP
US special envoy visits Lebanon to press for Hezbollah disarmament

Morgan Ortagus and President Joseph Aoun hold 'private' meeting as Washington presses for timetable for Hezbollah’s disarmament

MENAApril 05, 2025
Participants display cartoon cut-outs depicting US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a rally marking Al Quds Day in Tehran. EPA
AnalysisUS and Iran walk a fine line between leverage and war

Each side is believed to be manoeuvring to strengthen negotiating positions despite risk posed by growing tension

MENAApril 03, 2025
A protester outside a Bank Audi branch in Beirut in 2023. Lebanese have been gripped by poverty after plunging into a financial crisis in 2019. AP Photo
First permanent Lebanese central bank chief appointed since Salameh

Souaid will play a pivotal role in restoring international confidence in Lebanon's financial system

MENAMarch 27, 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he meets with Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. AFP
AnalysisSignal leak reveals Trump administration’s strategic thinking

Leaked conversation provides a rare, unfiltered look at current US foreign policy

USMarch 25, 2025
A man inspects a site in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, after it was targeted in an Israeli air strike. EPA
ExclusiveIsrael builds pressure on Lebanon through truce violations

House speaker warns Israel is trying to lure country into normalisation

MENAMarch 24, 2025
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