Amr Salahi

Amr Salahi

Amr Salahi

Amr Salahi is a senior journalist and news editor with The New Arab. He has an MSc. in Media, Power, and Public Affairs from Royal Holloway University of London. Amr has many years of experience in media, translation and research, having previously worked with the BBC, ITV News, Al-Hiwar TV, and Iraq Body Count.

 

Follow him on X: @Amr_Salahi

 

Areas of focus: Syrian, Egyptian, and Libyan politics and the modern history of the Middle East.

A UK judge has accused the pro-Israel group Campaign Against Antisemitism of bringing an "abusive" and "misleading" case against comedian Reginald Hunter

24 December, 2025

Ms Rachel branded 'Antisemite of the year,' while Nas Daily is platformed, shows how Western media punishes empathy for Palestinians & normalises their erasure.

12 December, 2025

A year on from the fall of Bashar al-Assad, The New Arab tracks the key moments of the Syrian Revolution from March 2011 to December 2024.

08 December, 2025

Starmer said without evidence that student protesters wanted to "murder Jews" amid small scale events due to be held on October 7

07 October, 2025

Syria's stalled democratic transition, along with al-Sharaa's lacklustre rule, is best understood against the tragedies of the Arab Spring, says Amr Salahi.

11 April, 2025

Israel killed up to seven people in the Syrian town of Koya this week. A Hezbollah-linked group says it was involved but this is disputed by local people.

27 March, 2025

Syrians, finally liberated from the shackles of Assad's regime, savour the taste of freedom long denied. Yet the spectre of old foes looms, says Amr Salahi.

16 December, 2024

Arab and Muslim voters in Michigan are angry with Kamala Harris, with many backing left-wing candidate Jill Stein instead, and this could cost Harris the state.

05 November, 2024

An image has emerged of Israeli soldiers dressing up in the abayas of displaced or dead Gazan women as they celebrate a Jewish holiday

30 April, 2024

Israel is proposing that 'influential clans' take control of Gaza after the war but it previously tried – and failed – to impose the same thing in the West Bank

06 March, 2024