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Yazan al-Saadi

Yazan is the international desk editor for The New Arab. He is a writer, researcher, critic, and comic zealot and has been published and/or cited on various platforms such as The Nib, Jadaliyya, Al-Jumhuriya, The New Arab, Al-Hudood, Al-Akhbar English, Linus, The Public Source, and more. He is based in the alluring city of Beirut; he has seen too many airports and often dreams of electric sheep.

Areas of focus: West Asian region, pop culture, politics

Follow him on twitter: @LSadeye

Lebanon a year on: Ceasefire with Israel is war by another name

A year since the so-called Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, Yazan al-Saadi reflects on the grinding uncertainty of living through a conflict that never ended.

27 November, 2025

Why did Gaza genocide not spur a global crisis of consciousness?

After two years of genocide in Gaza, Israel’s ongoing crimes expose how colonial violence endures—and how the world keeps failing to stop history repeating.

27 October, 2025

Dear Tom Barrack: Better an animal than a war criminal

When US envoy Tom Barrack lashed out at Beirut journalists, he echoed the racist Western arrogance Arabs in the media have long faced, writes Yazan al-Saadi.

29 August, 2025

Would James Gunn's Superman try to stop Israel genocide in Gaza?

Through parallels with Gaza & Trump's reign, this summer's reboot of Superman reminds us that film can both reflect & shape reality, writes Yazan al-Saadi.

14 July, 2025

How Marvel's Sabra 'heroine' reveals Zionism's kryptonite

Yazan Al-Saadi explains how Marvel’s Israeli superhero ‘Sabra’, whose debut in the next Captain America has caused uproar, reflects the deep tensions within the Zionist project.

14 September, 2022

MSF has a flaw its white saviours can't solve

Comment: The functioning of MSF and other humanitarian organisations is inherently racist. Whether or not it can shed its colonial attitudes will define this watershed moment, writes Yazan Al-Saadi.

29 July, 2020