The New Arab Staff

Sofia Aboudari

Aboudari

Sofia is a UK-based journalist with a Post-Graduate Diploma in Multimedia Journalism from Manchester Metropolitan University and a Master's Degree in International Relations from Brunei University London. She started her career as a trainee reporter at the BBC’s Arabic-language service.

 

Areas of focus: The Maghreb, pop culture, minority issues

The Game Over Israel campaign group is calling on UEFA's president, Aleksander Ceferin to suspend Israeli players and teams from competing internationally.

12 November, 2025

Clare Azzougarh has accused Israel of acting like a rogue state over its treatment of the Sumud flotilla detainees, including her father, Malcolm Ducker.

05 October, 2025

Rukhsana Ismail, recently nominated as mayor of Rotherham, has been the victim of an online campaign propagated by far-right leaning accounts on X.

26 May, 2025

Eid al-Fitr might not occur on Saturday, despite Saudi and Egyptian announcements, as a UK moon-sighting group says the moon will be invisible on the day.

28 March, 2025

Some 45,000 volunteers, including many Moroccans, arrived in Spain's Valencia to help with clean-up operations and food distribution after the floods.

15 November, 2024

Muslim community leaders in the UK have expressed their distress and shock at a incident, where a South Asian man was beaten and kicked by a police officer.

25 July, 2024

Renowned surgeon Ghassan Abu Sitta has urged British Muslims not to vote for politicians from Labour or any other party who voted against a ceasefire in Gaza.

02 February, 2024

Bukayo Saka has been lauded for his generosity towards Moroccan earthquake victims, while Mo Salah continues to face scrutiny due to his quiet over Gaza.

22 December, 2023

In what might have seemed impossible even this time last year, the Saudi Pro League has managed to bag some of the greatest footballers of a generation.

18 August, 2023

This week saw Morocco's Atlas Lionesses knocked out of the FIFA Women's World Cup, and a new season of the now star-studded Saudi Pro League get underway.

12 August, 2023