Anam Alam

Anam Alam

Alam

Anam Alam joined The New Arab in 2024 after freelancing post-university, having written for outlets such as Thred Media and SCREENSHOT. She has interviewed several high-profile individuals, including Alana Hadid, Leanne Mohamad, Humza Yousaf and Jeremy Corbyn and has covered the biggest topics in the Middle East. With a focus on Britain’s perspective on the Gaza War, Anam also frequently writes about human rights and social issues, including women's rights and sex education.

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The image of a football game amid the ruins of destroyed buildings was taken down for fear of "controversy" or offending anyone.

25 August, 2026

After almost fifty years, Syria was taken off the United States' list of countries that sponsor terrorism in a move hailed as opening a new chapter.

25 August, 2026

Pakistan has strengthened rape laws, but a 0.5% conviction rate shows how delays, weak enforcement and systemic failures still deny survivors justice

21 August, 2026

Israeli settler arson attacks intensify across the West Bank, as Palestinians fear Israel is seeking a pretext for a Gaza-style assault.

20 August, 2026

A UK jury was discharged after failing to reach verdicts on eight pro-Palestine activists charged over an action targeting Israeli arms firm Elbit.

19 August, 2026

Israeli forces rounded up Palestinians in Qabatiya and marked them with numbers, in a practice rights advocates condemned as humiliating.

19 August, 2026

As Israeli forces continue to prevent medical aid from entering the Gaza Strip, doctors are forced to perform surgeries on children without anaesthesia.

19 August, 2026

The pro-Palestine group were denied entry to Germany in June and subsequently deported without any explanation given.

01 August, 2026

Palestinian rights groups are warning of a growing pattern of medical neglect in Israeli detention, with the cases of two young Palestinians heightening concern

31 July, 2026

Research by Amnesty International found that India sent over 2,500 weapons shipments to Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza genocide two years ago.

30 July, 2026