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Amr Salahi

Amr Salahi

Amr is a journalist and news editor with The New Arab. He has an M. Sc. In Media, Power, and Public Affairs from Royal Holloway University of London and 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.

 

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

Gaza: Are Village Leagues planned to replace Hamas rule?

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

Syrian refugees and Turkey's xenophobic election campaign

In-depth: Landmark presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey have been marred by a xenophobic discourse against the country's 3.5 million Syrian refugees, with the opposition promising to return them to Syria within two years.

08 May, 2023

Baby born in besieged Syrian refugee camp 'close to death'

Activists in the besieged Rukban refugee camp on the Jordan-Syria border have warned that a baby born with a serious throat defect four weeks ago is in danger of death as the US embassy in Jordan failed to respond to calls to evacuate her.

10 March, 2022

British Arab history: The Moroccan merchants of Manchester

Arabs in the UK series: A look back into British Arab history, we find out more about the Moroccan traders of Manchester who managed to win the respect and appreciation of the wider society in which they lived.

10 December, 2021

The unique tale of Syrian traders in Manchester

Arabs in the UK series: In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Syrian traders created a unique multi-confessional community in Manchester. The New Arab delves deeper into the history of the community to find out more about their story.

10 December, 2021

The Colonel's Stray Dogs: Libya's exiled rebels bark back

Film Review: Libya's revolutions told through familial eyes, the protagonist quickly learns of his exiled father's role as a freedom fighter or 'stray dog' in deposing Gaddafi, and opens up a labyrinth of revolutionary pasts, and futures.

07 July, 2021

Syrian refugee on hunger strike to protest Danish deportation policy

A Syrian refugee in Denmark has entered the eighth day of a hunger strike to protest a new government policy allowing it to place Syrians in prison-like "deportation camps" to pressure them to return to Syria.

25 May, 2021

Ethiopian FM accuses Egypt, Sudan of ‘monopolizing’ Nile

Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister has spoken out against a 1959 treaty between Egypt and Sudan dividing Nile water, accusing the two downstream countries of ‘monopolizing’ the Nile as negotiations stall.

17 April, 2021

Syrian activists: No regrets on tenth anniversary of revolution

In-depth: A decade after Syria's revolution began, activists say that despite the great sadness they feel for their country, they have no regrets about standing up for freedom and dignity.

15 March, 2021

Qaddafi daughter-in-law escapes arrest after running over Syrian policemen

The daughter-in-law of former Libyan dictator Muammar Al-Qaddafi has escaped arrest in Syria after running over and injuring policemen and bystanders while drunk in Damascus.

26 January, 2021