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31/01/2025

48 hours in Amman 🌞🍋

27/09/2024

So, so honoured to have received the Emmy award for Outstanding Emerging Journalist last night. Still can’t quite believe it! I wouldn’t be anywhere near this award without the support of all my amazing colleagues, and of course my teammates on the field.

I’m also super grateful to have been asked to co-host this year’s ceremony, and to have been given a platform to speak about the incredible work of Palestinian journalists in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

So much of my reporting has focused on the Middle East, and on Gaza in particular, so it is difficult to celebrate when there is still so much suffering across the region.

We are incredibly dependent on the tireless and brave work of our Palestinian colleagues on the ground - many of whom have been killed by Israel’s ongoing military onslaught on the besieged enclave - and without them, so much of our reporting would not be possible.

They deserve all the recognition, and all our attention.

25/07/2024

And I was like wow! I'm honored.

20/06/2024

None of our reporting on the war in Gaza would be possible without the brave and tireless work of Palestinian journalists on the ground.

The Committee to Protect Journalists has described this as the “deadliest period for journalists” since the CPJ began gathering data in 1992.

While the Israeli military claims it does not target journalists, the UN Human Rights Council says it has noted “disturbing reports” of attacks against media workers despite being clearly identifiable in jackets, helmets and vehicles marked “press” - seemingly indicating a “deliberate strategy” by Israeli forces to obstruct and silence critical reporting.

All the while, through ongoing airstrikes and a deepening humanitarian catastrophe, Palestinian journalists continue to do their vital work.

Thank you to for moderating such an interesting discussion on the struggle for objectivity and compassion in reporting on the Middle East.

14/06/2024

Always a pleasure to join the newlinesmagazine team - this time discussing the language of conflict. Extra lucky to get to sit alongside the amazing and John Davison on the panel.

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06/06/2024

“The odour of blood in the hospital’s emergency room was unbearable... bodies were being brought in plastic bags.” This is the picture painted by following Israel’s deadly strike on Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza.

Over the last few weeks, thousands of displaced civilians have returned to central Gaza, fearing an intensification of Israel’s bombardment of the south - where more than a million people had sought refuge. But over the last 48 hours, the Israeli military has carried out a series of strikes on both Deir Al-Balah and the Nuseirat refugee camp.

The Israeli military claims it targeted Hamas militants and infrastructure in both instances. But these are areas were thousands of civilians were known to be sheltering. In Nuseirat, Israel’s strikes directly targeted a UN-run school, where approximately 7,000 displaced people were sheltering. Thousands more are sheltering on the school’s grounds.

The videos we have received from our colleagues on the ground are, as always, deeply distressing. So many children were among those killed. Dozens more have sustained serious injuries.

For those who survive the daily military onslaught, the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe also poses a constant threat. Mountains of waste piled high, toxic fumes, raw sewage contaminating Gaza’s heavily restricted water supply, and a desperate shortage in both food and medicine.

More than a million people in Gaza are facing acute levels of hunger, with independent experts now warning that famine may already be underway in the north.

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With and .m1 on the ground in Gaza, , , and Tom Nicholson

20/05/2024

Not often I’m on the other side of the questions, but great to speak to for about my experiences as a British-Arab Journalist.

11/05/2024

Such a pleasure to speak at the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival with the wonderful , discussing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Thank you to everyone who came to the live taping, and for all the interesting conversations!

19/04/2024

A Palestinian Woman Embraces the Body of Her Niece’ by Mohammed Salem mohammedsalem85 reuters, is the World Press Photo of the Year.

This image shows Inas Abu Maamar (36) cradling the body of her niece Saly (5) who was killed, along with four other family members, when an Israeli missile struck their home, in Khan Younis, Gaza, 17 October 2023.

The photographer describes this photo, taken just days after his wife gave birth, as a “powerful and sad moment that sums up the broader sense of what was happening in the Gaza Strip.” He found Inas squatting on the ground, embracing the child, at the Nasser Hospital morgue, where residents were going to search for missing relatives. Inas had raced to the family home when she heard that it had been hit, and then on to the morgue.

At the outset of the Israel-Hamas war, Israel instructed Gazans to evacuate to the south for their safety. Yet, according to reports from and aljazeera, Israeli airstrikes heavily bombarded Khan Younis in southern Gaza from mid-October. Many of those killed were families who had left Gaza City days earlier. By the end of 2023, Palestinian women and children accounted for more than two-thirds of the death toll in Gaza, according to .

The jury was deeply moved by how this image evokes an emotional reflection in every viewer. Composed with care and respect, it offers at once a metaphorical and literal glimpse into unimaginable loss. Set in a geographically distant medical setting, it resonates globally, urging us to confront our desensitization to the consequences of human conflict.

The image is multi-layered, representing the loss of a child, the struggle of the Palestinian people, and the 33,000 people killed in Palestine. The jury recognized that this photographer was awarded for the same subject nearly a decade ago, underscoring the continued struggle for recognition of such a pressing issue.

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The annual World Press Photo Contest recognizes the best photojournalism and documentary photography produced over the last year. Discover the awarded works via the link in the bio.

17/04/2024

Our latest Gender Alert reveals the tragic toll of the six-month war in : 10,000 women lost, including 6,000 mothers, leaving 19,000 children orphaned.

More than one million women and girls in Gaza lack access to safe water, leading to growing disease amidst inhumane living conditions.

This report underscores the URGENT need for immediate humanitarian aid to all of Gaza and a ceasefire.

16/04/2024

More than 150 people were arrested or taken into custody across the US as pro-Palestinian protesters blocked roads and one of the country’s most famous bridges.

In places from San Francisco and Seattle to Chicago and the East Coast cities of Miami and New York, demonstrators disrupted traffic – including during rush hour – and blocked travelers from getting to major airports to protest the US supporting Israel in the war in Gaza.

Dozens of protesters blocked rush hour traffic on the iconic Golden Gate Bridge.
“It was an orchestrated event that they put forth,” California Highway Patrol Chief Don Goodbrand said. “They blocked three separate locations on freeways. They prevented law enforcement, paramedics, ambulances from getting to their points

📸: Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard/USA Today/Brontë Wittpenn/San Francisco Chronicle/AP/Spencer Platt/Getty Images/Carl Juste/Miami Herald/AP

09/04/2024

Wild. Very grateful to have made the list for media this year 🙏🏼

27/03/2024

“Stay in the hospital. Anyone who leaves will be shot.” This is the warning being issued over loudspeaker by the Israeli military to civilians inside Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital.

For more than four days now, Israeli soldiers have encircled the medical complex, where some 3,000 people are believed to have been sheltering - including hundreds of patients and medical staff.

Earlier in the week, footage from central Gaza showed families running in terror after a deafening missile strike near the hospital. Eyewitnesses told CNN that the Israeli military had razed and bombed homes in the surrounding area, leaving countless civilians wounded, or killed.

The hospital itself remains under siege. Palestinians in the area tell us that the sound of shelling and live fire is almost constant.

Getting information from within the hospital is increasingly difficult, but several Palestinians who were able to flee have shared harrowing accounts of what they experienced - including interrogations, killings and torture.

Our colleagues on the ground came across two young boys who fled Al-Shifa on Monday. Making their towards southern Gaza - in their underwear and barefoot - they said they were just thankful to have escaped with their lives. They say they were met with Israeli tanks, forced into an open square and ordered to undress, before they were interrogated.

Many other men around them, they say, were killed.

The Israeli military has described its raid on Al-Shifa as “precise” - targeting, they say, Hamas militants around the hospital complex. Hamas’ military wing has also acknowledged that its fighters have been engaged in what they have described as “fierce clashes” in the area surrounding the hospital.

But there are hundreds of civilians caught in the midst of yet another deadly siege on Gaza’s largest healthcare facility. The Israeli military has maintained that no harm has been inflicted on civilians or medical staff. But testimonies from Palestinians inside Al-Shifa tell a very different story.

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With , , and Bea Grimalt.

11/03/2024

This is one of the first - if not thee first - humanitarian missions preparing to transport aid to Gaza via sea.

Gaza has been under an air, land and sea blockade imposed by Israel since 2007, and whatever port infrastructure existed on Gaza’s coast has now been largely destroyed in the war.

But with land crossings for aid convoys still restricted by Israeli authorities and protesters (and air drops riddled with safety issues), the new maritime corridor from Cyprus to Gaza will provide a vital lifeline for Palestinians now facing a potential famine.

As we saw firsthand, there are many logistical challenges ahead, and it’s unclear how quickly this mission will be able to reach Gaza. Israel says it will coordinate with international allies on this effort, but Israel’s leaders have also been accused by UN experts of “intentionally starving” the Palestinian people in Gaza.

According to the UN, some 40% of their aid convoys trying to access Gaza were either denied or obstructed by Israel in February.

With half a million Palestinians now facing the imminent risk of starvation - and many now dying as a result of malnutrition - there is growing pressure on world leaders to accelerate the amount of food reaching the Palestinian people in Gaza.

23/01/2024

A busy start to 2024, from Al-Arish to Beirut...

22/01/2024

The📍 is experiencing the longest communications shutdown since the war began.

People are cut off from loved ones and the rest of the world, increasing the feeling of isolation.

It also impedes humanitarian response and restricts access to lifesaving information.

29/11/2023

Bittersweet to have had the opportunity to spend several weeks in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank... the subject of many dinner table discussions growing up, the focus of hours and hours in the library as a student, and the home of many dear friends whose parents or grandparents were forced to live in exile.
I wish it had been under better circumstances, but I am so grateful to have had the chance to hear from so many brave, resilient and inspiring people from the Palestinian community who, despite everything, trusted our team with their stories.

28/11/2023

Ahead of the fifth day of an Israel-Hamas truce, Israel has freed 150 Palestinian detainees, and Hamas has released 69 hostages. Of all the Palestinian prisoners released so far, 98 were detained without charge. 119 of the freed prisoners were children and the remaining 31 were women.
At the start of October, more than 1,200 Palestinians were being held in administrative detention, the highest figure in more than three decades, according to Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups.

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