Amelia Smith
Middle East Monitor
United Kingdom
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Tunisia's wave of racist attacks: 'I'm afraid. I can just disappear'
One student in Tunis fears most for his female colleagues; a story is circulating that Tunisian men pretending to be police are approaching sub-Saharan African women, luring them away and then raping ... → Read More
Ahmed Taibaoui: 'I tried to give a voice to those who live on the margins in Algeria'
Algerian novelist and professor Ahmed Taibaoui on existentialism, plotting a novel and what it's like to win the Naguib Mahfouz prize for literature. ... → Read More
Survivors in NW Syria: 'I watched my house collapse and kill my entire family'
[caption id='attachment_617036' align='aligncenter' width='933'] Umm Ali stands in her kitchen, which was destroyed by the 6 February 2023 earthquakes [Photo by Asaad Al Assad][/caption]Marwa, 12, and... → Read More
Jindires, NW Syria: 'We can't even find tents to shelter us'
This is how survivors of the deadly earthquakes which hit large parts of southern Turkiye and northern Syria are describing their hometown of Jindires in the Aleppo Governorate in northwest Syria.... → Read More
In the Middle East and North Africa, corruption and violence fuel each other
In December 2010 Mohamed Bouazizi grew so frustrated with inequality and corruption in the Tunisian government that he set himself on fire in the town of Sidi Bouzid, 100 miles south of the capital Tu... → Read More
Egypt: Juhayna's shares jump but businessmen remain in prison
On Sunday, the shares of Juhayna Food Industries jumped by 9.95 per cent, hours after its founder and former CEO and his son were released from prison after spending two years in pretrial detention. ... → Read More
Gaza's cancer patients: 'I hope nobody ever has to go to Egypt for treatment'
'August, September, October, November.' Ghafra Faraj is recalling how many times she applied to the Israeli authorities for a permit so she could leave Gaza and travel to East Jerusalem to access ... → Read More
'Equality Now' calls on MENA governments to urgently review sex discriminatory laws
The women's rights NGO, Equality Now, has released a policy brief to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on how inadequate justice for women and girls, and a lack of... → Read More
UK, France argue over who should rescue sinking vessel as 27 drown in English Channel
Call logs released by France have revealed that French and British authorities ignored calls for help several times when a boat carrying asylum seekers ran into difficulty whilst crossing the English ... → Read More
Egypt: Cop27 becomes 'Free Alaa Summit' as pressure builds to release British hunger striker
Pressure is building on the Egyptian government to release British-Egyptian activist, Alaa Abdelfattah as he reaches day four of a thirst strike. At the beginning of this week, Alaa stopped drinkin... → Read More
As COP27 approaches, Egypt is concealing rights abuses and environmental issues in Sinai
Imagine being at home with your family and five children. Cooking, watching TV, helping the kids with their homework. Then imagine Egyptian security forces breaking into your house, arresting your hus... → Read More
'The climate crisis is a human rights crisis worldwide'
In November, heads of state, ministers, journalists and activists will gather in Egypt's Red Sea Resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh for the UN climate change summit, COP27. There has been widespread con... → Read More
Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies
It's Christmas Eve in London and Heba Hayek's narrator is looking to bake something that reminds her of home. She settles for basbousa, a coconut yoghurt semolina cake, which translates as ‘litt... → Read More
Third femicide in Egypt in 3 months after young woman says 'no' to marriage proposal
A young woman has been murdered in Egypt after turning down a marriage proposal from a 29-year-old man ... → Read More
Ibrahim Al-Koni: 'Homeland does not take on the meaning of 'homeland' until we have been exiled from it'
It is the seventh century CE and the Ummayad forces are advancing across North Africa. Their rapid expansion is fuelled by treasures and riches, their dynasty defined by opulence and debauchery. &n... → Read More
In Turkiye, the halal hotel market is booming
'For women, swimming in a burkini isn't easy,' Hilal Uysal tells us. 'Women don't feel comfortable because they look different. Also, it's important to swim without one for health reasons ... → Read More
460 rights groups call on Macron to stop French energy giant paying Myanmar $250m
In an open letter to the French government 459 civil society organisations have urged President Emmanuel Macron to stop the French oil giant Total Energies paying millions of dollars to Myanmar's mi... → Read More
Fears rise for exiled dissidents as deportations to Egypt from allies across the region increase
Over the weekend Sudanese authorities handed over 21 government dissidents to the Egyptian authorities, accusing them of taking part in a terror act in the Jabra neighbourhood of Khartoum. Their de... → Read More
Outcry as appeal court refuses to stop Home Office flight carrying asylum seekers from UK to Rwanda
An appeal court judge has refused to stop a Home Office flight carrying asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda from leaving this evening. Yesterday, the Court of Appeal in London threw out last minut... → Read More
Egypt asks Interpol to issue Red Notices to 4 Egyptian journalists in Turkiye
A court in Egypt has asked Interpol to issue Red Notices to four Egyptian journalists working in Turkiye and hand them over to Egyptian authorities. Interpol's Red Notice system allows member sta... → Read More