Nada Ramadan

Ramadan

Nada is a staff translator and writer at al-Araby al-Jadeed English. After obtaining her MA in Applied Translation Studies from the University of Leeds, UK, she works mainly in translation, with experience in New York, London, Doha, and Cairo.

Prison poke: Three years' jail for Facebook UAE 'insult'

Palestinian Facebooker also slapped with a $13,600 fine for "insulting the UAE" by a court in Abu Dhabi.

12 January, 2016

Qatar bans transgender biopic 'The Danish Girl'

Censors and moviegoers argued the film about transgender pioneer Lili Elbe went against the country's religious and local cultural norms.

12 January, 2016

Turkey releases Egyptians accused of attempting to join IS

An Egyptian family of 12 has been released by Turkish authorities after allegedly attempting to cross the border in order to join the Islamic State group in Syria.

12 January, 2016

Morocco's teacher protests trigger political crisis after government violence

Morocco's government has violently dispersed hundreds of teacher trainees protesting against two controversial government decrees in the past few days has sparked outrage and drawn local and international condemnations.

11 January, 2016

Egyptian MPs meet for first time in four years

Egyptian MPs took their oaths on Sunday, in the first parliamentary session since former President Mohammed Morsi was overthrown in 2013's military coup.

10 January, 2016

Two men who took selfie near Dubai fire released

UAE police has released two young men who were detained last week after posting a 'selfie' outside Dubai's The Address hotel as it blazed on New Year's Eve.

09 January, 2016

Media gag on Egypt-Russia nuclear project

A sudden and ambiguous gag order on the details of the Russia-Egypt nuclear power project in Dabaa has sparked controversy and opposition by many people, including government officials.

23 December, 2015

America's selectivity on refugee resettlement

Feature: Humans of New York founder, Brandon Stanton, argues that the refugee resettlement programme in the United States is unjustly selective against refugees.

20 December, 2015

Egypt blames European consultancy firms for Nile dam delays

Cairo has blamed consultancy firms for the failure to of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to reach an agreement on sharing Nile waters after Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam project is completed.

17 December, 2015

'I killed a girl': FGM undeterred by manslaughter conviction

Human rights organisations are calling for action and law enforcement as Female Genital Mutilation continues to be a common practice in Egypt despite being outlawed in 2008.

14 December, 2015