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Sophia Akram

Akram

Akram is a researcher and communications professional with a special interest in human rights particularly across the Middle East and Asia.

Comment: There is no way of knowing the number of dead from Yemen's civil war, but it is likely to be much higher than official estimates, writes Sophia Akram.

29 December, 2017

Comment: Boris Johnson just ran out of free passes, he has zero use and is a potential menace to the Middle East, writes Sophia Akram.

07 November, 2017

Comment: A government report released this week pinpointed the counter-extremism Prevent programme as one of the main factors holding Muslims back, writes Sophia Akram.

06 July, 2017

Comment: Cutting of food supplies is becoming strategic line of attack in Yemen's ongoing civil war, with potentially disastrous consequences for civilians, writes Sophia Akram.

26 April, 2017

Interview: Raha Moharrak, the first Saudi woman to climb Everest, speaks to The New Arab about her work to smash stereotypes, and to advance women's rights through sport.

06 April, 2017

Comment: Did Trump just kill off the two-state solution? The time has come for a single-state, with equal rights for all, before Israel creates one without Palestinians, writes Sophia Akram.

17 February, 2017

Comment: Yemenis are starving in an aggressive war that shows no signs of resolve, but the UK continues to whitewash its weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, writes Sophia Akram.

26 January, 2017

Comment: Within a week of Trump's election, expansionist efforts in Israel were already being ramped up to legalise unauthorised settlements, writes Sophia Akram

01 December, 2016

Comment: Europe has completely mismanaged its relative 'migration crisis', and created an actual crisis in its wake, writes Sophia Akram

11 November, 2016

Comment: When discussion and dialogue are driven underground, 'extremist' rhetoric will simply remain unchallenged, argues Sophia Akram.

31 October, 2016