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.

For Sama: An astonishing tale of love and horror

With her new film, For Sama, 26-year-old Syrian director Waad al-Kateab tells a truly unique story of joy, love, and hope amid the unspeakable horrors of war.

12 September, 2019

Gaddafi and Libya today: A tyrant's unique legacy

Fifty years after his coup against King Idris I of Libya, Gaddafi’s legacy, his erratic theories, and his destruction of the Libyan state institutions still haunt Libya.

05 September, 2019

Human rights group documents forced disappearance of 98,000 Syrians

The Syrian Network for Human Rights has reported that more than 98,000 Syrians have been forcibly disappeared since the Syrian conflict broke out in 2011.

04 September, 2019

Tulsi loves Assad: Syria and the 2020 US elections

Syria is no longer a major news story in the US, but one Democratic Party presidential hopeful’s record on Syria may come back to haunt her.

22 August, 2019

Refugees flee to Greece after clampdown in Turkey

A monitoring organisation has reported a dramatic rise in the number of people arriving by boat in Greece, as refugees in Turkey face growing racism and the threat of deportation.

08 August, 2019

No Food Until Crimes End: Syrians on hunger strike

Global Syrian activists and their supporters, frustrated by the international community's silence over the fierce regime assault on Idlib, are taking part in an open-ended hunger strike.

19 July, 2019

Egypt's history of erasing presidents from Naguib to Morsi

In-depth: After Morsi's death last month, Egyptian media has tried to minimise his legacy and erase his memory – but he's not the first Egyptian president to suffer this treatment.

03 July, 2019

The 1967 war and today's Middle East

In-depth: The 1967 Arab-Israeli war ended 52 years ago but still continues to shape the Arab world; forcing the Palestinians and the Arab states to reduce their goals vis-a-vis Israel.

12 June, 2019

How real is the outrage after Houthis 'attack Mecca'?

There was outrage on Twitter after two missiles were reportedly shot down near Mecca, but previous Saudi government use of social media suggests that not everything is as it seems.

22 May, 2019

Founder of Algeria's Islamic Salvation Front dies in Qatar

Abbasi Madani, an uncompromising Islamist, led the Islamic Salvation Front to victory in free elections in the early 1990s, before these were annulled by the Algerian military

25 April, 2019