Aisha Aldris

Aisha is a London-based BJTC accredited journalist with a Broadcast Journalism Masters from City University, London. She writes news, feature and in-depth pieces with a focus on social and humanitarian issues alongside culture and the arts.

Areas of focus: social justice, human rights, arts, culture, Arab diaspora, refugee crisis, Muslim news, Syria.

White Helmets celebrate seven year anniversary in Idlib

On the seventh anniversary of their founding, the group paid tribute to 292 volunteers who died as a result of direct targeting or strikes by Syrian regime and Russian forces.

26 October, 2021

Amir Al-Muarri: Translating Syrian trauma into rap music

The New Arab Meets: Exiled Syrian rapper, Amir Al-Muarri, to talk war trauma, censorship and musical political resistance following his latest record release.

15 October, 2021

52% of cluster bomb casualties worldwide recorded in Syria

The Syrian Network for Human Rights says this is because of a 'weak mechanism of accountability' for such crimes.

23 September, 2021

A window into 'worrying' social protection in the Arab world

In-depth: The Arab region falls 6.9% below the global average in the percentage of individuals covered by at least one social protection benefit, and by 8% in government spending on social protection - NGO's are calling for action now.

21 September, 2021

Syria's revolution through the lens of the diaspora

In-depth: The Syrian diaspora has carried a heavy emotional and financial burden as they watched their homeland collapse, but many are now dedicating their lives to helping Syrian communities worldwide.

15 March, 2021