Sahar Amer

Sahar Amer is a freelance journalist based in London. She holds a master's degree in Human Rights, Culture & Social Justice from Goldsmiths, University of London and her research interests include technology and digital rights.

WFP app ShareTheMeal shares the joy by helping those hungry

The United Nations World Food Programme’s app, ShareTheMeal, launches festive giving campaign rallying its global community to #ShareTheJoy with hungry people in need.

22 December, 2022

Will the Taliban's vow to protect women in Afghanistan hold?

With the Taliban now claiming rule over Afghanistan and its citizens, grave abuses of the past against women and girls rights threaten to return.

25 August, 2021

Israel's spyware: Tested in Palestine, sold to the world

In-depth: Findings from the Pegasus Project have sent shockwaves worldwide, raising privacy and surveillance concerns in autocratic countries where human rights violations and threats to independent media already prevail.

04 August, 2021

Lebanese diaspora plan global protests to mark Beirut blast

A year after the Beirut blast which devastated the country, protests are due to take place across the world, calling for justice and accountability.

03 August, 2021

What will Twitter's feminine Arabic option mean for MENA

The New Arab spoke with Twitter MENA about the introduction of their new Arabic (feminine) language setting and how the initiative has been received in the region.

13 July, 2021

How Israel is automating the occupation of Palestine

In-depth: Israel is using advances in biometric technology to facilitate its military occupation, with movement restrictions, policing, and surveillance becoming increasingly digitised.

07 July, 2021