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Amelia Smith seen at Middle East Monitor's 'Jerusalem: Legalising the Occupation' conference in London, UK on 3 March, 2018 [Jehan Alfarra/Middle East Monitor]

Amelia Smith

Amelia Smith is a writer and journalist based in London who has reported from across the Middle East and North Africa. In 2016 Amelia was a finalist at the Write Stuff writing competition at the London Book Fair. Her first book, "The Arab Spring Five Years On", was published in 2016 and brings together a collection of authors who analyse the protests and their aftermath half a decade after they flared in the region.

March 29, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Destroying artefacts in the Middle East and wiping out thousands of years of history

During Egypt's 2011 revolution, protestors joined hands and forged a human chain outside the Egyptian museum to protect the ancient artefacts inside. But looters taking advantage of the collapsed...

Published in: Africa, Article, Egypt, Middle East, Syria
March 24, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Al-Assad: learning lessons from Serbia's Milosevic

This week the most conclusive evidence of Syria's brutal regime was smuggled out of the country, into the hands of leading international lawyers and released to the public; photographs...

Published in: Article, Middle East, Syria
March 3, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Saudi Arabia's new laws curb challenges at home and abroad

In January the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, told the BBC that sanctions on Iran should be lifted, a sentiment welcomed by Oman but opposed by...

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Politics
March 1, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: rebuilding Iraqi literature

Seven years ago Iraq's writers would gather in Al-Mutannabi Street, the literary district in Baghdad, sip coffee and consider the latest publications. Named after the classical 10th-century poet, the...

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Culture
March 1, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Egypt excluded from the US-Africa summit

The military-backed regime in Cairo has not been invited to a summit of African leaders set to take place in Washington this August because Egypt's membership in the African...

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Politics
January 30, 2014

The Muslim Brotherhood convenes London Press conference

Yesterday Egypt saw its third bloody massacre in the six weeks since their democratically elected President Mohammed Morsi was removed from power by a military coup. A press conference...

Published in: Europe & Russia, News
January 28, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Support for protestors in Kiev or Cairo depends on what their government has to offer you

For the last two weeks Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine has been the stronghold of anti-government protests; thousands have gathered in temperatures as low as minus fifteen to express...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia
January 28, 2014 | Amelia Smith

A long and unpredictable relationship: South Africa's ties to Israel

South Africa has announced that it will label products made in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories as "made in occupied Palestine" rather than "made in Israel". It...

Published in: Africa, Article
January 27, 2014 | Amelia Smith

An old enemy, a new dictator

In Egypt, General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of the Egyptian armed forces is now the most powerful man in the land. While Hitler and Mussolini were invited, or voted into...

Published in: Africa, Article
January 27, 2014 | Amelia Smith

A rough ride for Egypt's economy

Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece are enjoying a healthy flow of tourists, thanks to turmoil in the Middle East which has driven holidaymakers away from the Red Sea resorts...

Published in: Africa, Article
January 27, 2014 | Amelia Smith

The systematic arrest of journalists in Egypt, and a trade treat for Canada

On Sunday, the world learnt that the detention of Tarek Loubani and John Greyson had been extended by 45 days. The Canadian doctor and filmmaker have been held without...

Published in: Africa, Article
January 27, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Egypt's Kung Fu champion evokes memories of the 1968 black power salute

Wearing a yellow t-shirt with the familiar Rabaa salute, Egyptian Kung Fu champion Mohammed Youssef stepped up to receive his gold medal at the World Championship in Russia this...

Published in: Africa, Article
January 27, 2014 | Amelia Smith

A constitution for all Egyptians, except the opposition

A new banner advertising a 'constitution for all Egyptians' depicts an unlikely looking collection of people. Standing in a line, from right to left, is a soldier, a man...

Published in: Africa, Article
January 27, 2014 | Amelia Smith

US aid to Egypt will sanction military-backed regime

Last week, after an evening pasting 'No to the Constitution' posters to walls in Cairo's downtown Garden City, three volunteers from the Strong Egypt party headed to take a...

Published in: Africa, Article
January 25, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Egypt's new role in the future of Palestine

Recently, millions of Egyptians crowded round TV sets in Cairo to watch two presidential candidates debate their country's future. For citizens more used to having a political system imposed...

Published in: Article, Middle East
January 25, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Israel and the theory of the Other

In 1896 Theodor Herzl wrote "The Jewish State", a book that was to change the lives of Palestinians forever. Believing that Jews would always be subject to anti-Semitism whilst...

Published in: Article, Middle East
January 25, 2014 | Amelia Smith

What would a Muslim Brotherhood victory mean for Israel and Palestine?

A 200km barricade being built along the Egypt-Israel border, originally designed to deter illegal immigrants and smugglers from entering Israel, has this week taken on a new significance. In...

Published in: Article, Middle East
January 25, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Reconciling identity with military service: Israel's factions

On a warm summer evening in Jerusalem, hundreds of young soldiers gather in the plaza facing the Wailing Wall. They could be teenagers anywhere in the world only they...

Published in: Article, Middle East
January 25, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Poll confirms what we already know - Israel is an apartheid state

Do Israeli citizens really want an end to the Palestine-Israel conflict that has beset the Middle East for so many years? The findings of a poll conducted by Dialog...

Published in: Article, Middle East
January 25, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Israel's claim to be fighting terrorism now rings hollow

As the conflict in the Gaza Strip reaches its eighth day, there is no tangible evidence to suggest a truce is imminent. The Israeli military has dropped leaflets over...

Published in: Article, Middle East
January 24, 2014 | Amelia Smith

As the violence in Syria continues, increasing numbers of academics seek refuge in the UK

"Assad or we burn the country" said the Syrian dictator from the outset of the revolution. A grim promise made in 2011 that if the demonstrations didn't stop he...

Published in: Article, Middle East
January 24, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Women's racing team in Ramallah shows that there's more to Palestine than the Occupation

An all women's motor racing team is not the first subject that springs to mind when imagining a new documentary to come out of the occupied West Bank, yet...

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Sports
January 24, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Over the Wall: A UK football team's journey into Egypt and Occupied Palestine

It begun with about 123 hours of footage, smuggled past suspicious border guards, and Jasper's kitchen floor for a studio: "Terrible for our backs and postures," Matthew explains. As...

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Sports
January 24, 2014 | Amelia Smith

The Missing Piece of the Arab Spring jigsaw? What the protests mean for Jordan

The protests in downtown Amman are a restrained affair and do not compete in size to the millions in Tahrir Square, Cairo. In fact, other than on Fridays, it's...

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Politics
January 24, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Yosri Fouda on Egypt After the Revolution

In real life Yosri Fouda is relaxed. A warm character with a grey pin stripe suit, he settles down on a brown leather chair in the Frontline Club to...

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Politics
January 24, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Seeking refuge across the border: Syria's Palestinian population

Cyber City in the border town of Al-Ramtha, Jordan was once an industrial complex, but since May has become a transit camp for refugees fleeing the terror in Syria....

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Politics
January 24, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Israel's latest law confirms bias in judicial system

It's hard not to notice the biased nature of Israel's justice system. At the end of July the Supreme Court delayed the eviction of Israel's largest settlement, Migron, which...

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Politics
January 24, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Will Morsi's dismissal of key officials stabilise Sinai?

Gone are the days of Hosni Mubarak when security officials weathered the storm of terror attacks in Egypt, escaping dismissal and accountability. Mohamed Morsi has this week attempted to...

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Politics
January 24, 2014 | Amelia Smith

From rhetoric to action: largest Protestant church in Canada prepares to boycott Israeli settlement goods

The resistance against Israel's occupation took another step forward this week as Canada's largest Protestant church looks likely to go ahead with a planned boycott of products made in...

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Politics
January 24, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Egypt Divided Over Friday 24th Protests

It's less than two months since Mohamed Morsi took office in Egypt, yet a group of protesters took to the streets today to demand he step down; the activists...

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Politics
January 24, 2014 | Amelia Smith

'Israel Loves Iran' A New Social Networking Campaign

On one photo, Syrus from Iran stands on the beach, his arms outstretched and a huge smile across his face. On another, Aval from Israel and Faran from Iran...

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Politics
January 24, 2014 | Amelia Smith

Israel tries, again, to justify expanding West Bank settlements

In October 1979 the Israeli Supreme Court ordered the eviction of the illegal settlement of Elon Moreh in the West Bank. Basing its decision on the Hague Convention of...

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Politics

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