Yvonne Ridley

British journalist and author Yvonne Ridley provides political analysis on affairs related to the Middle East, Asia and the Global War on Terror. Her work has appeared in numerous publications around the world from East to West from titles as diverse as The Washington Post to the Tehran Times and the Tripoli Post earning recognition and awards in the USA and UK. Ten years working for major titles on Fleet Street she expanded her brief into the electronic and broadcast media producing a number of documentary films on Palestinian and other international issues from Guantanamo to Libya and the Arab Spring.

June 24, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Qatar is giving Saudi and the UAE a masterclass in international diplomacy

When it comes to international diplomacy, Saudi Arabia and its friends in the Gulf have the grace of a ballerina wearing hobnailed boots. Weighed down by their own sense...

Published in: Article, Middle East, Opinion, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE
June 21, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Pity the poor, and pity the poor Palestinians

Here in Britain, the horrific tower block blaze which proved to be the deadliest in London since World War Two is still making front page headlines one week after...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
June 14, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Invisible Qataris trapped in no man’s land

A family of eight are trapped in no man’s land between warring neighbours Qatar and Saudi Arabia, it emerged last night. Conditions for members of the Al-Marri family are...

Published in: Africa, Article, Egypt, Middle East, Opinion, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE
June 5, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

The Saudis may have bought our weapons, but should not have bought our silence

We need to talk about Saudi Arabia. We won’t, though, because this is something that both the British and American governments refuse to do, although they will talk endlessly...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Middle East, Opinion, Saudi Arabia, UK, US
May 27, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Do you know who is talking to your son?

I am haunted by the Manchester bomb attack. Like many other people I’m angry, sad and confused, and have endured a rollercoaster of other emotions as I try to...

Published in: Africa, Article, Europe & Russia, Libya, Middle East, Opinion, Syria, UK
May 26, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

An online hate campaign is trying to get a Palestinian cultural festival cancelled

An unprecedented hate campaign has been unleashed on the social networks aimed at wrecking a ground-breaking two day event to celebrate Palestinian life and culture. Palestine Expo 2017 is...

Published in: Article, BDS, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
May 19, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Football fans and players everywhere demand justice for Palestine

Football is a beautiful game; full of passion, it is a sport which has ingrained itself in many national cultures bringing out the very best in human nature, and...

Published in: Article, BDS, FIFA, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Qatar, UN
May 9, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Dubliners flag up Israel’s problems with their gesture of Palestine solidarity

Dublin Council flies Palestinian flag over city hall in 'gesture of solidarity'

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Ireland, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
April 28, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Marwan Barghouthi is beginning to look very like Palestine’s own Mandela figure

Israel might hate the comparison, but the truth is that prisoner Marwan Barghouthi is beginning to look very like Palestine’s own version of the late, great Nelson Mandela, and...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
April 21, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

That barbecue outside a hunger strike prison exposes Israeli settlers’ blind hatred

In their blind hatred, some Israelis have a tendency to score some spectacular own goals and I’d like to bet that the bizarre barbecue held outside a prison where...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
April 20, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Fans try to rock Radiohead’s conscience

The rock band Radiohead is being urged to cancel a performance in Israel and support the Palestinian people’s campaign for justice instead. Thousands of the band’s fans around the...

Published in: Article, BDS, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
April 5, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Caged birds can’t fly, Mrs May

British Prime Minister Theresa May is one of the most powerful women in the world at the moment. As I write, she is visiting one of the most misogynistic...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Middle East, Opinion, Saudi Arabia, UK, Yemen
March 31, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Sitting on the fence over Israeli Apartheid is no laughing matter

There is an old English idiom dating back to the 15th century which says that you can’t run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. To give it...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK, US
March 30, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

The Arab League represents nothing but missed opportunities

More than 20 of the world’s most powerful men have come together in Amman for the annual Arab League summit. On paper, these kings, emirs and dictators have the...

Published in: Arab League, Article, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
March 14, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

The disgraceful scenes witnessed in Holland may yet lead to something positive

Referendums are in the news, greeted by equal measures of loathing, hysteria and support whenever they are announced. This fact notwithstanding, it looks as if the western media has...

Published in: Article, EU, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Opinion, Turkey
March 14, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

The return of the Pharaoh and his sons

By the time you read this, disgraced President Hosni Mubarak will be well on the way to being a free man, making a mockery once again of what passes...

Published in: Africa, Article, Egypt, Opinion