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.
Items by Amelia Smith
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- January 21, 2016 Amelia Smith
Blessing the state: How Al-Azhar and the Coptic Church betrayed the Egyptian revolution
This is the first article of a two part series examining the role Al-Azhar and the Coptic Church played in the Egyptian revolution and the five years that followed it. Part II looks at Al-Azhar, read it here. Part I: Coptic Egypt When Mubarak stood down in 2011, a...
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- May 18, 2013 Amelia Smith
Lord David Steel speaks to MEMO
It's time to cancel the European Union's trade association with Israel if their government persists in violating international law...