Yasmeen Serhan

Yasmeen Serhan is a staff writer at TIME, based in the London Bureau. She covers foreign affairs with an emphasis on the future of democracies and rising authoritarianism around the world.

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Geert Wilders Is Bad News for Europe

The hard-right Dutch politician's victory has reinvigorated Europe’s populist right at a time when many believed it was losing support.

By Yasmeen Serhan

An Israeli-Arab Lawmaker on the Stifling of Anti-War Voices

Aida Touma-Sliman discusses the suppression of anti-war expression in Israel, and what it means for the country’s minority Arab population.

By Yasmeen Serhan

Why Gazans Fear Permanent Displacement in Egypt

For Palestinians, permanent displacement from their homeland is a perennial fear. It is one that has followed them from the war that led to Israel’s creation to 1948, in which some 700,000 Palestinians were violently...

By Yasmeen Serhan

Arab Americans Face an Impossible Choice

Only 17% of Arab American voters say they will vote for Biden in 2024, according to a new poll

By Yasmeen Serhan

What Experts Say About the Palestinian Death Toll Figures

After President Biden cast doubt on the Palestinian death toll in Gaza, Palestinian officials released a list of 6,747 names.

By Yasmeen Serhan

As War Rages in Gaza, Violence Surges in the West Bank

At least 95 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers and armed settlers since Oct. 7, making it the bloodiest period in years.

By Yasmeen Serhan

From Gaza, Stories of Loss and Grief

Hear from nine Palestinians who have lost family, friends, homes, and neighborhoods amid Israel’s ongoing airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.

By Yasmeen Serhan , Astha Rajvanshi , Anna Gordon and Karl Vick

For Gazans, There Are No Safe Havens

The mass relocation of Palestinians amid airstrikes across Gaza has left millions worried about their safety.

By Yasmeen Serhan

How the Israel-Gaza Hostage Crisis Could Play Out

Both soldiers and civilians are being held hostage in Gaza, per reports.

By Yasmeen Serhan

Israel Accused of Using White Phosphorous in Gaza

TIME spoke to Omar Shakir of Human Rights Watch, which first alleged the use of the incendiary weapon.

By Yasmeen Serhan

What an Israeli Ground Invasion Would Mean for Gaza

While Israel has not officially announced a ground operation in Gaza, observers believe that it is now inevitable.

By Yasmeen Serhan

5 Takeaways from TIME’s Interview With Humza Yousaf

Humza Yousaf is the new face of Scotland, and he’s staking his historic leadership on achieving Scottish independence.

By Yasmeen Serhan/Edinburgh, Scotland

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Has Lost Control of Britain’s Conservative Party

The mood at the Tory conference in Manchester is dour, as the Prime Minister's colleagues jostle for the spotlight as party leaders-in-waiting.

By Yasmeen Serhan/Manchester

The Long Arm of Transnational Repression

Five years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, authoritarian regimes continue to crack down on critical diasporic voices.

By Yasmeen Serhan

Britain Is Failing Citizens Arbitrarily Jailed Abroad

Families of those detained tell TIME that the British government has proven unwilling to use its leverage to seek their loved ones' release.

By Yasmeen Serhan

Inside the West’s Mammoth Effort to Train Ukrainian Soldiers

A multinational program run out of the U.K. is on track to get 30,000 Ukrainians—from programmers to carpenters—ready for the frontline.

By Yasmeen Serhan

What to Know About the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is counting on the Sept. 9-10 gathering to bolster his country’s position as a global leader as well as burnish his own diplomatic credentials—but it won’t be easy.

By Chad de Guzman and Yasmeen Serhan

A Poet Recounts China's Repression in Xinjiang

In his new memoir "Waiting to Be Arrested at Night," Tahir Hamut Izgil captures the reality of Uyghur life under Chinese persecution.

By Yasmeen Serhan

Why Biden Is Welcoming Italy’s Far-Right Leader to the White House

Giorgia Meloni's politics may be at odds with Biden's, but the two have found common ground over Ukraine, China, and more.

By Yasmeen Serhan

What Israel's Judicial Overhaul Means for Palestinians

Experts tell TIME that the passage of the deeply controversial legislation could be a precursor to annexing the West Bank.

By Yasmeen Serhan
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