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Salwa Sadek

Salwa Sadek

Intern

Salwa currently works with the engagement team at Vox and writes foreign news stories about the Middle East. She is also studying journalism at Northwestern University in Qatar, with a minor in strategic communications and Middle Eastern studies. Her interest areas include culture, humanitarian issues, and global women’s rights.

Latest articles by Salwa Sadek

World Politics
Israeli soldiers routinely detain Palestinian children for throwing rocksIsraeli soldiers routinely detain Palestinian children for throwing rocks
World Politics

“Arresting children here is becoming normal,” one human rights activist said.

By Salwa Sadek
World Politics
Israel is deporting a human rights activist over his BDS supportIsrael is deporting a human rights activist over his BDS support
World Politics

Omar Shakir was ordered deported by an Israeli court over Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) activism.

By Salwa Sadek
World Politics
The women who helped bring down Sudan’s presidentThe women who helped bring down Sudan’s president
World Politics

Alaa Salah, a 22-year-old Sudanese woman, has become an icon of the country’s uprising.

By Salwa Sadek