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The Latest Articles by Arwa Mahdawi

Trump’s third term? Don’t laugh. He’s never let the rules stop him before

He has floated the idea more than once – and his inner circle is already gaming it out. The US constitution might say no, but Trump has a habit of finding his way around even the biggest obstacles, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2025

Why is Trump demolishing the White House’s East Wing? Because he wants to

The president’s mega-project raises a lot of questions – including when he’s planning on leaving

The Guardian - US · Oct 25, 2025

A congressman’s ex got a protective order against him. His boss has little to say about it

This isn’t the first time Cory Mills has faced allegations of misconduct – but the House speaker wants to talk about ‘serious’ things

The Guardian - US · Oct 18, 2025

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Night owls versus early birds: who is superior according to science?

And is it actually possible for your body clock to change? Am I really turning into an early bird or have I just been forced into a child-dictated schedule?

The Guardian - US · Oct 16, 2025

We are told the ‘war’ against Gaza is finally ‘over’. Is it?

I am not celebrating the end of the ‘war’ because this was not a war – and it’s not over, either

The Guardian - US · Oct 16, 2025

Where do babies come from? Robert F Kennedy Jr doesn’t seem to know

Science tells us that foetuses develop in the uterus, rather than the placenta – but the US health secretary has a different take. Why are Republicans so clueless about women’s bodies, asks Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2025

Good news: men have stopped disrupting women’s sport with dildos. Bad news: now they’re betting on their periods

Speculating on basketball players’ menstrual cycles is creepy and intrusive. In other words, it’s just what you’d expect when women must be punished for standing out, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2025

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Why is this Fox News host speculating about AOC’s sex life?

Even his colleague has dubbed Jesse Watters’s claim about Ocasio-Cortez and Stephen Miller ‘creepy’

The Guardian - US · Oct 11, 2025

If a four-year-old can pronounce a name correctly, so can a politician

When someone’s name is repeatedly botched, we shouldn’t give the perpetrators the benefit of the doubt. Just ask NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025

Taylor Swift’s ode to Travis Kelce is cringe – but is it worse than these other terrible lyrics?

The singer-songwriter has proved herself a modern-day Shagspeare with Wood, a paean to the penis. When it comes to shocking lyrics, though, it faces strong competition, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2025

US prosecutors keep charging women with ‘pregnancy-related crimes’

In the two years after Roe v Wade was overturned, hundreds were charged amid growing acceptance of ‘fetal personhood’

The Guardian - US · Oct 4, 2025

Why I have had it with entitled dog owners

You know the types – they let their hound jump all over you and don’t clear up after them. Bring on their poo-nishment, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025

Sperm racing is all the rage among the tech bros. Why am I not surprised?

It started as a gag, but Eric Zhu’s sperm races are doing good work in putting male fertility under the microscope – literally, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2025

Trump’s war on Tylenol is also very much a war on women

A concern for women’s health is absolutely not at the heart of it – rather, this is yet another way to control women

The Guardian - US · Sep 27, 2025

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The Guardian - US · Sep 26, 2025

US marketing companies are helping to rebrand the genocide in Gaza

Reports say PR teams are busy rewriting history in real time – not that the American media needs the help

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2025

I’ll admit it; I’ve become a late-in-life semicolon lover

Vonnegut hated them and Lincoln thought them ‘useful little chaps’. I, meanwhile, have come round to the charms of this controversial punctuation mark after years on the fence, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025

Someone has to drag the US out of the hellscape of Trumpism. Who better than AOC?

Yes, the Democratic congresswoman is flawed – but she’s a fighter. Let’s not write her off as too young or too female, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025

107 Days by Kamala Harris review – no closure, no hope

The former presidential candidate sticks to the script in a memoir that will only cause further bad blood

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The Guardian - US · Sep 20, 2025

Even Tucker Carlson is worried about Trump’s free speech crackdown

The former Fox News host is speaking out against the administration’s response to the Charlie Kirk shooting

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2025

It’s not all lies, lies, lies with Trump – sometimes he’s unnervingly honest

As the US president comes to the UK, let’s give credit where it’s due: he wasn’t lying when he said smart people don’t like him, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025

Yes, British democracy is under threat – from Musk and his billions, not desperate people on small boats

Tesla’s boss has already done his best to destabilise the US, Canada and Germany. Keir Starmer needs to push back, says Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025

‘Everyone’s become more extreme’: Palestinian artist Samia Halaby on being banned, exiled – and now celebrated

At 88, she has won a Munch award for artistic freedom – despite her pioneering work being cancelled by the US university she studied at. She talks protest, polarisation and propaganda

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025

‘I love you too!’ My family’s creepy, unsettling week with an AI toy

The cuddly chatbot Grem is designed to ‘learn’ your child’s personality, while every conversation they have is recorded, then transcribed by a third party. It wasn’t long before I wanted this experiment to be over ...

The Guardian - US · Sep 13, 2025

Women’s suffrage is apparently up for debate again in America

The country’s finest male intellectuals – including some in positions of power – are weighing in on the matter

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2025

What do you call Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar pay deal? Obscene

Tesla’s board is dangling a gargantuan payout in front of its chief. Is it a manipulative ploy or a desperate stunt?

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