The Latest Articles by Arwa Mahdawi

The Trump administration is making viruses great again

Measles cases are at their highest rate in the US in decades. Robert F Kennedy doesn’t seem too bothered

The Guardian - US · Jul 19, 2025

My four-year-old has invited King Charles over for ice-cream. Can someone please make it happen?

First she wanted to be a princess – and now this. I blame Frozen, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2025

I traded booze for THC drinks. But are there hidden risks?

Giving up alcohol changed my life, but I wanted to know whether cannabis cocktails were too good to be true

The Guardian - US · Jul 15, 2025

Something stinks in Philadelphia – and it’s not just the uncollected garbage

The city give its sanitation workers a rise only after eight days of strike action. But there was no shortage of money for the police or mayor Cherelle Parker and her inner circle, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2025

Ghislaine Maxwell was not Jeffrey Epstein’s sole enabler. So why is she the only one in prison?

This weekend, the Trump administration officially closed the file on the notorious billionaire Epstein. Maga aren’t the only ones who should be outraged, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025

Diddy’s trial is more proof the legal system can’t handle domestic violence

The courts have failed to reckon with coercive control and survivors’ trauma. Same with the court of public opinion

The Guardian - US · Jul 5, 2025

What would I do if I won the lottery? I’d blast the world’s worst people into space

It shouldn’t be hard to lure them into my spaceship. I’d just have to tell them it was hosting a multimillion-dollar wedding party, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025

I can’t believe I need to spell this out – but Trump is not your daddy

From the Maga crowd to Nato’s secretary general, everyone is addressing the president of the US as if he was their actual father. Make it stop, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2025

Will I get deported for sharing this meme of JD Vance?

True or not, people find it all too easy to believe that a humorous picture of the vice-president could get you barred from the US

The Guardian - US · Jun 28, 2025

‘Gaza must be eliminated’: Israel’s airwaves are filled with pro-genocide propaganda

Here is a collection of 20 of the more outrageous statements by Israeli lawmakers or public figures since 7 October 2023

The Guardian - US · Jun 27, 2025