A prominent Kuwaiti-American journalist said on Wednesday that his citizenship had been revoked by Kuwait, where he was detained for several weeks on vague charges related to national security. He was arrested after posting on social media about the Iran war. The case of the journalist, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, has highlighted a crackdown on speech and…
The Justice Department has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose citizenship it wants to revoke, part of a push to increase the pace of denaturalizations by assigning the cases to prosecutors in dozens of U.S. attorney’s offices across the country. Senior Justice Department officials in Washington told colleagues during a meeting last week that civil litigators…
Shorouk Express Dual-national American readers across Europe say they would give up their US passports to stay European if they were forced to, with many citing political disillusionment, fears for safety, and the feeling of belonging to their adopted country. On December 1st 2025, Republican Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio introduced the “Exclusive Citizenship Act…
Shorouk Express An important but hardly-known international agreement signed by 29 European countries has established common principles for citizenship rules, rights and duties associated to multiple citizenship, explains Claudia Delpero. It’s called the European Convention on Nationality. The agreement also clarifies the military obligations for people with multiple nationality, a topic becoming increasingly relevant as…
Shorouk Express A US Senator has introduced a bill that aims to eliminate the possibility of dual citizenship for American citizens. If passed the bill would affect those planning to naturalise in European countries as well as those who already have. American citizens living in Europe could see their ability to hold a European passport…
Shorouk Express Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced that his government will grant Spanish citizenship to almost 170 descendants of the International Brigades, foreigners who fought for the Republicans side during the Spanish Civil War. Sánchez made this promise during a ceremony in Madrid to commemorate the Day of Remembrance and Tribute to all the…
Shorouk Express Spain’s opposition party recently announced they will raise the language level needed to obtain Spanish citizenship if they get into government in 2027. So just how fluent in Spanish would foreign applicants have to be? Spain’s centre-right opposition party the Partido Popular (PP) have in recent weeks been outlining several measures they would…
Shorouk Express The leader of the Partido Popular (PP) opposition party Alberto Núñez Feijóo has proposed raising the language level to B2 in order to obtain Spanish nationality. This week, the PP proposed tightening the requirements for immigrants to gain Spanish nationality by raising “the linguistic, cultural, and constitutional standards”. According to PP leader Feijóo,…
Shorouk Express Applications for Spanish citizenship through the Grandchildren’s Law are nearing one million as the deadline approaches this month, with experts suggesting the bureaucratic process could take years to finally finish. With the final deadline fast approaching, almost 900,000 people around the world have already applied for Spanish citizenship through the Grandchildren’s Law. The…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Amid a disaster in Texas, conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, and a trade war of his own making, President Donald Trump…
