Trainers and Instructors of the Academy
Muzaffar Salman
Syrian photojournalist living in
France. His resume includes working with the Associated Press (AP) and
Reuters, covering the revolution and war in Syria. His
photographs have published in most international newspapers and
magazines, and have made it on the cover of many outlets, including the
New York Times.
Muzaffar has exhibited his work in
several solo and group exhibitions in Damascus, Rome, Copenhagen,
Stuttgart, Montreal and California, as well as at the House of
Journalists in Paris (2015). His photographs have been acquired by several institutions including Gallery Atassi in Dubai and the British Museum in London.
Walid Mejri
Tunisian journalist, writer and researcher,
founder and editor-in-chief of the online magazine Al-qatiba. Co-founder and
former editor-in-chief of the online magazine inkyfada. And former
editor-in-chief of the Arabic newspaper "Akher Khabar".
Professional trainer in investigative journalism,
interactive story writing, web journalism, mobile journalism and fact-checking.
He has published a guide entitled "The art of
storytelling: how to tell an interactive story in a multidimensional narrative
Universe", and a book entitled "Citizen Journalism". He has 15
years of experience as a media and communication trainer (web journalism,
mobile journalism, investigative journalism).
Reda Fhelboom
Libyan lecturer, journalist and human rights activist.
He is the head of the Libyan Organization for Independent Media. He is holding
a certificate of training in higher education from Manchester/Britain, and
participated in ToTs with Deutsche Welle Academy and BBC Media Action in 2012.
He was a pioneer in the first Libyan project for hate speech
monitoring in 2017. He also designed and implemented training workshops on the
role of media in supporting peace, democracy and human rights, combating
disinformation and hate speech, and supervised the training of investigators
for “Sabr” platform on information verification, exposing hate speech and
misinformation related to COVID-19. He also prepared the first professional
code of conduct for media professionals in Libya, which was printed in
September 2019.
Sahar Mediha Alnaas
an independent Libyan researcher and advisor on gender in MENA based in the UK.
She has experience with public and private NPOs in the UK, Malta,
Tunisia and Libya. Her focus is on coordinating, training, advising and
providing consultancy services on gender, gender-based violence,
community development, women’s leadership, refugee resettlement and
cultural and racial equality.
Sahar is a PhD candidate at the University of Exeter with an MA in
Gender and Identity in MENA with a focus on Libyan women’s political
participation and representation in the post-Gaddafi era. She publishes
in English and Arabic.
Sama Elturkey
trainer and content creator, and a DB moderator at Love
Matters Arabic. She has 8 years of working on SRHR and gender justice through
different mediums, e.g. designing and delivering workshops, contextualizing and
creating manuals and fellowships, and delivering training workshops. Along with
her practical experience, she has a degree from the University of London in
Gender, Sexuality, and Society.
Mai Khaled
trainer and advocate for gender justice in the Middle East
for nearly 18 years. Her work focuses on achieving social justice through
community mobilization, coalition building, and training programs in
cooperation with more than 60 international and local organizations, such as
the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Development Fund for
Women, Save the Children International, and Plan International.
Muhammad Al-Hani
journalist and producer for several European media outlets including Radio Monte Carlo, Euronews TV and Al-Qarah TV. He has also worked as editor-in-chief for private media outlets in Tunisia.
Mahmoud is the former editor-in-chief of the Yemeni Peace Talks Newsroom in Sweden (2018) on the peace talks between the parties of the Yemeni conflict, editor of the International Press Forum Radio in Tunis, and editor-in-chief of the Immigration Radio on the International Convention on Migration in Marrakesh, Morocco.
He has trained dozens of journalists and media outlets across the Middle East, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa for a number of European and international organizations in the field of media and journalism development.
Mahmoud is the former editor-in-chief of the Yemeni Peace Talks Newsroom in Sweden (2018) on the peace talks between the parties of the Yemeni conflict, editor of the International Press Forum Radio in Tunis, and editor-in-chief of the Immigration Radio on the International Convention on Migration in Marrakesh, Morocco.
He has trained dozens of journalists and media outlets across the Middle East, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa for a number of European and international organizations in the field of media and journalism development.
Mahmoud Tawfik
an independent Egyptian journalist, podcaster and award-winning writer, journalist and musician.
His recent work explores the
relationship between people and sound in public spaces as an interface
between the private and the political. He lives in Cairo.
Randa Shaath
a freelance photographer
based in Cairo. She is the founder and photo editor of the Photography
Department at the Egyptian Al-Shorouk newspaper. She formerly worked as a
photographer for Al-Ahram weekly and as a photographer and designer of
children’s books at Dar Al-Fata Al-Arabi Publishing House, and as
co-editor of Zawaya Magazine.
Randa is a mentor with the Arab
Documentary Photography program funded by the Arab Fund for Arts and
Culture (AFAC). She has previously taught photojournalism at the
American University of Cairo (AUC). She has held many exhibitions in and outside of Egypt and published four books.
Tamer Fathy Mabrouk
an Egyptian journalist, translator, documentary
screenwriter and poet. He writes for several news websites, including
Correspondants.org, Mada Masr, al-Modon and al-Itihad-Lebanon. He has
also published two poetry books: Yesterday I lost a button, Story of
Garments (2005) published by Dar Sharqiyat and republished by the Public
Authority for Books (2012) and Falling (Biography of a smell) (2020)
published by Dar el-Maraya. Tamer has translated several books,
cultural articles and poems. His main interest is in linguistics and
sociolinguistics. He currently teaches the Arabic language at the
University of Sciences Po in France, where he resides.
Mohamed Alsharif
A computer engineer and enthusiast with experience running different tech projects, currently the Head of Engineering at Rekursive. He is also interested in topics such as Web3, Decentralization, and Information Security and their effects on systems and society
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