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Working with the team on revamping a product within the company Acting as Digital Editor for the product's website

MENA And South East Asia

Followed on beat sources, contacts and leads to gather information for stories for platforms such as Al Monitor, Karma Impact, Goethe Institut, WAPO, The Media Line on a wide range of topics.Pursued and developed stories independently and for assignment, covering a range of topics outside the MENA region including Iran, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia.

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Manage a team of nine editors and creatives into updating communication plans
• Manage two industrial magazine
• Create communications plans for the company’s clienteleI was hired for a three months period to consult on the communication plans of multiple projects. I was also hired to consult on increasing employee engagement and.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Advise on product’s coverage and content plan
• Advise on website outline and details
• Use of Umbraco, CMS to upload content and track
• Create content development plan
• Conduct interviews, edit news, edit content on website
• Conduct podcast interview

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Daily news coverage in the UAE and across the region including articles on the economy, business, social issues, and diplomacy.
• Assisted in creating a strategy to strengthen EFE’s presence within the GCC by increasing news coverage and developing contacts.

• Delegated and tracked each staff member's assigned stories to ensure deadlines adherence.
• Pitched content strategies for paid content
• Proofread, edited, and evaluated final copy to ensure content was alignedwith editorial guidelines.
• Use Word press CMS to upload and publish content

Beirut, Lebanon

• Monitored social media and online sources for industry trends.
• Researched, developed and pitched stories.
• Developed a Twitter strategy for reporters and editors.

Syracuse, New York Area

• Conducted research focused on political messaging.
• Catalogued data and input research into databases.
• Analyzed statistical data using both modern and traditional methods.
• Wrote and edited data collection forms and questionnaires.
• Conducted research for proposals and assessed potential impacton constituents.

Studyed political communication in general. Thesis research is about how persuasive messages, through online media, effect on groups. Throughout graduate school, I have worked with different quantitative and qualitative methods to understand audience behavior. On a theoretical basis, I worked on research that examines closely the influence of governments.

Cairo

Responded to breaking news around-the-clock during major political change in Egypt and the region. Wrote and helped produce stories for international outlets including the New York Times, McClatchy newspapers and BBC World News TV.Partnered with Egyptian and American journalists to produce distinctive coverage for Global Post (currently Ground Truth.

Cairo

Wrote articles on Egypt’s historic uprising. Engaged with emerging social media platforms as well as traditional media for insights into public opinion.

Msc Business Psychology, Business Psychology

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Political Communication And Media Studies

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Journalsim

Igcse(O-Levels & A-Levels), Business/Managerial Economics

Activities and Societies: Mathematics Economics Business