Education

Master's degree in Politics and International Relations from the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH).

Languages

English: Advanced. Kurdish: Native speaker (Sorani & Kurmanji). Arabic: Advanced. Persian: Intermediate

EXPEREINCE:

Journalist/ Project Coordinator| Network of Iraqi Reporters for Investigative Journalism - NIRIJ | January 2023 - Present

· Writing and editing analysis articles and in-depth investigative articles for NIRIJ.

· Managing and coordinating for workshops, trainings, grants for journalists’ empowerment, preparing and organizing for workshops. Communicating with the journalists over grants and activities. Communicating with the project partners to discuss the future project progress and plans for activities. And also managing NIRIJ’s website.

Fact-Checker| 964 agency| October 2022 – February 2023

· Verifying fake news, vague reports and inaccurate information in Iraqi and Kurdish media. Working to make things clear for the public. Observing daily political and security developments to check misleading or fake information, and publishing reports with the updated accurate reports. The main focus of the work is Iraqi political and security affairs.

Working with the news desks on Iraqi and Kurdish news, verifying and researching information for their reports.

· Writing long in-depth feature stories, reports, and news stories, including a lot of insight, context and background information of the report. The reports cover a wide-range of topics about Iraq, budget, cabinet, parliament, local situation at the different provinces.

Assistant Director|Kashkul: arts and culture | American University of Iraq Sulaymaniyah|October 2021 – December 2022

· Making decisions and leading the team with the director of the center. Handling communication with partners, and working with the team and interns. Bringing in new ideas and plans for projects and activities at the campus of AUIS and the city.

. Networking and connecting with local artists and writers as well as culture and literature institutions.

· Working on administrative tasks, including the university’s finance department, holding regular meetings with staff

from other departments and interns. Communicating with partners and facilitating their work and plans with Kashkul.

Media Analyst & Translator | Insight Kurdistan | Mar. 2016 – November 2021

· Monitoring and analyzing various local Kurdish media and international media outlets, focusing on politics, economy, energy, and human rights at the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and other Kurdish areas in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran.

· Monitoring and analyzing various Iraqi media and international Arabic media outlets, and focusing on the political developments, economy, energy, and human rights at the whole country. Researching on Iraqi and Kurdish political situations and parties, security, and human rights topics.

· Writing news reports, journalism features, in-depth reports, and analyzing political situations providing insight, context, background information and explanations.

· Translating news briefs, and features, and verifying translations of colleagues. Translating reports in Kurdish, Kurmanji and Sorani, Arabic and English.

Media Analyst | YouGov | Nov. 2015 -Mar. 2016

Working with very short deadlines and assignments on media monitoring and summarizing. Tasks required analytical and research skills, as well as creative thinking and working under-pressure skills.