Aida K.

Aida Al-Kaisy is a Media Reform and Development Specialist and has worked extensively on media development projects across the MENA region. Countries worked in include Iraq, Jordan, Tunisia and Palestine amongst others. She is currently working on a number of projects, focusing on issues related to youth engagement in media, media in conflict, social cohesion and the media and the development of independent media platforms in MENA amongst other things. She is completing a PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London where she also teaches, on the performance of the media in conflict, using Iraq as a case study.