Rasha Faek

Rasha Faek is Managing Editor of Al-Fanar Media. Prior to joining Al-Fanar Media, Rasha was a business reporter at Syria Today magazine. Her professional experience includes freelancing as a journalist from 2006 to 2008 and serving as managing editor for a Syrian real estate news site from 2009 and 2011. Rasha was also communications officer at the Syrian Enterprise and Business Centre, where she liaised with media and public affairs representatives, researched issues of relevance to the developing business sector in Syria, and provided reports on topical issues as well as content website management. Rasha holds three bachelor’s degrees in: English Literature from Damascus University, Dramatic Arts from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus, and Journalism from Damascus Open University. She participated in a number of trainings, some of which were hosted by Thomson Reuters Foundation, the BBC and the United Nations University-International Leadership Institute.