Simona is a News Editor at the Middle East Eye. She recently completed her MA in Political Journalism at Columbia University where she focused on human rights, development and Israel / Palestine. Prior to that she worked as a reporter at Lebanon’s The Daily Star and as a journalist in Syria. Her freelance work has appeared in The Guardian’s Comment is Free, The Majalla, and anti-corruption website 100 Reporters, among others. She has also been a citizen journalism and startup advocate.