Previously, she completed internships at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) as a communication associate, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), and Today’s Zaman, an English-language daily newspaper based in Turkey. She holds a B.A. in communication and design from Bilkent University in Turkey. Her stories have focused on the Syrian refugees crisis, arts and cultural diplomacy. She can be reached at tasneem.alghamdi@columbia.edu or on Twitter @TasneemAlghamdi.