Ms. Alaa Nadim Malhas
Speakers Bio:
No One's World Symposium
Ms. Alaa Nadim Malhas
Communication Consultant at the UNICEF Office, Amman, Jordan
Ms. Alaa Malhas is a Media and Communication consultant to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) at their office in Amman, Jordan. She develops media strategies and communication materials on the current situation in the Syrian refugee camps and host communities. She develops press releases, articles, and prepares information for both web-based and traditional media. She recently prepared a UNICEF report on the situation is one of the largest Syrian refugee camps in Syria, the Za’atari camp in Mafraq, northern Jordan.
She also works with the Arab Women Organization (AWO), where she prepares daily reports about Jordanian women’s initiatives that are posted on the AWO website. In addition, I follow- up all the organization's activities at the national level with Jordan Executive Board Member of the organization and the AWO, by preparing periodic reports on Jordan participation of various activities of the organization.
Previously Ms Malhas worked in a similar capacity as a Communications Consultant for the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). She has also worked with a number of media organizations since 2006 both in the Middle East and outside the region, including Jan National Television, the Daily Tribune Newspaper in Beirut, Lebanon, and Al Jazeera English in Doha, Qatar.
Alaa has earned Master and undergraduate degrees in communications, Journalism, Business, and Psychology from McFord University in Brownsville, Texas; Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon; and, Seattle Pacific University and Bellevue College in Seattle, Washington. For a complete list of Ms. Malhas’ accomplishments, please contact her at alaamalhas@gmail.com.