Nay El Rahi
Nay El Rahi | |
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| ناي الراعي | |
| Born | Beirut, Lebanon (prior to 1985) |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Education | Lebanese University, SOAS University of London |
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Nay El Rahi (Arabic: ناي الراعي; born 1985 or 1986 (age 38–39)) is a Lebanese journalist, researcher, activist, and gender advocacy professional from Beirut, Lebanon.
Education
[edit]Rahi earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Lebanese University and a master's degree in Global Media and Gender Studies[1] from the School of Oriental and African Studies (London) in 2011. Her research interests included women's rights in the media, gender dynamics and sectarian politics in Lebanon.[2]
Career
[edit]In 2014 she started work as a Communication & Partnership Officer in Gender Hub at Oxfam GB and as the Communications & Partnership Officer for the Regional Gender Justice Programme in the Middle East and North Africa[3] for Oxfam in Tunisie. And since 2015 is working in KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation, a feminist nongovernmental organization focusing on gender-based violence.[4]
As a journalist, she worked in different media like Dar Al Hayat (2007-2008) as a contributing reporter, in Assafir Newspaper (2006-2013) as a contributing reporter, and in American University of Beirut as a copywriter in the Department of Communications and Strategic Planning (2012-2014). Since 2014 is working as a Contributing Writer in Al Modon electronic newspaper.[1]
In 2014, she was an activist in the feminist collective Nasawiya[5] and started to work the following year in Kafa (Enough) Violence & Exploitation as a Migrant Domestic Workers Programme Coordinator.[1] And at the end of February 2016 launched with Myra el-Mir and Sandra Hassan a website named HarassTracker.org to track and document harassment in Lebanon inspirated by the launch of HarassMap in Egypt in 2010.[6] El Rahi was one of 13 Arabs chosen by the BBC to be on their list of 100 Women. She was chosen because of her "defiance" in founding the harassment tracking web site.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Nay El Rahi". LinkedIn. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "Nay El Rahi". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "Nay el Rahi". Policy & Practice. Oxfam GB. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "Nay El Rahi | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ Neumann, Jeff (13 January 2012). "Violence Against Women in Lebanon: A Debate That's Not Going Away". Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ Massena, Florence (10 March 2016). "How a new website is helping Lebanese women avoid sexual harassment". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "13 Arab women are in BBC's '100 Women 2016', get to know them". stepfeed.com. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.