Nizar Habash

Saleh Masharqah

Saleh Masharqa is a lecturer of media at Birzeit University, a journalist and permanent columnist for the Ultra-Palestine website. Currently he works as a coordinator for the Research and Policy Unit of the Media Development Center. He supervised in this unit the issuance of a series of applied researches in the media, amounting to 18 researches, which the center published on paper and electronically between the years 2014-2018. Within the National Initiative for Media Development, he worked as coordinator of the academic development component for teaching journalism and media in local universities and colleges. Through this component, the MDC succeeded in producing three courses, media and gender, media and law, and media ethics in the years 2015-2019. Currently, he is supervising the production and editing of two new courses in the same component: economic journalism and cultural journalism, in cooperation with partners from 16 universities and four colleges that teaches Bachelor and diploma in media. He also serves as the academic supervisor for Birzeit Diploma in Digital Media in its first iteration (2019-2020). He is a permanent trainer in news writing, media and gender, and multimedia. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Media from Moscow (1995), and a Master of Gender Studies from Birzeit (2011). Specialized interests include media ethics, editorial policies and self-regulation, digital diplomacy, media education, transformation to digital media.

Mohammad Al Sheikh

He is Manasbar Paltform Cheif Editor. A Palestinianh journalist and blogger, born in Gaza City. He holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration. He has worked in a number of civil society organizations in Palestine, and in the field of developing social media platforms in addition to managing and editing content. Interested in politics, technology and arts.

Iyad Al-Rifai

Palestinian media professional in protecting digital content, and working in public relations and digital media field

Shahed Al Hindi

Shahed Al Hindi is a Public Policy Manager at Facebook, with a focus on human rights in MENA. Shahed works on a variety of issues including content, safety, freedom of expression and hate speech. She regularly meets with stakeholders in region to develop more inclusive policies, in line with the basic principles of human rights. Additionally, she works closely with civil society organisations in conflict zones to ensure these voices are heard, represented and to help build a safer platform. Shahed received her Bachelor of Law with Honours from Kingston University, London, specialising in International Public, Criminal and Human Rights Law and obtained her Master of Laws in International Financial Law from Kings’ College University.