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Fares Akkad is the director of Media Partnerships for Facebook and Instagram in the Middle East, Africa & Turkey. Fares and his team work closely with strategic partners supporting them to leverage the Facebook tools to maximize mutually beneficial objectives. Prior to joining Facebook... Read More →

Rana Sabbagh is executive director at Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) – the region’s leading media support network spreading the culture of “accountability journalism” in nine Arab states since 2005.She has dedicated the last 33 years of her career as journalist, columnist and media trainer to promote free speech, independent media, “accountability journalism” and human rights.As former chief editor of the Jordan Times (1999-Jan 2002), she became the first Arab female in t... Read More →