Biography
Dr.Halla Diyab is an award winning screen-writer, producer, TV commentator, broadcaster, columnist, counter-terrorism analyst and a published author. She holds a PhD from the University of Leicester, UK. She carried out research in New Orleans, USA while working on her PhD, thesis. She holds an PGDip in post-colonial and world literature, and an MA in Gender and Women Studies from the University of Warwick, UK.
She has written a number of scripts for TV dramas countering Islamic extremism and international terrorism, which were aired across the Middle East and Europe, resulting in her being awarded the Best Syrian Drama Script Award 2010 and the Artists Achievement Award 2011. As a highly successful drama writer, she was dubbed "one of the most influential women in Syria" in 2011. She also produces sports documentary films and cross cultural television programs for UK and international channels.
She is also a columnist at Al-Arabiya English, writing on Syria, Islam and Middle East political affairs, a contributor to the Arab News, and an analyst at the Jamestown Foundation. She wrote extensively on female jihadism and modern evolution of jihadist movements.
She is a regular commentator in the British and international media and has recently appeared on Channel 4 News, BBC News Night, BBC This Week, CNN, Sky News, Channel 5 News, ITV Central, Al-Jazeera English and BBC Radio 4, to name a few. She is a public speaker who spoke at the House of Commons, the Spectator Debate, Uniting for Peace and London's Frontline Club.
She has worked in Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Syria and is an expert on the Middle East, current affairs, jihadism, counter-terrorism and Islamic culture.
