From 8 countries, including: (Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Egypt)
Mohammed Komani is an Investigative Journalist who has over 12 years of experience in investigative journalism. He has been working with ARIJ since 2016 as a Data Editor and Coach. Komani is a member of ICIJ and worked with them on several projects including the Panama Papers, Swiss Leaks, and other ground-breaking cross-border projects. He has also trained hundreds of Arab journalists under a project between Google News Initiative and ICFJ .Komani has an extensive background in data and specializes in money-laundering investigations.
Saja Mortada is a Lebanese journalist. She holds a master’s degree in Media from Antonine University in Lebanon and from University of Toulon in France. She is currently working as the project manager of “Arab Fact-checkers Network”, as an investigative journalist and as a data trainer with ARIJ. Saja carried out investigative reports on human rights issues in her country, and an investigation in the context of the global project “FinCEN Files'' with ICIJ in 2020. She previously worked with Almayadeen Tv, Raseef22 and Assafir Newspaper. In recent years, she developed her skills in data journalism, mobile journalism, digital storytelling and fact-checking.
Ethar Al-Azem is a Jordanian freelance journalist who is interested in health affairs. She holds a master’s degree in Journalism and Modern Media from the Jordan Media Institute. Her investigations have been published on many Arab news websites, and she is currently working as a trainer in data journalism. She worked as co-trainer with ARIJ in the second edition of the data journalism diploma program.
