Aida Kaisy is a Media Reform Advisor and teacher at the University of London in the School of Oriental and African Studies. Having specialised in media in Iraq at the LSE Conflict Research Programme, she has worked extensively on media development projects across the MENA region, including Iraq, Palestine and Jordan. She is currently working on a number of projects which primarily focus on issues related to youth engagement in media, media in conflict, gender and the media, and the development of independent media platforms in the MENA region.