Dr Zahera Harb is a specialist in international journalism at City, University of London, where she is International Journalism Studies Cluster Lead (Director of MA International Journalism and MA Media and Globalisation). 

Dr Harb is a former member of the UK media regulator Ofcom’s content board and the Ethical Journalism Network. She is currently a board member/trustee of the Dart Centre Europe for Journalism and Trauma and Marie Colvin Journalists’ Network. 

Dr Harb worked for over a decade as a journalist in her native country Lebanon. She is also a contributor for Al Jazeera English.