Farah reports on Middle East economies post-revolution and how these so-called “Arab Spring” countries address economic challenges in their transition to democracy.

She is currently based in Cairo and her work has appeared in Zawya Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, The National’s business section, BBC, Financial Times, Institutional Investor, Euromoney, The Independent and the New York Times.

Farah is author of Rebel Economy, a website covering Arab countries post-revolution.

She is a former finance and regional equities reporter at The National newspaper in Abu Dhabi and won a place on the Pearson Diversity Journalism Internship at the Financial Times.

She loves Earl Grey tea.

You can follow her on Twitter via @Farah_Halime