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Laura Albast

(She/Her)
  • Senior Editorial and Strategic Communications Lead, Institute for Palestine Studies
  • Journalist and Photographer, Freelance
Peru, Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Bloomberg News, Washington Post Opinions, The Nation, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, GBH News (Boston, MA), The New Arab, Journal of Palestine Studies, The Daily Free Press, Revista de Prensa "Almendrón", Jerusalem Quarterly and
Covers:  Palestine, Israel, U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, pro-Israel media bias, marginalized communities, community storytelling, and family histories.
Senior Editor & Fellow @PalStudies | Audience Engagement @thepublicsource | Board @prismreports | ✍🏼🗣@AJEnglish @TheNation @WashingtonPost @The_NewArab
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Laura Albast’s Biography

Laura Albast is a Palestinian journalist, editor, and media analyst. Her publications and appearances include The Washington Post, The Nation, The New Arab, Prism, Arab American News, Doha News, Al Jazeera, TRT World, KPFA, and other outlets. She is also a professional Arabic/English translator who contributed to dozens of video, audio, and print projects, including Bloomberg Businessweek, The Markup, The Nation, FIASCO podcast, The Common, and Skin Deep magazine. In 2022, she guest-edited and translated Palestine: Ways of Being, published by the UK-based creative magazine Skin Deep. She holds degrees from the American University of Beirut and Boston University.

Laura served as the Senior Editor of Digital Strategy and Communications at the Institute for Palestine Studies-USA in Washington, DC, and as the editor of the Institute's English blog, Palestine Square for six years.