Mais Katt Syrian Journalist and Media Trainer focused on Conflects

Mais Katt is a Syrian-Dutch award-winning investigative journalist and international trainer specializing in conflict reporting. She has collaborated with leading Arab and international institutions including Lighthouse Reports, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, and ARIJ.

She has trained thousands of journalists and media organizations across the Middle East and North Africa, and has worked with international training centers such as Internews, CFI, RNW, and DW Akademie.

She is the founder and editor of Women Who Won the War, The Arab Women Investigative Journalists Network.
Following the fall of the Syrian regime in late 2024, Mais now lives between the Netherlands and Damascus.

My Stories...

Syria Stolen Children

Over nine months, I worked alongside Syrian and international journalists from six media outlets to build a database of children hidden by the Syrian regime, as part of the Syria’s Stolen Children investigation.

Women Who Won the War

I founded The Arab network for women investigative journalists in 2023, It was established to empower female reporters across the region especially in contexts of conflict and political transition.

The network provides specialized training, mentorship, and opportunities to produce and publish cross-border investigations.

It also creates spaces of professional solidarity among Arab women journalists and amplifies their presence in regional and international media institutions.

Through partnerships with organizations such as ARIJ and Lighthouse Reports, the network helps build a new generation of women journalists capable of producing accountability-driven reporting that makes a tangible impact both locally and globally.

My News!

Name: Mais Katt
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“Women Who Won the War and ARIJ Launch ‘Syrian Nawat’

Women Who Won the War, in partnership with the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), has launched the “Syrian Nucleus” project from Damascus. The initiative aims to equip Syrian women journalists with practical skills in investigative reporting and to strengthen their contributions to accountability journalism during Syria’s transitional phase

Women Leaders Transforming News

Washington - March 2024| ICFJ board member Carrie Pudoff Brown and Mais Katt had a talk about "Women Who Won the War" which was published under the "Jim Hoge Legacy" Fellowship.

And about our work as female journalists in the Middle East and North Africa, the opportunities to change the face of Arab journalism thanks to female leadership and young female journalists in the region.

Testimonials

Mais Helped me a lot to have a full understanding of how to create a creative content!

Ahmad Walid - Egypt

She is my teacher, she is always there for my questions ..

Wafaa Maddah - Syria

Mais Supported my media organization for more than one year.. It was very useful experience

Amin Abdullah - Yemen

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