Raya AlJadir

Raya AlJadir is a freelance journalist and co-founder of the first Arabic lifestyle e-magazine of its kind, Disability Horizons Arabic. Her interests range from culture, TV social projects and initiatives, literature and art but her main focus is disability rights issues. A keen blogger, she launched Careless to raise awareness of life with a disability. She has also taught English to refugees and migrants as a volunteer at The Migrants Resource Centre and worked at both Amnesty International and Equality and Human Rights Commission. Raya is an English degree graduate from Queen Mary, University of London, where she also read Renaissance Studies for Masters Degree and is currently researching for a PhD thesis entitled 'The role of servants in political matters in Early Modern Drama'.