Bio
Rime Allaf is a Syrian-born writer, editor, and public speaker.
A former Associate Fellow at London’s eminent Chatham House (the Royal Institute for International Affairs) for nearly ten years, she has researched, spoken and written about Syria, the region and international affairs for two decades.
Her articles have appeared in various publications (such as The Guardian, The New York Times, The Telegraph), and she has authored and co-authored numerous academic papers. Regularly sought for her analysis and commentary, she has often been quoted by journalists on regional events, and has been a frequent guest on international broadcast media channels. She has also written copiously for years on her blog, Mosaics.
On Syria, she has in-depth knowledge of domestic, geopolitical, cultural and socio-economic affairs. She has written and spoken extensively about the country in the decade preceding the revolution of 2011, and in the decade since then. While remaining politically independent, she is committed to supporting Syria’s transition to a democratic and pluralistic state, and is a Board Member of the renowned Syrian civil society organization The Day After. She is also on the Advisory Council of the Washington, D.C. based Middle East Institute’s Syria Program.
A seasoned communications strategist with extensive media and public relations experience, as well as a marketing research background specializing in sensitive qualitative research, she continues to provide consultancy and personalized media and communications training to clients in the public and the private sector. She is the founder of the agency Ad Rem Communications.
Born in Damascus, raised in Europe and the US in a diplomatic family, she is a native English speaker, and fluent in Arabic, French, Spanish and German.
