THE TEAM
Labiba was launched in 2020 out of a desire to shed light on an almost forgotten story, that of Palestine. Initially staffed by Italian Co-Founders Carolina, Lamia and Giulia alone, their pilot project started to grow and expand even outside the Italian borders. Today, Labiba has a team of over 30 young volunteers coming from different professional, academic and personal backgrounds. This extraordinary growth shows the ongoing need for this important mission and Labiba’s success in reaching people and communities.
Founders:
Carolina
Co-Founder
board member
Graduated in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance. She’s always been interested in local development and human rights. She’s a social designer, and works with the Fondazione Santobono Pausilipon in the design and fundraising fields.
Lamia
Co-Founder
board member
The protection of human rights is fundamental to her, especially those related to education. After a MA in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance, she is now pursuing her PhD at the University of Padua, and works as European designer.
Giulia
Co-Founder
board member
With a passion for writing, for native people's rights, and for all forms of communication. Graduated in Communication and specialized in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance, she writes for other blogs and works on ecological transition in the third sector.
Martina
co-founder
She studied storytelling and publishing at the Scuola Holden in Turin and at the Scuola di Editoria in Florence. With a passion for travel, languages, cultures and books, she’s always on the lookout for the next adventure.
Marta
co-founder
Graduated in Contemporary History and Politics and currently grad student in International Relations, she cultivates her passion for post-colonial Middle East politics and regional anti-terrorism through research.
Lucrezia
co-founder
Graduated in Environmental Sustainability and Ecology, with a passion for circular economy and international development. During her career she had the chance to live and work in various fascinating countries, thus collecting many experiences worth telling. She’s particularly sensitive to different cultures and a believer in social and environmental justice.
Mariarosa
co-founder
Graduated in Languages for International Relations at Università Cattolica di Milano and graduated the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation. She’s passionate about writing, sustainability and human rights, especially women rights. She will soon start the process to enroll in the Order of Journalists.
Communication team
Andrea
Art Director
Graduated in Public, Social and Political Communication at Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, she works as Social Media Manager and freelance Copywriter. She’s worked with various non-profit associations dealing with inclusion and protection of human and animal rights.
Simone
Web Developer
Trained as a computer expert, he’s always been passionate about social and political issues. He’s graduating in Political Science and he currently works as a web designer for various communication agencies.
Miriam
LinkedIn Manager
Passionate about politics and human rights with an international law degree obtained at the University of Valencia. Working as a book publisher for more than 4 years.
Editor
Michelangelo
Editor
Graduated in Humanities, with an MA in Narrative Arts – Cinema and Television. With a passion for literature and cinema, he’s currently collaborating as a writer for TV series and as a short-film creator.
Francesca
Editor
Graduated in Psychology of Communications and Marketing, she works with blogs as editorial manager and writes articles about grammar and literature.
Federica
English Editor
With an MA in Languages and Literature at the University of Tor Vergata and a post-graduate course in Literary Translation, she’s always had a passion for foreign languages and cultures, and the ambition to make them accessible to everyone.
Martina F.
Editor lingua inglese e italiano
Martina was born in Genoa in '98 and graduated in July with a degree in Contemporary Humanities from Scuola Holden, speciality: creative writing. She is a fan of conceptual art, realist literature and techno music. She has written a novel for Edizioni Nottetempo and is Copywriting and Storytelling Specialist at Pininfarina.
Storytellers
Michela
Storyteller
Graduated in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance, she lived in occupied Palestine to write her dissertation. She’s now a researcher for Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, where she deals mainly with migrants’ and asylum seekers’ rights for the Mediterranean area.
Chiara
Storyteller
With an MA in Emergency Governance, during her career she’s done two field research theses in Kenya and Uganda. She currently works for an INGO in Tunisia as Project Development Intern for implemented projects in Libya.
Laura
Storyteller
Graduated in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance. Her interest in the Israeli-Palestinian issue has been concretized in her thesis on the role of companies in the continuation of the Occupation. She can’t sit still in front of injustice.
Matteo
Storyteller
Graduated in Communication Science, I’m a sport enthusiast and passionate about art in all its deflections. I’m fascinated by human beings and their stories. I believe in writing as a form of self-expression.
Silvia
Storyteller
She has a Master’s Degree in Environmental and Oil Engineering at the Politecnico di Torino. She’s passionate about insights, data analysis and environmental and social reporting. Since 2020 she’s a remote volunteer in an NGO; she’s decided to join Labiba to express even more her passions: geopolitics and energy.
Majd
Storyteller
Born in the heart of Jerusalem, she studies Political Sciences and International Relations at the University of Perugia. With her Mediterranean features and a passion for her country, she has the aim to spread Palestine’s tragic history.
Beatriz
Storyteller
From Portugal, currently doing an MA in Communication Sciences and previously studied Translation and Cultural Studies. Great interest in international relations, human rights, culture, and art.
Lydia
Storyteller
With a bachelor in History and pursuing a master's in World Politics and International Relations, focusing on cyber-weapons and IR theory. Lives in Pavia and Athens. Main interests include security issues, literature, and diplomacy.
Leena
Storyteller
Leena is a student at New York University studying Political Science and Anthropology. She has been actively volunteering for human rights NGOs since 2017 and has done and presented political research at different colleges. She has experience in research and writing and wants to be a human rights lawyer.
Ekaterina
Storyteller
Master's Student in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance at the University of Padova. Currently working on the thesis focusing on the important role of civil society in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. My biggest interests are people, languages and culture. My biggest dream is peace all over the world.
Federica
Storyteller
Laureata in Lingue e Studi Europei, sostenitrice e promotrice di multiculturalità e internazionalizzazione attraverso la scrittura e lo storytelling. Attualmente impiegata come docente, cerca di trasmettere ai "grandi di domani" l'importanza dei valori civili, tassello dopo tassello, per la costruzione di una società più inclusiva.
Annachiara
Storyteller
Laureata in comunicazione e ora studentessa di Giornalismo a Parma. Appassionata di arte contemporanea, forte sostenitrice dei diritti umani e femministi, viaggiatrice instancabile. Attualmente ingaggiata in progetti universitari per lo sviluppo di un’informazione moderna e libera.