Lina Sinjab is a filmmaker and BBC Middle East correspondent based in Beirut. She also contributes to several international media outlets and was a non-resident fellow contributing to Chatham House’s “Syria From Within” project. Lina has extensively covered the Syrian uprising since its beginnings in 2011, and continues to follow developments in Syria and the region.
In 2014 and 2016 she covered the Syria peace talks in Geneva as the BBC’s world affairs reporter. In 2019 she produced and directed a film on the siege on Aleppo “Madness in Aleppo.” In 2013, she directed a film on Syrian women during time of uprising ‘Suryyat,’ which was nominated for One Media Award. In May 2013, she won the International Media Cutting Edge Award for her coverage of Syria. She holds a degree in English Literature from Damascus University, read law at the Beirut Arab University, and holds an MA in international politics from SOAS, University of London.