Diana Ishaqat is a development practitioner based in Amman, Jordan. She has experience working with international organizations and nonprofits, including United Nations agencies in the contexts of youth leadership, women’s rights, and crisis relief. Her interest in societies in transition was inspired by the experiences accumulated from growing up between the North Caucasus and the Middle East. Outside Jordan, she has participated as an emerging researcher and a member of several advocacy networks that promote causes such as gender equality in the MENA region, as well as refugee and indigenous peoples’ rights in a wide range of projects that took place in South Korea, Lebanon, Denmark, Canada, and Germany. Diana is a former Chevening Scholar at the University of Westminster in London, with a Master’s degree in Media, Campaigning and Social Change.