Abeer Allam is an Egyptian journalist and Gulfnews editor for the Financial Times. Allam holds a master’s in journalism from Columbia University, and has previously reported for Bloomberg and the New York Times before joining the Financial Times. Throughout her career, Allam has covered major social and political events in the Arab world. Currently based in the United Arab Emirates, Allam’s recent reporting has focused on the impact throughout the Middle East of the Egyptian military coup and the conflict in Syria.