Afra Jalabi is an Arab-Canadian journalist and peace advocate. She was born in Damascus in 1970 and was raised in Germany and Saudi Arabia. Currently, she is a weekly columnist for the Saudi daily newspaper Al Yaum and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Law and Religion at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Previously, she worked as a weekly columnist for Al-Jadeedah magazine in London and wrote about cultural, social, and literary topics. Ms. Jalabi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and Political Science from McGill University in Montreal and a Master’s degree in Journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa.