Al-abadi was born in 1988. Al-abadi began her career in Syria, documenting human rights violations faced by women during the
Syrian Civil War. She worked covertly in
Deir ez-Zor, an area under the control of
ISIS, able to work undercover whilst wearing a
niqab and from internet cafes. In 2014, Al-abadi was arrested and imprisoned for 3 months due to her journalistic work. In 2022, Al-abadi was co-awarded a
Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press, for the investigation “The Mahdi Scouts: A chronicle of child recruitment into Iranian militias” which was cowritten with Lebanese journalist
Fatima Al-Othman. Her work has also been shortlisted by the
Fetisov Journalism Awards and the Climate School and Greenpeace Award for Climate Justice. She works with the Syrian Female Journalists Network as a mentor on the "Empowering a New Generation of Female Journalists" project. == References ==