Reem Khalifa

Reem Khalifa
ريم عبد الرحمن خليفة
Born
Reem Abdul Rahman Khalifa

February 1974 (1974-02) (age 51)
NationalityBahrain
Alma materUniversity of Westminster
OccupationJournalist
Years active1997 to present
EmployerAl-Wasat
SpouseMansoor al-Jamri
Children2 (son and daughter)

Reem Abdul Rahman Khalifa (Arabic: ريم خليفة, born February 1974, Kuwait) is a Bahraini writer, journalist, and human rights activist. She helped launch the Bahraini newspaper, Al-Wasat before moving on to work as a reporter for the Associated Press in Manama. Khalifa also co-founded the Migrant Workers’ Protection Society and the Bahrain Society against Domestic Violence.

Khalifa used to write a daily opinion column for Al-Wasat and a weekly column for the Qatarii newspaper, Al Raya. Today, she writes for several websites.