Deena Kamel has been a business reporter at The National newspaper in Abu Dhabi since 2018, with a focus on aviation and transportation. Her reporting has taken her to Sydney, Seoul, Seattle, Geneva and various Gulf capitals. 

With a background in business journalism in the UAE spanning more than a decade, Deena has covered a wide range of topics from company news to the economy while working for local newspapers and foreign newswires. Previously, she was the Gulf transport correspondent for Bloomberg in Dubai. She has a Master of Journalism degree from the University of British Columbia in Canada. Deena is fluent in Arabic and English.

Explore some of Deena’s reporting during the fellowship year:

• More than a third of pilots not flying as pandemic takes mental and financial toll (The National News | January 26, 2022)
• Generation Start-up: Shezlong seeks to remove mental health stigma through online counselling (The National News | June 26, 2021)
• Mubadala-backed mental health start-up BetterUp valued at nearly $5bn after funding round (The National News | October 9, 2021)
• Generation Start-up: How Hakini is boosting access to therapy in Palestine and beyond  (The National News | December 05, 2021)
• World’s richest countries are not providing adequate mental health care during pandemic (The National News | June 09, 2021)