Sa’eda Al-Kilani
Tel: (962-6-4656694) Fax: (962-6-4656693) Mob: (962-79) 9860004 e-mail: saeda@nol.com.jo
PO Box: 815454 Amman Jordan
Date of birth
:
 July 14, 1967
Nationality
:
 Jordanian,
Career
:
 Writer / Researcher/ human rights activist
Work Experience 1999 - until Now
:
Founder/ Director of the Arab Archives Institute for Publishing and Research.

 
The Institute documents, carries out studies
and organises conferences on human rights, media freedoms, transparency and women rights in the Arab countries.
1996 - Jan 2004
:
 Correspondent for Reporters Sans Frontieres.
2000 - Jan 2004
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Representative/founding member of a chapter for Transparency International in Jordan
1989 -1998
:
Senior political Reporter for the Jordan Times daily
Covering regional summits of leaders, council of ministers, parliament, press freedoms, political parties. In-depth reporting on human rights, women issues, islamic issues
1992 -1996
:
 Columnist /Reporter for the French page “Le Jourdain” at the weekly newspaper the Star – Jordan.
1990 -1991
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Reporter / Translator for CBS ( American TV), Canal + (French TV), Antenne II (French TV) – Jordan
Conducting interviews, preparing press summaries and translating articles during the Gulf War.
• Contributing writer for several publications, in Arabic, English and French including the French La Croix daily, the French L’express magazine, the Canadian New Internationationalist magazine and Arab human rights organisations reports.
• Contributing Researcher to several international reports and books including the Global Corruption Report, World Bank report, Middle East Report (MERIP), and the US based Lawyers Committee’s report.
• Founding member of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network.
Educational Record
:
  
Oct. 1992
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Maitrise in Political Science – University of Paris VIII – France
Oct. 1998
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Sorbonne 1 – French Cultural Center- Jordan
July- Aug.89
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University courses in French Literature at the University of Bourgogne – Dijon, France.
1989
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BA English Literature – University of Jordan.
1983
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Certificate of Proficiency in English – University of Michigan.
Languages
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Arabic, English, French - fluent in writing and speaking all three languages.
Publications
2005
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Author of a book entitled Jordan Press Association – The Unwritten history.
2004
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Author of a book entitled Freedom Fries: Fried Freedoms, a study on Arab satellite channels between state control and western pressure.
2002
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Author of a book entitled Press Freedoms in Jordan,
published by the Euro-Mediterranean Network for Human Rights- Copenhagen and the Arab Archives Institute, May 2002
2002
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Co-author of a book entitled Wasta- The Declared Secret ,
published by the Arab Archives Institute. March 2002
2001
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A report on Corruption in the Middle East and North Africa region, published in the Annual report of Transparency International, 2001.
2001
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A study on Monitoring Elections in Jordan carried out with the support of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung- Amman
2000
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Co-editor of a book entitled Towards Transparency in Jordan, published by the Arab Archives Institute.
1998
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A report on press freedoms entitled Black year for democracy in Jordan on media freedoms in Jordan presented at the European Parliament and supported by Euro-Mediterranean Network for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Committee to Protect Journalists, ARTICLE 19, Federation Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l’Homme and Reporters Sans Frontieres.
1997
:
A book-report on Press Freedoms entitled Blaming the Press ,
published by the London-based ARTICLE 19 organisation. October 1997.
1994
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Op-ed columns at the Charlotte Observer daily North Carolina, U.S.A
1993
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A booklet on the situation of human rights in Jordan, entitled And Jordan Too.
1993
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Co-author and editor of a booklet entitled Islamic Action Front Party.
To be published
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2007
:
 Book on persecuted writers in Islamic history.
* All books are produced in Arabic and in English
Scholarships
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* One-week fellowship at the Salzburg Seminar in October 2000, Salzburg, Austria.
   
* Three-week scholarship to the USA in 1999 upon the invitation of the US State department.
   
*Two-month scholarship to France in 1996 offered by the French Center for Training Journalists (CFPJ) in France. The course was entitled Intensive training in Journalism
   
*Three –week scholarship to Japan in 1995 offered by the Japanese Foreign Ministry. I conducted interviews with officials, politicians and human rights activists
   
*Six-month scholarship to the U.S.A in 1994 offered by the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships. I worked as an intern reporter/columnist for the daily Charlotte Observer, in North Carolina.
Lectures    
2000 - 2005
  
Participated, given lectures, chaired sessions, organised and co-organised conferences and workshops in international conferences related to human rights, media freedoms and transparency. Countries included South Africa, United States, France, Lebanon, Morocco, Canada, Egypt, Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden.
2000
 :
February: Media And democracy in the Arab world, delivered in Amman, Jordan at the invitation of the International Press Institute.
February: Press freedoms in Jordan, delivered in Amman, upon the invitation of the London-based ARTICLE 19.
1999
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December: My experience at the European Parliament, delivered in Warsaw, Poland.
- October: My experience at the European Parliament, delivered at the European Parliament, Brussels.
- August: Press and Publications law in Jordan delivered in Athens, Greece upon the invitation of the Arab movement for Human Rights
- April: Freedom of Expression in the Euro-Med region and the Barcelona Declaration, delivered at a conference on Human Rights and the Peace Process in Stuttgart, Germany
1998
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*Black year for democracy in Jordan, delivered at a conference on Elections in third world countries, in Providence, USA
1996
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*Stereotyping Women in the Media delivered at Queen Zein al Sharaf Complex, Jordan.
Aug.1994 - Nov. 1994
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*Islam and the Middle East Peace Process delivered to committees of the Council on Foreign Relations.
*Women and Islam delivered at several American universities and churches.
Both types of lectures were delivered at six different American states upon the request of the New York based Council on Foreign Relations. I was selected one of three best speakers by the Council for the 1994 year.
The states included: Boston, Kansas, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Nebraska
1993
 :
*Journalism and Religion delivered at al Zarqa Secondary School – Jordan
*Freedom of the Press delivered at Abdul Hamid Sharaf School – Jordan
Conferences : As Director of the Arab Archives Institute, I organised conferences related to media freedoms, human rights and promoting democracy in Arab countries. We held several workshops and conferences and four main international conferences:
- November 30, December 1, 2005: An international conference on media Freedoms II.
- December 6-8, 2003: An international conference on Media Freedoms.
- March 31-April 2, 2002: An Arab and international conference entitled: Transparency II- the different facets of Wasta”.
- May 22, 2000: A conference entitled “Towards Transparency in Jordan”.
Sa’eda Al-Kilani is the Director of the Arab Archives Institute that documents, carries out studies and organises conferences on human rights, media freedoms, transparency and women rights in the Arab countries.

Ms Kilani is the author of a number of books, the most recent of which is "Freedom Fries: Fried Freedoms", a study on Arab satellite channels struggle between state control and western pressure.

She has also written a book entitled "Press Freedoms in Jordan" and "Wasta- The Declared Secret." Contributing Researcher to several international reports and books including the Global Corruption Report, World Bank report, Middle East Report (MERIP), and the US based Lawyers Committee’s report.

She has also been a political reporter for the Jordan Times daily and a contributing writer for several publications, in Arabic, English and French including the French La Croix daily, the French L’express magazine, Financial Times, the Canadian New Internationationalist magazine and Arab human rights organizations reports. She was also a correspondent for Reporters Sans Frontieres, a founding member of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network and a founding member of a chapter for Transparency International in Jordan.