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Arabic Senior Translator working remotely 3 days a week

Ms. Reema Saffarini

Profile

Seven years of media experience including three years as a freelance

Communications Specialist (writer and translator), three years as a field
reporter with Dubai’s broadsheet Gulf News and its Weekly Supplement Notes covering
the higher education beat, and one year experience in public relations. Additionally, six
years of experience with the United Nations in protection (of which two years were in a
managerial position) with the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Lebanon,
Jordan and Syria, and on humanitarian assistance coordination with the UN Office for
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) in Sudan and briefly with the World
Food Program (WFP) in South Sudan.

Education

2019 – M.A. Translation and Interpreting (Arabic/English), American University of

Sharjah
2009 – M.A. Middle East Policy Studies, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
2004 – B.A. Mass Communications, American University of Sharjah

Key positions held

April 2018 to date, Communications Specialist (Writer and Translator)

Freelance, United Arab Emirates

My current part-time/short term/freelance assignments include:

• Public Relations Specialist at American University of Sharjah
o Conceptualizing, developing and writing press releases and liaising with
UAE media to ensure coverage of latest university research and
significate events.
o Translation of press releases, university official communication
• Writer and Translator at Roya Public Relations, United Arab Emirates
o Translation for arts exhibitions, and art booklets and manuals
• Online United Nations Volunteer (OHCHR, WFP, UNEP, UNDP, UNITAR, DPI,
UNV Regional Office for Arab States, and various others)
o Translator, editor and report writer working on reports, proposals, training
material, manuals, and other types of documents.
• Translator and Editor at Sharjah Museum Authority
o Manuscripts, educational material, exhibitions’ work, and the Middle East
Journal of Museums (Dec 2019 edition).

My past part-time/short term/freelance assignments include:

• November 2020 to June 2021, Asharq News Agency, United Arab Emirates.
o Translation of Bloomberg articles on energy and the environment.
• March 2020 to May 2020, American University of Sharjah
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o Translator/subtitling: Re-imagining the Past – Preserving the History of

Al-Jazeera Al-Hamra
• April 2018 to December 2019, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Iraq
o Volunteer Translator – press releases, human interest stories, reports.

January 2018 to December 2019, Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Arabic and Translation Studies, American University of Sharjah

I researched and authored several research papers on:

• Machine Translation and Humanitarian Response
• Ethical Considerations in Interpreting for Asylum Seekers
• Simultaneous Interpreting of Humor in Political Speech
• Coinage and Standardization of Arabic Terminology in the United Nations
• Transfer of Knowledge from the West during the Muslim Renaissance with a
focus on Medicine and Philosophy
• Circuit of Culture and the Muslim Renaissance Translation Movement: An
Analysis

Additionally, I contributed to research projects through the translation of various

materials and research/information gathering.

November 2017 to January 2018, Coordination and External Partnerships Officer (P3)
World Food Program, South Sudan

I supported the WFP Country Director through the participation in inter-agency cluster
meetings and preparation of briefings and talking points that assisted in high-level and
senior management meetings.

July 2016 to September 2017, Area Support Officer (Protection) (P3)

United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Syria

I managed protection activities in Damascus targeting children in UNRWA schools, and

supervised the protection work of Assistant Area Support Officers in Damascus. I was
also Officer-in-Charge in the absence of head of unit, supervising the work of eight staff
members. Additionally, I collaborated closely with UNRWA’s Emergency Unit’s Shelter
Management to address protection issues in shelters for displaced people.

November 2015 to April 2016, Protection Officer (Limited Duration Contract)

United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Jordan

I supervised and coordinated the work of five Social Workers working on the frontline
with Palestine refugees from Syria (PRS) who sought refuge in Jordan because of the
conflict. I also briefed donors on protection status of Palestine refugees from Syria in
Jordan and provided input to briefs, submissions and reports to Front Office.

February 2014 to February 2015, Associate Humanitarian Affairs Officer/Special

Assistant to the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) (P2)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Sudan

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I supported the work of the HC and contributed to the preparation of various written
documents, e.g. background papers, speeches, talking points, and humanitarian
appeals. I also organized and contributed to the organization successful high-level
meetings (UN Agencies, Donors Consultation Meetings, etc.), seminars, conferences,
and workshops with other agencies and partners to facilitate exchanges of professional
expertise and views on specific humanitarian-related issues; served as reporter to some
of the events.

February 2013 to December 2013, Monitoring and Reporting Officer (Consultant)

United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Syria-Lebanon Border

As the protection focal point for PRS in the Beqaa area: I (i) conducted ad hoc interviews
to gather information on needs and protection concerns, (ii) referrals of PRS seeking
services from UNRWA and other humanitarian agencies (this involved answering
questions on border-related issues, visas and birth/marriage registrations, health,
education and recording and making the appropriate referrals within UNRWA and to
other humanitarian partners), and (iii) visited families and carried out assessments. I also
improved coordination between UNRWA and Agencies at the Beqaa level through
active participation in cluster and inter-agency meetings in Beqaa Area, Lebanon.

September 2010 to January 2013, Grievances Officer (Consultant)

United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Lebanon

I improved UNRWA Lebanon’s response to refugee and staff complaints by overseeing

the complaint handling process on issues related to UNRWA services (health, relief,
education, shelter rehabilitation). Additionally, I advised the Director’s Office on
proposed response and action on issues raised. I also drafted response letters, case
summaries, and memoranda related to complaints/queries, Field investigations, and
annual reports analyzing service‐related complaints/queries and Field investigations
highlighting trends and lessons learned.

November 2007 to October 2008, Public Relations Officer

American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

I enhanced university relations with the media, prepared press releases in Arabic and
English for the UAE media, and worked on the university's internal publications and
website.

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