• Mideast Research Fellow

Dina Sadek

Dina Sadek is a Middle East research fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab). 

Prior to joining the DFRLab, Sadek worked as Asia program manager at Internews Network, managing programs that enhance access to credible quality news and information in Asia, and as the director of programs in Myanmar prior. She also worked at the International Republican Institute in several capacities, including as a global media development and countering disinformation specialist, and managed regional civil-society capacity building programs in the Middle East and North Africa region. Sadek worked on development programs enhancing political inclusion, digital literacy, and mitigating electoral disinformation ahead of the 2020 general elections in Myanmar. 

Before her involvement in international development, Sadek was a Cairo-based freelance reporter, a field interpreter, and fixer for several international media outlets in Egypt and Libya. She holds a master’s degree in global security and strategy from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. Her master’s research focused on the contributing factors to disinformation and extreme speech in long-term conflicts with case studies on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the Myanmar internal conflict.

May 2023

Reports of alleged weapons deal between Egypt and Russia heighten conspiracy theories on Arabic social media

by Dina Sadek

Leaked US intelligence document alleging secret weapons deal between Egypt and Russia sparks conspiracy theories about America’s interests in Egypt
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May 2023

Dubious Moroccan Facebook and Twitter accounts boost content critical of journalist Omar Radi and European Parliament

European Parliament’s condemnation of Morocco’s media crackdowns results in suspicious cross-platform amplification of pro-Moroccan response
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May 2023

Jordan’s digital crackdowns target media and human rights activists

by Dina Sadek

Jordanian authorities monitor and harass journalists and activists to control the information environment
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