About

Rima Abdelkader

Rima Abdelkader is a Time, Inc. scholar currently pursuing a Master’s degree at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. She previously worked as a print journalist at the United Nations covering the U.N. and international affairs, and interned for NBC, CNN’s Diplomatic License with Richard Roth, MediaGlobal Newswire, and with Al Jazeera English.

Rima recently trained students in social media in Syria this summer. She is also a journalist for The Huffington Post World section, DinarStandard and is the co-founder and blogger of NewYorkIraqis.com, a multimedia Web site that covers the underreported social, economic, professional, and personal lives of Iraqis living in New York City.

Rima is an active member of the student affairs committee of the New York Women in Communications and a student liaison officer of the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association.

She received her BBA in Marketing with a specialization in Management and Political Science at Pace University magna cum laude and gave the commencement address at her graduation.

In her spare time, Rima mentors students find the tools necessary to succeed in college and in their internships.