Sara El Khatib is a researcher specialising in conflict, social healing, and post-war reconciliation. She is currently the Folke Bernadotte Academy’s Women, Peace and Security Scholar at MIFTAH – the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy. She holds an MSc in Conflict Management and Humanitarian Action from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and has worked with research institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and across the Middle East. Her work explores trauma, gender, and the politics of memory in post-conflict societies.