Mais Katt

founder and editor-in-chief Women Who Won the War

Mais Katt is a Syrian-Dutch award-winning investigative journalist and international trainer specializing in conflict reporting. She has collaborated with leading Arab and international media including Lighthouse Reports, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, and ARIJ. She has trained thousands of journalists and media organizations across the Middle East and North Africa, and has worked with international training centers such as Internews, CFI, RNW, and DW Akademie. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Women Who Won the War, an Arab women investigative journalists network. Following the fall of the Syrian regime in late 2024, Mais now lives between the Netherlands and Damascus.

read more