Libya

National Cultural Opportunities Fund (NCOF) - 2024

Fatma Ghandour is a journalist, media professional, and researcher from Tripoli, Libya. She is a professor at University's Faculty of Arts and Media, where she teaches courses in the journalism, radio and television, dramatic arts, and cinema departments. 

Fatma holds a postgraduate diploma in social work and community development in the Third World and a master’s degree in social anthropology with a focus on folk narrative studies, both of which were granted by the University of Tripoli.

Her research primarily focuses on women’s issues and non-material heritage. 

Fatma has published works such as Libyan Folk Tales: A Sociological Study (2010), and Oh Your Stones, Oh Your Wells (2012) and  Folk Tales for Young and Old (2012), which are based on folk tales collected in Libya’s oases. 

Fatma is currently working on a project documenting alternative biographies of Libyan women activists — Biographical Interviews and Conversations 1911-1970.

She also works as a media consultant for women’s and human rights organizations in Libya.