Salma Shalaby is a documentary filmmaker and producer with extensive professional, media/ Journalism experience: as an Investigative reporter she investigated Refugee women's rights, Salma was an undercover Syrian refugee, where she aimed to tackle the sex trafficking of Syrian refugees in 2013. As a  Writer, Producer,  Salma has worked with Endemol Middle East and also in international environments for various film festivals such as the Red Sea Film Festival, CIFF and ACA, multimedia & digital producer in film and television, producing documentaries, commercials, and other content for broadcasting networks. For her humanitarian work with Amnesty International, UNICEF and the UN, she was awarded the Inspirational Award form Reverend Jesse Jackson. In 2022 she set up the London offices for Cairo News Network, as their executive producer.  Salma has worked with high-profile government officials, celebrities, and athletes some of whom include:  Mo Salah, Andrea Bocelli, and Ralph Fiennes.  She is the current recipient of  the VC Scholarship,  for an Arts PhD in Virtual Reality. Her research focuses on  developing a tool for suicide prevention through immersive technologies. 

A Current member of the of the Documentary Association on Europe (DAE)
and the IEEE Advancing Technology for Humanity.


PHD Candidate at LJMU. Cross Discipline study
@LJMUScreen @SSHRG1

Languages

French
Spanish; Castilian
English
Arabic

Degrees

2021, Documenatry Filmmaking, United Kingdom, Masters

Certifications

2021, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, Research Excellence Prize

Postgraduate training

Research Ethics Training LJMU March 2020 version 8, United Kingdom, Liverpool John Moores University, 2022 - present