Dalia Ismail

Dalia Ismail (born in 1997) is an Italian-Palestinian journalist and independent geopolitical analyst who grew up in both Italy and Palestine. She holds a degree in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Valle d’Aosta, a research master’s degree in International Security from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, and has completed a specialisation course in narrative journalism and international investigations at the Scuola Holden in Turin. Throughout her career, she has contributed to various Italian and international publications, including Middle East Eye, The New Arab, The Palestine Chronicle, Altreconomia and Il Fatto Quotidiano, where she runs a blog focused primarily on Palestine and international relations. Alongside her journalistic work, she has taken part in initiatives to raise awareness of the rights of the Palestinian people, also collaborating with the Palestinian Youth Movement. Her professional interests centre mainly on the geopolitics of the Middle East, colonialism, human rights and the media portrayal of conflicts. In 2026, she was a finalist in the fifteenth edition of the Roberto Morrione Award for investigative journalism with the investigation "Fino a un certo punto" (To a Certain Extent), produced in collaboration with Jamil El Sadi and Dario Morgante, which subsequently received the Libera Giovani Award.