Carol Malouf is an Independent Journalist at Natural Star Productions specialised in covering the Middle East and Syria. She is also the founder of Solace Foundation a non-governmental organisation in Lebanon working on sustainable development projects and aid distribution in rural areas. Solace runs two projects: Lebanese For Refugees, a civil society initiative supporting refugees and Lebanese through aid distribution and emergency response and House of Mouneh, a sustainable development project supporting Lebanese, Syrian and Iraqi women in Falougha, Lebanon. Malouf writes regularly and comments on Middle East Affairs in the Daily Telegraph (UK), Al Jazeera English website, NOW website and appears regularly as a commentator on different TV stations both in English and Arabic.