Ruby Hamad

Ruby Hamad is a journalist, author and academic who was born in Lebanon and raised in Australia. Hamad was a regular columnist at Fairfax Media and her work has also appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times, Prospect magazine, Crikey, Meanjin, The New Arab and more. She has contributed chapters to Arab, Australian, Other (2019), Family: Stories of Belonging (2023), and the academic anthology Feminists Talk Whiteness (2024). Hamad holds a PhD in media studies from the University of New South Wales and currently teaches journalism and media production.