Yasmin Merei is a journalist, linguist and human rights activist. As a journalist she has written for several newspapers and was the co-editor of the Syrian magazines Al Haqiqa and Suwar. Merei is managing editor Sayyidat Suria. Merei is a founding member of the Syrian Women's Lobby, a member of the Civic and Democratic Action Society, Syria and associate director of the Campaign Against Childhood Marriage. She will be staying at Villa Aurora until the end of December 2015.