Jihan received her BA in International and Comparative Politics with a concentration in Human Rights, Philosophy, and International Law at the American University of Paris. Her MA was at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study with a focus on art education and storytelling. In 2012, her article “Libya, My Father, and I” was published in Kalimat Magazine: Arab Thought and Culture. Jihan is committed to discovering how free expression can be a vehicle for empowerment and understanding.