Basma Taysir Al Doukhi is a UK-based Palestinian Doctor in Migration studies, a human rights activist, humanitarian practitioner, and founder of Roouh, a social enterprise that serves as a platform for female refugee artisans to tell their stories in their own words through their craft. Before pursuing a PhD, she worked for over a decade as a humanitarian professional, supporting refugee communities in the MENA region on behalf of the UN. She is undertaking a comparative case study of Syrian and Afghan associations supporting their displaced communities in Turkey. Her PhD project is the first study of these associations undertaken by a scholar with a refugee background. Her background is a mix of practice, research and policy work, with a particular interest in the topics of representation, voices and power within refugee and migration studies.