Humanitarian Academy 55d ago

What happens when a humanitarian communications specialist with 15 years of field experience starts using AI – and then turns that learning into advocacy for AI literacy and opportunities? In this interview, we hear from Nour Arab from Lebanon, on her journey from early AI experimentation to building tools for her own community, and why she believes AI literacy is the most urgent need facing the sector today. Nour was one of 1,729 individuals from 120+ countries and territories who participated in the Humanitarian Leadership Academy and Data Friendly Space's Humanitarian AI January 2026 pulse survey – an ongoing effort to track how humanitarians are using AI in their work. She has since engaged with ongoing HLA initiatives including attendance at humanitarian AI webinars and LinkedIn discussions. In her own words, drawn from a follow-up interview conducted by research co-lead Ka Man Parkinson, Nour explains how she is currently using AI, what she has built with it – including a fundraising website for her home city of Tripoli, Lebanon – and what she believes the global humanitarian community needs to do next. Read the full inteview: https://www.humanitarianleadershipacademy.org/resources/ai-literacy-for-those-who-are-on-the-ground-is-key-a-humanitarian-perspective-from-lebanon/ #HumanitarianAI