Wala Al-Sadi

2025 McCall MacBain Scholar

McGill Faculty of Arts, MISt, Information Studies

Education:

Lebanese American University (BA'25)

Aden, Yemen

Wala is a Communications student at the Lebanese American University. She currently works as a communications officer and creative producer for a podcast platform that highlights Yemen's artistic heritage. Wala is a team leader and research manager at YEMRSH, a digital archive that preserves Yemeni's arts and culture. Inspired by her work at YEMRSH, Wala received funding from the Goethe Institut to start the Save Program, which trains people in Yemen to document and digitize their history. Before this, she volunteered as a social media designer for Al Yamaniah, a platform that supports Yemeni female artists. On campus, Wala participated in the photography club, helped organize the MEPI Tomorrow's Leaders conference, and coordinated a Ramadan Iftar with an orphanage in Lebanon. Wala will be pursing the master’s program in Information Studies at McGill. She aims to become a communications and media production professor and continue working in the cultural sector.