Farah Najem studied a joint master's degree in Economics of the Middle East at Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany, and the Lebanese American University, Lebanon, during 2018. She is a four-time DAAD scholarship holder, with which she participated in several study programs in Germany, Lebanon, and Egypt. Her Bachelors degree was mainly focused on Economics and was awarded through Hashemite University, Jordan, in 2014. During her sophomore year, she took part in an exchange program offered by the National University of Ireland, Galway, back in 2012, focusing on Service Learning and Civic Engagement. As for work experience, she has worked on several projects in Jordan, Germany, and Canada, namely, Trade Marketing in the Middle East and Africa and Digital Youth Livelihoods and the Future of Work at Scale. Lately, she has been serving as an economics researcher.