Earlier to her job as a co-founding director at Masahat, Zeina Bali worked with several Norwegian and International NGOs in Turkey, Syria, Norway, Switzerland, among others, and participated in various international events engaging with culture, humanitarian work and the diasporic Syrian civil society. She holds a MSc in International Development and Management from Lund University, Sweden. Zeina was born and raised in Syria and moved to Norway in 2015.