Bio
Bio
Dalia Mikulska is a freelance journalist specializing in long-form journalism and narrative features. Author of the non-fiction book about Palestine titled “We Were All Human Here Once”, published in Polish by the Filtry Publishing House in 2025 (expected translation to Croatian).
She holds a graduate degree in Law, Humanitarian Assistance and the Arab Master’s in Democracy and Human Rights from Beirut, equipping her with a deep understanding of the MENA region, particularly in the areas of human rights, international humanitarian law, conflicts and forced migrations.
Having also completed the Polish School of Reportage, she has published numerous articles in major Polish and some foreign (Middle East Eye, Raseef22, Die Zeit) magazines and websites. Since the beginning of her career in 2016, she has extensively traveled and reported from Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Sweden, Germany, and Tunisia, providing insightful and compelling stories from these regions.
Her long-form narrative feature on Palestinians held in Israeli jails and torture camps was awarded first place in the 57th Nationwide Literary Świdwin Reportage Competition. Dalia has also been a two-time finalist for journalism awards, including the Poznańskie Publishing House Award for the best book proposal and the Zygmunt Moszkowicz Award for Journalists.
Dalia has also been selected for the prestigious Milena Jasenska Fellowship at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, where she worked on Tunisia. She was also awarded a scholarship by the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation to report on crimes committed in Syrian detention centers, allowing her to interview survivors of such crimes and former political prisoners from Syria.
Her articles have been published so far in Polish, English, German, Arabic and Ukrainian.
Until recently, she worked in the humanitarian and development sector in various countries, including Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Turkey, Lebanon, Ukraine, and Greece. Finally, she has extensively researched the Tunisian strategy for preventing and combating radicalism.