Syrian journalist and human rights activist.

Director of the Media and Freedoms Unit at the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression since October 2009, Program Director at the same center, and Editor of the Women's Section of Tala'na Ala Al-Hurriya Magazine, where she has written several articles.

Yara has participated in several international projects defending the rights of journalists and public freedoms, and has received several awards, including the Alison Des Forges Award. She also received several human rights awards on behalf of her husband, who was released in 2015. She has been honored by several international human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, IFEX, and Amnesty International, for her contributions to highlighting the plight of Syrian detainees and the policy of silencing voices led by the former Syrian regime.

Yara was arrested on February 16, 2012, along with 14 other staff members at the center, including its director and her husband, Mazen Darwish, by the former Syrian regime. She was released on May 10 of the same year.

I graduated with a major in Drama Studies from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Syria.