Lecturer. Ara is a Computer Science lecturer at the School of Engineering and Technology with over five years of experience teaching at private universities in Erbil. She holds a BSc and MSc in Software Engineering from the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) and currently pursuing a PhD in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence at Duhok Polytechnic University. Ara has contributed to academic quality assurance and regularly engages in national and international conferences, workshops, and training programmes. Along with that she always dedicated her time to support and engage students. Her research interests include cybersecurity, hate speech detection, AI, IoT, medical technologies, and e-government.