In December 2011 Alrifai received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland in Government and Politics and Middle East studies, where she was awarded the full-tuition Academic Excellence Scholarship until her graduation. Alrifai is a member of the National Political Science Honor Society (Pi Sigma Alpha) and a member of the International Honor Society (Phi Theta Kappa).
She was featured with her family in The Washington Post newspaper on an account of their human rights activism and support for the Syrian Revolution in 2011. Alrifai is Ammar Abdulhamid"s step-daughter. She works as a researcher on the topic of Syria for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Alrifai has been published in the most prestigious American magazines including Foreign Affairs, The National Interest, The Hill and CTC Sentinel.
Her research and policy analysis focus on Syria and the Middle East.
Alrifai is a member of the National Political Science Honor Society (Pi Sigma Alpha) and a member of the International Honor Society (Phi Theta Kappa).
