Yara joined the B&B team in November 2020 when Amani poached her from Anghami, where Yara was working as a conceptual editor. In addition to her personal love of local music, Yara was an editor and content and community manager at Project Revolver; she has also consulted for Factory People's Friday Night Live and BBX events; and most recently worked as project manager for the AlUla Future Culture Summit. Academically, she holds an MA in Critical and Creative Analysis from Goldsmiths, University of London; her dissertation was a social study of the music scene in Lebanon.