Zainab Al-Attar
Professor Zainab Al-Attar is a practicing and academic Forensic Psychologist specialising in terrorism and forensic mental health. She has over 24 years’ experience in forensic psychology. Prior to that, she worked in neuropsychology at the doctoral and post-doctoral levels. Zainab has worked in academia for over 26 years and in practice for 24 years. She has published widely in the field of terrorism and forensic mental health and is a reviewer for many peer-reviewed international journals in this field and is the author of the RAN Handbook of Extremism, Radicalisation and Mental Health which is published in three languages.
In addition to her forensic practice specialism in terrorism, she has extensive experience in autism spectrum disorder and neurodevelopmental conditions, has delivered training on autism and neurodiversity to thousands of practitioners over the past two decades and has developed guidelines for forensic practitioners working with individuals with autism and ADHD, which have been employed internationally by forensic practitioners working across settings. Zainab has led and supervised several research projects on terrorism, neurodiversity and mental illness. She is also a member of the terrorism and extremism expert group of practicing psychologists in the British Psychological Society. Finally, Zainab works as a part-time consultant psychologist in an autism and psychiatric diagnostic service, in addition to her full time clinical practice in the field of terrorism.
