Her work appeared in Bloomberg News, Business Week, TIME, Newsweek, the Daily Beast, the Washington Post and USA Today, as well as a number of academic journals. She has also appeared as a commentator on BBC, France24, Bloomberg TV, TV New Zealand, CBS News and many more. She recently covered the revolutions in Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen. Salama has also reported from North Korea, China, Kosovo and the Balkan countries, and various locations in sub-Saharan Africa. Salama has an MA in Islamic Politics and International Security from Columbia University and in 2007, she lectured on Global Media issues at Rutgers University. Salama is a former fellow at the East-West Center.