Susan Dirgham is a retired ESL teacher. She taught at the British Council in Damascus from September 2003 to January 2006. She is editor of the magazine Beloved Syria - Considering Syrian Perspectives. She was the national coordinator of Australians for Reconciliation in Syria.In 2023, Susan co-founded Australians for Reconciliation and Truth Towards Syria (Artts), whose main aims were to lobby the government to lift the sanctions on Syria and to establish ties between Australians and Syrians, particularly in the arts.