An Iraqi journalist, writer and the Arabic editor of the International Journalists' Network (IJNet), a multilingual media training resource published by the Washington D.C.-based International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).

Sebti also works on building ICFJ's online journalism training courses and assists in and runs journalism training programs worldwide.

Prior to working with ICFJ, Sebti was a special correspondent for The Washington Post in Baghdad where he covered the war and the political process from September 2003 to July 2006. He has a B.A. degree in English and Literature from the Baghdad-based Al-Turath University College and a M.A. in Writing Studies from Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States.