During her studies at University of London she met a Muslim man from Yemen and later converted to Sunni Islam during their marriage.
[3] Prior to becoming a full time journalist, she worked for Wikistrat, an Israeli geostrategic and analysis firm, for seven years.
[4] She wrote extensively for the Russian International Affairs Council, Tehran Times, IRIB, The Majalla, Press TV, HuffPost, the Foreign Policy Association, Yemen Post, The Oslo Times, Your Middle East, The Guardian, RT, Mehr News and Tasnim News agencies, The Foreign Policy Journal, The Duran, MintPress News, the American Herald Tribune, openDemocracy, The Age of Reflection and many more.
[4][5] Shakdam is also the managing director of Access Media[6] and served as Special Adviser for the Middle East for the late Prince Ali Seraj of Afghanistan.
Shakdam wrote in her blog that Iranian authorities trusted her because of her French nationality and marriage to a Muslim man.