Diala Barakat (Arabic: ديالا بركات; born 1980) is a member of the Cabinet of Syria.
She assumed leadership of the Ministry of Culture in September 2024[2] until the fall of the Assad regime.
She was the member of the Second Hussein Arnous government as Minister of State[3] for Southern Development Affairs.
[4] She worked as assistant head of the Department of Antiquities of Homs, head of the Excavation Division in the Department of Antiquities of Homs, a teacher at Al-Baath University, Faculty of Tourism, Open Education and Postgraduate Studies, and chairman of the Inventory Committee of the National Museum of Palmyra.
[5] She participated in archaeological work, excavation and documentation with several foreign and national missions since 2001 and in documenting the damage to the Palmyra Museum as part of a team Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums in 2016.