JOURNALISM & DOCUMENTARY

AJ+ - Fact-Checker/Editor, Mar. 2023-Present (New York, NY)

Storyful News Agency - Video Journalist, Mar. 2021-Mar. 2023 (New York, NY)

Mikooka Productions - Researcher/Production Coordinator, Mar. 2020-Sept. 2020 (New York, NY)

The Documentary Group - Development Intern, Jan. 2019-May 2019 (New York, NY)

digital communications & media advocacy

MENA Rights Group - Media Consultant, Sept. 2019-Mar. 2020 (Geneva, Switzerland/New York, NY)

AlQst - Multimedia Campaigner, April 2019-Aug. 2019 (Beirut, Lebanon)

International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) - Communications Assistant, Feb. 2017-Nov. 2018 (New York, NY)

Al Karama Foundation - Media Intern, Aug. 2016-Nov. 2016 (Geneva, Switzerland)

Education

New York University - M.A. Near Eastern Studies, 2020

Masters Thesis: “Digital Documentation of the Syrian Conflict: Eyewitness Video as an Essential Documentary and Evidentiary Tool for Accountability”

Recipient of Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship

University of Michigan - B.A. International Studies & Arabic, 2016

Graduated with Academic Honors and high distinction from the Residential College