Film | Sound | Performance
Essays
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2022-Present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
Master of Science in Architecture Studies (SMArchS) - Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
2016-2021
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Bachelor of Architecture, with High Distinction
Minors in Philosophy and Art History
2001-2016
International College, Beirut, Lebanon
Lebanese Baccalaureate in General Sciences, with Distinction
2008-2017
Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music
Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance
Conferences and Exhibitions
April 2024
Graduate Student Talk at the List Visual Arts Center, MIT, USA
Invited to give the graduate student talk presenting my own research on sonic violence and parafictional archives in conversation with artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abu-Rahme’s exhibition “Only Sounds that Tremble Through Us”, and exhibiting my multichannel sound installation Sonic Beirut, Displaced: Stitching Transboundary Soundscapes
Feb 2024
Alternative Career Paths Symposim, Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA
Invited to give a talk for Future Architects of the Middle East (FAME) presenting my practice and academic journey with the panel ‘Academia and Doctorate Studies’
Feb 2024
International Conference on Film Studies, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Presenter on the panel ‘Identity and Otherness in Film’ at the London Center for Interdisciplinary Research; presenting my paper A Reading of Red: Revealing Textures in Cinema Fouad
Nov 2023
Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA), Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada
Presenter on the panel ‘Acoustic Ecologies of the Middle East: Current Conditions and Prospects’; presenting my paper Sonic Beirut, Displaced: Stitching Transboundary Soundscapes
2019
Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (SBAU), Korea
Global Studio - Collective Infrastructure and Post-Domestic City’, presenting my design project ‘Nest Box’
Academic Experience
Feb 2024-Present
Research Assistant, MIT
Design and fabrication of an art piece called “Spectacles of the Sacred”, to be exhibited at the Kunsthaus Graz with Professor Azra Akšamija and the MIT Future Hertiage Lab.
AKPIA Lecture Series poster designer and social media master
Sep 2023-Jan 2024
Research Assistant, MIT
Design and research work with Professor Azra Akšamija on a competition for a school-yard installation project in Germany; and a cross-stitch embroidery design project consolidating textile traditions along the Silk Road
AKPIA Lecture Series poster designer and social media master
Feb-May 2023
Research Assistant, Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism, MIT
Research on the Living Heritage Atlas of Beirut, interviews with craftsmen in the port area of Beirut, research and writing for 2 forthcoming publications for the journals Change over Time and The International Journal of Cartography
Sep-Dec 2022
Research Assistant, MIT
Editorial work with Professor Azra Akšamija on her upcoming book on performative preservation
June 2021-Jan 2022
Research Assistant and Consultant, MIT LCAU, AUB Beirut Urban Lab; Dar
‘Recovering Beirut’s Inclusive Neighborhoods: The Case of the Port-Facing Hill’
Awards and Honors
2023
Aga Khan Conference Grant, MIT
$500, given for the 2023 MESA Conference
2023
Avalon Conference Travel Grant, MIT
$600, given for the 2023 MESA Conference
2023
Aga Khan Travel Grant, MIT
$2000, given for thesis research in Beirut, Lebanon
2022-2024
Fellowship, Aga Khan, MIT
Scholarship across 2 academic years of graduate school in the Department of Architecture
2022-2024
Research Assistanship, Aga Khan, MIT
Scholarship cross 2 academic years of graduate school in the Department of Architecture
2021
First Rank Honor in the Field of Architecture, AUB
2020
First Prize Recipient of the Fawzi W. Azar Award, AUB
$2000, in-department architecture competition
Professional Experience
2021-2022
Junior Architect, L.E.FT Architects, Beirut, Lebanon
2020
Architectural intern, L.E.FT Architects, Beirut Lebanon
2019
Architectural intern, Dar, Kuwait
2019
Architectural intern, Wissam Maroun Architects, Beirut, Lebanon
Professional Affiliations
Order of Engineers and Architects of Beirut, Lebanon
Syndicate member
Languages
2022-Present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
Master of Science in Architecture Studies (SMArchS) - Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
2016-2021
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Bachelor of Architecture, with High Distinction
Minors in Philosophy and Art History
2001-2016
International College, Beirut, Lebanon
Lebanese Baccalaureate in General Sciences, with Distinction
2008-2017
Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music
Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance
Conferences and Exhibitions
April 2024
Graduate Student Talk at the List Visual Arts Center, MIT, USA
Invited to give the graduate student talk presenting my own research on sonic violence and parafictional archives in conversation with artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abu-Rahme’s exhibition “Only Sounds that Tremble Through Us”, and exhibiting my multichannel sound installation Sonic Beirut, Displaced: Stitching Transboundary Soundscapes
Feb 2024
Alternative Career Paths Symposim, Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA
Invited to give a talk for Future Architects of the Middle East (FAME) presenting my practice and academic journey with the panel ‘Academia and Doctorate Studies’
Feb 2024
International Conference on Film Studies, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Presenter on the panel ‘Identity and Otherness in Film’ at the London Center for Interdisciplinary Research; presenting my paper A Reading of Red: Revealing Textures in Cinema Fouad
Nov 2023
Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA), Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada
Presenter on the panel ‘Acoustic Ecologies of the Middle East: Current Conditions and Prospects’; presenting my paper Sonic Beirut, Displaced: Stitching Transboundary Soundscapes
2019
Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (SBAU), Korea
Global Studio - Collective Infrastructure and Post-Domestic City’, presenting my design project ‘Nest Box’
Academic Experience
Feb 2024-Present
Research Assistant, MIT
Design and fabrication of an art piece called “Spectacles of the Sacred”, to be exhibited at the Kunsthaus Graz with Professor Azra Akšamija and the MIT Future Hertiage Lab.
AKPIA Lecture Series poster designer and social media master
Sep 2023-Jan 2024
Research Assistant, MIT
Design and research work with Professor Azra Akšamija on a competition for a school-yard installation project in Germany; and a cross-stitch embroidery design project consolidating textile traditions along the Silk Road
AKPIA Lecture Series poster designer and social media master
Feb-May 2023
Research Assistant, Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism, MIT
Research on the Living Heritage Atlas of Beirut, interviews with craftsmen in the port area of Beirut, research and writing for 2 forthcoming publications for the journals Change over Time and The International Journal of Cartography
Sep-Dec 2022
Research Assistant, MIT
Editorial work with Professor Azra Akšamija on her upcoming book on performative preservation
June 2021-Jan 2022
Research Assistant and Consultant, MIT LCAU, AUB Beirut Urban Lab; Dar
‘Recovering Beirut’s Inclusive Neighborhoods: The Case of the Port-Facing Hill’
Awards and Honors
2023
Aga Khan Conference Grant, MIT
$500, given for the 2023 MESA Conference
2023
Avalon Conference Travel Grant, MIT
$600, given for the 2023 MESA Conference
2023
Aga Khan Travel Grant, MIT
$2000, given for thesis research in Beirut, Lebanon
2022-2024
Fellowship, Aga Khan, MIT
Scholarship across 2 academic years of graduate school in the Department of Architecture
2022-2024
Research Assistanship, Aga Khan, MIT
Scholarship cross 2 academic years of graduate school in the Department of Architecture
2021
First Rank Honor in the Field of Architecture, AUB
2020
First Prize Recipient of the Fawzi W. Azar Award, AUB
$2000, in-department architecture competition
Professional Experience
2021-2022
Junior Architect, L.E.FT Architects, Beirut, Lebanon
2020
Architectural intern, L.E.FT Architects, Beirut Lebanon
2019
Architectural intern, Dar, Kuwait
2019
Architectural intern, Wissam Maroun Architects, Beirut, Lebanon
Professional Affiliations
Order of Engineers and Architects of Beirut, Lebanon
Syndicate member
Languages