Experience

Atlas Obscura

• United States
• Media and Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Gastro Obscura Editor

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  https://www.atlasobscura.com/gastro https://www.atlasobscura.com/gastro



Self-Employed

• San Francisco Bay Area

• Freelance Reporter and Editor

  • Jan 2017 - May 2017



Priceonomics Inc

• Technology, Information and Internet

• Editor + Staff Writer

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2016

  Priceonomics was a Y Combinator-backed media startup that published articles about business, economics, tech, and culture, and assisted companies with their content marketing. I wrote articles, edited freelance contributors, helped develop our creative agency, and collaborated with NPR's Planet Money. Priceonomics was a Y Combinator-backed media startup that published articles about business, economics, tech, and culture, and assisted companies with their content marketing. I wrote articles, edited freelance contributors, helped develop our creative agency, and collaborated with NPR's Planet Money.



Self-employed

• Co-Author

  • 2011 - Mar 2016

  Wrote and published the book "You Are Under Arrest for Masterminding the Egyptian Revolution" with Egyptian democracy activist Ahmed Salah. Wrote and published the book "You Are Under Arrest for Masterminding the Egyptian Revolution" with Egyptian democracy activist Ahmed Salah.



Priceonomics Inc

• Technology, Information and Internet

• Writer

  • Feb 2013 - Sep 2014

  Priceonomics was a Y Combinator-backed technology turned media startup. I joined as employee #3 and the first writer. Priceonomics was a Y Combinator-backed technology turned media startup. I joined as employee #3 and the first writer.



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2012 - Nov 2012

  Assisted Stanford Professor Larry Diamond with editing and updating a series of political science and international relations articles for publication in the book "In Search of Democracy" (2015). Assisted Stanford Professor Larry Diamond with editing and updating a series of political science and international relations articles for publication in the book "In Search of Democracy" (2015).



Development and Institutionalization Support Center

• Cairo, Egypt

• Intern

  • Oct 2011 - Jan 2012

  DISC is an Egyptian NGO working at the intersection of civil society and technology. DISC is an Egyptian NGO working at the intersection of civil society and technology.



Stanford Alumni Association

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Photographer at Stanford Sierra Camp

  • Jun 2011 - Sep 2011



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 2010 - Jun 2011

  Worked with Canadian diplomat and Visiting Scholar Ben Rowswell on a research project on Afghanistan and statebuilding. Also assisted the launch of Cloud to Street, a project linking Egyptian activists with Silicon Valley to produce liberation technologies. Worked with Canadian diplomat and Visiting Scholar Ben Rowswell on a research project on Afghanistan and statebuilding. Also assisted the launch of Cloud to Street, a project linking Egyptian activists with Silicon Valley to produce liberation technologies.



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Worked with Steve Krasner, Stanford Professor of International Relations and former Director of Policy Planning at the US State Department. Researched foreign aid’s relation to state development. Worked with Steve Krasner, Stanford Professor of International Relations and former Director of Policy Planning at the US State Department. Researched foreign aid’s relation to state development.



The Boston Review

• Media Intern

  • Apr 2009 - Jun 2009



King's Academy

• Jordan
• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Summer Enrichment Program Intern

  • Jul 2007 - Jul 2007

  Worked at a first of its kind school for the Middle East during its opening years in the summers of 2007 and 2008. Worked at a first of its kind school for the Middle East during its opening years in the summers of 2007 and 2008.