Experience

Community Refugee & Immigration Services

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intensive Community Orientation AmeriCorps Member

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  * Researching and maintaining community partners in order to create positive relations with organizations and individuals working in community development, refugee resettlement and housing * Cultivating and providing access to resources for both refugee clients and community housing partners * Designing and administering intensive cultural orientation on housing topics to refugee populations in order to help empower, educate and integrate them better into American society * Liaising between clients, case workers and housing partners to facilitate housing or maintenance issues. Show less



Denison University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Arabic Professor’s Assistant

  • Aug 2011 - May 2015

  • Assisted professor with class preparation, homework assignments and grading for all Arabic level courses • Facilitated and organized weekly Arabic Coffee Hour to engage students in Arabic dialogue and discussions on Arab culture and its effect on language • Tutored students and served as on outside resource for Arabic language practice, culture and politics • Assisted professor with class preparation, homework assignments and grading for all Arabic level courses • Facilitated and organized weekly Arabic Coffee Hour to engage students in Arabic dialogue and discussions on Arab culture and its effect on language • Tutored students and served as on outside resource for Arabic language practice, culture and politics



Project on Middle East Democracy

• United States
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Civil Society Partnership's Intern

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  • Edited and translated policy documents and reports produced by Civil Society Organization partners in Libya and Egypt • Developed a synthesized a daily news briefing on MENA countries for office staff • Assisted in editing grant proposal to the National Endowment for Democracy • Supported staff to prepare for training activities and logistics for an advocacy training conference in Tunisia • Edited and translated policy documents and reports produced by Civil Society Organization partners in Libya and Egypt • Developed a synthesized a daily news briefing on MENA countries for office staff • Assisted in editing grant proposal to the National Endowment for Democracy • Supported staff to prepare for training activities and logistics for an advocacy training conference in Tunisia



Alfanar Venture Philanthropy

• United Kingdom
• Philanthropy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications and Development Intern

  • Jan 2014 - Apr 2014

  • Consulted on new model for Alfanar’s grant/investment cycle and project management • Maintained donor databases using Kindful database and compiled record of potential future partners • Researched and reported on project development models to be applied in Egypt/Lebanon • Assisted in coordinating fundraising dinner for 120 high profile guests raising £120,000 • Consulted on new model for Alfanar’s grant/investment cycle and project management • Maintained donor databases using Kindful database and compiled record of potential future partners • Researched and reported on project development models to be applied in Egypt/Lebanon • Assisted in coordinating fundraising dinner for 120 high profile guests raising £120,000



Middle Eastern Cultural Organization (MECO)

• Co-Founder and President

  • Dec 2011 - Dec 2013

  • Planned and executed tens of events to raise awareness about politics and culture of region and Arab Americans • Organized two community wide dialogues on the crisis in Syria with 100 attendees • Coordinated and lead weekly meetings, documentary screenings and music performances • Led a 20 person trip to the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan • Planned and executed tens of events to raise awareness about politics and culture of region and Arab Americans • Organized two community wide dialogues on the crisis in Syria with 100 attendees • Coordinated and lead weekly meetings, documentary screenings and music performances • Led a 20 person trip to the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan



Youth Journalism International

• United States
• Online Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Journalist & Associate Editor

  • Sep 2010 - Aug 2013

  Recruit new members and advocate for activism through awareness raising journalism * Assist the non-profit organization in coordinating a network of youth journalists aged 12 to 25 * Works include, First hand Egyptian revolution journal; Inside the Revolution among others * Winner of the YJI Courage in Journalism award 2011 and Published in PBS News Hour and linked in The Huffington Post Recruit new members and advocate for activism through awareness raising journalism * Assist the non-profit organization in coordinating a network of youth journalists aged 12 to 25 * Works include, First hand Egyptian revolution journal; Inside the Revolution among others * Winner of the YJI Courage in Journalism award 2011 and Published in PBS News Hour and linked in The Huffington Post



Amideast

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Peer counselor and mentor

  • Apr 2009 - Apr 2012

  Peer counselor and mentor * Former President of club and founder of Senior Club to aid new members acquire and improve skills required for college admission * Supervised and ran projects such as the Medical Convey Fundraiser for an underprivileged Egyptian village and co-ran an English teachers program to teach Boys in Al-Horeya Orphanage English Peer counselor and mentor * Former President of club and founder of Senior Club to aid new members acquire and improve skills required for college admission * Supervised and ran projects such as the Medical Convey Fundraiser for an underprivileged Egyptian village and co-ran an English teachers program to teach Boys in Al-Horeya Orphanage English