EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Literature & Creative Writing, Legal Studies | New York University Abu Dhabi, 2022.

Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Writing | Pratt Institute, 2025

EXHIBITIONS & PROGRAMS

Museum of the Moving Image, premier debut of The Return of the Spirit film as part of the New York Arab Festival, New York City, U.S.A., 2025.

LaMaMa Experimental Theater, a four-day collective performance commissioned and curated by the New York Arab Festival for Arab Heritage Month, New York City, U.S.A.. 2025.

Movement Research, selected for Movement Research’s Open Performance. Experimental performance in collaboration with audio-visual artist Grace Villamil resulting in a hypnotic sound-poem ephemeral live performance, New York City, U.S.A., 2025.

Wendy’s Subway, conversation moderator: in dialogue with Palestinian poet Ahmad Almallah, New York City, U.S.A.. 2025.

Beyond Borders, commissioned by Dolce Stil Criollo to contribute to a mixtape that was later broadcasted on Radio Al Hara. A rendition of the sound-poem was performed live at Storm Books & Candy, New York City, U.S.A.. 2024.

New York Arab Festival, commissioned by NYAF to emcee, host, and read at the 2024 NYAF in collaboration with The Poetry Project, New York City, U.S.A., 2024.

Rewilding the Kitchen: Open Kitchen Exhibition, Ephemeral culinary installation, group exhibition. Curated by Nahla Tabaa, Alserkal Arts Foundation, Dubai, U.A.E., 2023.

Rewilding the Kitchen Tea Party, commissioned by Alserkal Arts Foundation and Nahla Tabaa to curate and design a decolonized tea party. Dubai, U.A.E., 2023.

Gone Home Exhibition, The Living Gallery, group exhibition curated by There There: Collective, New York City, U.S.A., 2023.

The Living Archive, a public communal project as part of 421 Arts Campus’ Spring public programming, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., 2023.

Yebna Al3eid Exhibition, group exhibition curated by Salem Al Suwaidi and Talal Al Najjar at Bayt Al Mamzar, Dubai, U.A.E., 2022.

Masr, Mother, solo exhibition under the mentorship of Deepak Unnikrishnan, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., 2022.

Telephone, group exhibition, curated by Sarah Daher and Anna Bernice at Satellite, Alserkal Arts Foundation, Dubai, U.A.E., 2021.

PUBLICATIONS

Rizo Masr, selected to publish and distribute a Zine titled The Life of My Country (My Land), Egypt, 2025.

Mizna Arab Art Journal, Summer Issue, essay titled here: for our reading, U.S.A., 2025.

Makhzin, Counterlexicons Issue, poems “Ars Poetica I” and “Ars Poetica II”. U.S.A., 2024.

Pratfollio, Arts Writer for Pratt exhibitions, New York City, U.S.A., 2023 – 2024.

Egypt Migrations, Contributing Writer, 2023.

Ubiquitous Magazine, poem “Breaking Bread”, New York City, U.S.A., 2023.

Mizna Arab Art Journal, Etel Adnan Tribute Issue, poem “Teta I”, U.S.A., 2022.

Rewilding the Kitchen: Open Kitchen Exhibition, accompanying exhibition catalogue, poems “Mouth/Full of Life” and “Untitled”, U.A.E., 2022.

Ciphers, Of Mythic Proportions, translator for the accompanying exhibition catalogue.

Yebna Al3eid Exhibition Publication, poem, “Untitled”, U.A.E., 2022.

PostScript Magazine, poem titled “En(gulf)ed”, U.A.E., 2022.

Airport Road, poem titled “Home?”, U.A.E., 2022.

FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES, & AWARDS

Pratt Institute Graduate Student Engagement Fund Prize, research prize recipient, book titled Journey To Coptic Cairo: How the Gatekeepers of Ancient Egypt Continue to Resurrect and Remain, New York City, U.S.A., 2025.

Pratt Institute, recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award, New York City, U.S.A., 2025.

Art Omi, Writing Residency, New York, U.S.A., 2025.

Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design Fellowship (AICAD), nominated for the AICAD 2025/2026 Teaching Fellowship, U.S.A., 2024.

Salama Bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellowship (SEAF), fellow, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., 2023.

Rewilding the Kitchen Culinary Arts Residency, resident artist, Alserkal Arts Foundation, Dubai, U.A.E., 2023.

SAMT Alternative Art School, Volume 6, cohort member, Dubai, U.A.E., 2023.

READINGS & PERFORMANCES

POETICIANS, reading, New York City, U.S.A., 2024 – 2025.

Storm Books & Candy, improvised live sound performance, New York City, U.S.A., 2024.

Les Blues Literary Salon, reading, New York City, U.S.A., 2024.

The Poetry Project, reading, New York City, U.S.A., 2023.

Pratt Institute, reading, New York City, U.S.A., 2023.

The Living Gallery, reading, New York City, U.S.A., 2023.

selected teaching experience

Reiss Rainbow Center, Cohort Teacher, erasure poetry and sound poetry workshops, U.S.A., 2025.

Pratt Institute, Programs Teacher and Curator, marathon reading and writing public programs, U.S.A., 2023 – 2024.

Sharjah Art Foundation, Workshop Instructor, textile site-specific workshop, U.A.E., 2023.

Bayt Al Mamzar, Workshop Instructor, culinary workshops, 2023.

Alserkal Arts Foundation, Workshop Instructor, commissioned culinary and writing workshops, U.A.E., 2023.

421 Arts Campus, Workshop Instructor, culinary and poetry workshops, U.A.E., 2022.

TALKS, REVIEWS, & INTERVIEWS

Lifta Club, Artist Spotlight, U.S.A., 2024.

Cairo Scene, The Colonized Project: Navigating Diaspora with Andrew Riad, by Farida El Shafie, Egypt, 2022.

Egypt Migrations, Egypt’s Migrants in the Gulf, by Alya Osman, U.A.E., 2021.

TedX Talks, The Other F-Word, U.A.E., 2018.

TedX Talks, Am I a Real Man? U.A.E., 2017.