I am a 24 year old award-winning writer, community activist, editor and founder of the Arab-Australian platform Sajjeling, and project officer at the Lebanese Muslim Association, where I head projects such as the Sydney Muslim Conference and the Think Again Initiatives. I was the president of Muslim Youth radio show the Y Factor, a member of youth activist initiative Silence is Betrayal, and a member of various projects over the years.
After majoring in Journalism for his Communications degree, I interned at various news agencies and wrote for various blogs before deciding journalism wasn’t for me as I wasn’t able to be the opinionated, angry young Muslim I wanted to be. Instead, I turned to community work, which has allowed me to more actively work towards changing my community, as well as allowing me the opportunity to meet, and advice, various politicians and public figures. I also recently completed my Bachelor of Law and begun my Matsers in Peace and Conflict Studies.

I was an active participant of the Positive Intellect program in 2013, and has been a student under Sidi Aftab Malik ever since, prompting him to study various texts under local and international speakers, most prominently with Shaykh Muhammad Al-Fatih. I have a keen interest in the relationship between traditional Islam and modernity, power, history, culture and philosophy, and I’m always seeking to learn more in those areas.