Bio
I am a filmmaker, teacher and independent researcher. My work probes different social peripheries, obscured landscapes and urban enigmas.
I have an
MA, Artistic Research, 2017, Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK), The Netherlands Film Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
BA, Audiovisual Studies, 2013, Saint Joseph University (USJ), Institut d’Études Scéniques Audiovisuelles et Cinématographiques (IESAV), Beirut, Lebanon.
2023-, Tenure-track assistant professor at the American University of Beirut in the faculty of Fine Arts and Art History.
2021-2023, part time instructor at the American University of Beirut.
*Please refer to the CV, left of the page, for further information.
Workshops/Masterclasses/Funds
Arab Fund for Arts and Culture - AFAC, 2022, Visual Arts grant.
Goethe Institut, 2022, Weaving Ties fund.
Haven For Artists, 2021, Artist Support Fund.
Fondation Liban Cinema, 2020, Solidarity Fund.
Archive as Playground workshop, 2016, EYE film museum, Amsterdam, with Jyoti Mistry.
Film masterclass, 2016, Amsterdam, with Nicolas Pereda.
Sound Reconstruction Workshop, 2016, Amsterdam, with Michel Shopping.
Masterclass on Process, 2015, Amsterdam, with Johan Grimonprez.
Association Philippe Jabre, 2015-2016, MA Scholarship.
Ashkal Alwan grant, 2014, Video Works Program.
Film Form workshop, 2013, Lebanon, with Max Kestner and Corine Shawi.
Syllabi instructed at AUB (available upon request)
Module 01 - The Digital Image - SART207 (21-)
Module 02 - The Moving Image - SART208 (21-)
Module 03 - Advanced Image Making - SART223 (21-)
Module 04 - The Technological Imagination - SART205 (21-)
Module 05 - Intro to Digital Media - MCOM228 (21-23)
Module 06 - Digital Media Practices - MCOM252 (21-23)