I am currently serving as Research Associate of Community Engagement & Programming at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art (2023-2024). My role is intimately connected with the Department’s gallery renovation process (2022-2026), as I am conducting research on how to make the new galleries more relevant and accessible to the Read more

A three-part podcasting project that highlights the forgotten histories of feminist, antiracist, and queer-affirming activism of Black Harlem churches (particularly St. James Presbyterian and Grace Congregational Church), and places these histories in dialogue with New York City’s (Black & Latinx) Ballroom scene. The project weaves together stories of faith, ritual, marginalization, solidarity, loss, and desire, Read more

A community event held on August 23, 2023, which invited migrant Middle Eastern artists to reflect on their unique connections to the ancient Babylonian past through original poetry and musical performances in Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish, English, and German. The event was held under the Ishtar Gate in the Berlin’s Pergamon Museum, drew a crowd of Read more

This community-based, public humanities project focused on memorializing the disproportionate effects of Covid-19 on black and brown neighborhoods in the Harlem, Washington Heights, and South Bronx zip codes of New York City. As a Project Fellow, I assisted with creative and performance workshops in these neighborhoods, and served as the Assistant Curator to Işın Önol Read more