I’m a consultant for social impact projects

I have 10+ years of experience in international development managing complex projects related to youth employment, job creation, tech education, small business development, and women’s economic empowerment in the Middle East & North Africa.

Most recently, I was based in Gaza, Palestine with Mercy Corps for 5 years. I worked at Gaza Sky Geeks (GSG), a Google-backed tech hub dedicated to fostering the inclusion of Palestinian youth in tech. While at GSG, I launched Palestine’s first immersive coding bootcamp and brokered partnerships with tech companies around the world to hire our graduates. Before that, I was based in Washington, DC where I worked at Vital Voices and the Aga Khan Foundation. I hold a BA from Georgetown University.

Now, I consult with mission-driven individuals and organizations on strategic planning, proposal development, program design, project management, and content writing & editing.

& a creative writer.

Since 2020, I’ve delved into creative writing and published works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. I publish a Substack newsletter called Liminal Fuzz, where I share short personal essays about life as an earthling. My short story “Tessellation” was shortlisted for Wasafiri International Literary Magazine’s Emerging Writers Prize in 2021. My writing has appeared in Porter House Review, ALOCASIA, TAPE Collective, Wamda, and The Markaz Review.

Writing is where I feel most powerful and most at peace.

I am currently at work on my first book, a memoir exploring my time in Palestine and its intersections with my identity as a diasporic Pakistani woman.

I am currently a Media Justice Fellow with The Slow Factory.