Resume
Employment History
| 2025-pr. | Artistic Director, Golden Thread Productions |
| 2025-pr. | Network of Support Consultant, 4Culture |
| 2023-pr. | Dancer & Eco-Artivist Leader, Dancing Earth |
| 2021-pr. | Podcast Host, Howlround Theatre Commons |
| 2021-pr. | DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) Consultant, Avent Diversity Consulting |
| 2018-pr. | Freelance Writer |
| 2025 | Development Associate, Donkeysaddle Projects |
| 2025 | Teaching Artist, Pasadena Playhouse |
| 2024-25 | Producer, Collaborative Artists Bloc |
| 2024-25 | Peace Producer & Community Engagement Manager, The Peace Studio |
| 2024-25 | Substitute Teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District |
| 2023-25 | Teaching Artist, The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company |
| 2023-25 | Grant Writer, Dunya Productions |
| 2019-23 | Director of Arts Engagement, Seattle Rep |
| 2022-23 | Teaching Artist, Young Women Empowered |
| 2016-19 | Community Engagement Manager, Milwaukee Repertory Theater |
| 2015-16 | Dialogue Assistant, Milwaukee Repertory Theater |
| 2015-16 | Directing Resident, Milwaukee Repertory Theater |
| 2014 | Teaching Artist, UCSB Teatro Tour |
| 2013-14 | Resident Assistant, UCSB Housing & Residential Services |
| 2013 | Teaching Artist, Arts for Humanity! |
| 2012-13 | MultiCultural Awareness Chair, UCSB Housing & Residential Services |
| 2012 | Library Assistant, Los Angeles Public Library |
| 2011-12 | Photographer, The Daily Nexus |
Independent Consulting
Community Leadership
| 2025-pr. | Board Member, MENA Theatremakers Alliance |
| 2022-25 | Convening Programming Committee, MENA Theatremakers Alliance |
| 2020-23 | Duwamish Solidarity Group, Duwamish Tribe |
| 2020-22 | Cultural Congress Planning Committee, Inspire Washington |
| 2019-pr. | Director, Nubian Foundation for Preserving a Cultural Heritage |
| 2019-pr. | Founding Company Member, Dunya Productions |
| 2020 | 30 Under 30, Agenda Communicating the Arts |
| 2019-20 | Green New Theater Implementation Workgroup, Groundwater Arts NY |
| 2018-22 | Founding Company Member, Heard Space Arts Collective |
| 2018-19 | Neighborhood-based Arts, Culture & Impact Workgroup, Imagine MKE |
| 2017-18 | Public Forums Committee Member, Milwaukee Film |
| 2012-14 | President, Women’s Ensemble Theatre Troupe |
Languages
Arabic (advanced), French (advanced), Spanish (intermediate), American Sign Language (elementary)
IT Skills
Google Suite, Microsoft Suite, Outlook, Tessitura, Asana, Microsoft Teams, Trello, Canva, Photoshop, Prospect2, WordFly, MailChimp, Website Design (WordPress, Square, Wix)
Dialogue Facilitation Training
Zeidler Center for Public Discussion Facilitator, Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee Moderator, UCSB Peer Counselor, CARE Advocate for Survivors of Sexual Assault, Theatre of the Oppressed (Mandala Center for Change, UCSB)
Publications
“Performing Oral Tradition: Nubian Stories as a case study for indigenous performance innovations” (chapter) Women’s Innovations in Theatre Dance and Performance, Vol. 1: Performers, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Agency through Adaptation: MENA Women in Shakespeare’s Sisters, Jogging, and Noura” (chapter) Milestones in Staging Contemporary Genders and Sexualities, Routledge
“Virtual Newspaper Theatre: Zoom as a Theatrical Playing Space” published in the Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Journal
“Nebula & An Endless Staircase” published in Mini Plays Magazine
“Mixed American” published in The PGE Faces of American Monologue Festival Anthology #2
“Drowning in Nubian” published by the Rachel Corrie Foundation
“Film-as-Theatre and the Cult Film Phenomenon” published by The Gemsbok (cited in “African film in the 21st Century” by Ishaq Imruh Bakari).
“The African Theater Canon: Analyzing the Role of Ritual and Oral Tradition in Theater through an Indigenous Lens” presented at the American Society of Theater Research
Certifications
University of South Florida – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certification
California Basic Educational Skills Test™ (CBEST®)
CDSS – Mandated Reporter Training Certification (School Personnel)
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing – Sexual Harrassment and Abusive Conduct Prevention Training Certification
Education
University of California, Santa Barbara – B.A. in Theater Arts (emphasis in Directing), Minor in Physics (Honors & Distinction in the Major)
Yonsei University, South Korea – UC Education Abroad Program Summer Institute
Artistic Experience
Playwriting – Full-length Plays
| Nubian Stories | Dunya Productions (production) The Scratch, Seattle (workshop/reading), Charles Allis Art Museum (reading), Renaissance Theaterworks (workshop/reading) |
| Confessions (or the Secret Play for Secretly Liberal Muslims) | New Arab American Theatre Company (reading), University of Washington (reading), Dunya Productions (private readings), Carlo Annoni International Playwriting Prize Finalist |
| A Muslim Christmas Carol | Dunya Productions (reading) |
| What to Expect | Macha Theatre Works (reading), Golden Thread Productions (reading), Gloucester Stage Water’s Rising Festival Finalist |
| Beach, Please | Moving Arts’ MADlab |
| In the Village Across the Nile | Pegasus PlayLab Finalist, Texas State Black and Latino Playwrights Celebration Finalist |
| Memory Lane is a Desert Road | Eight Ball Theater (production), Ojay Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist, Athena Project Read & Rant March 2024 |
| The Baby Stealing Play | Dramatists Guild National Fellowship 2024 |
| Oculus Anubis | Zidell Yards (production), The Rice Place Artist Residency (development) |
| Rossencraft and Gilderstone are Alive | Dramatic Question Theater Classics in Color |
Playwriting – 10-minute Plays
| Kareem Dream | Cone Man Running Productions |
| Paint Me | Strawberry Theatre Workshop |
| Mixed American | The Play Ground Experiment |
| A Story of Nubia | She Speaks, Milwaukee |
| Creation Gossip | Heard Space Arts Collective |
| Lillith | Heard Space Arts Collective |
| Swim | Women’s Ensemble Theatre Troupe |
| Minute to Minute | Multicultural Drama Company |
| I’m MIXED, Get Used To It | Multicultural Drama Company |
| Le Serious Shit | Multicultural Drama Company |
| No Homo | Multicultural Drama Company |
Directing
| Meklit’s MOVEMENT Live | Cultural Arts Center at Montgomery College |
| Meklit’s MOVEMENT Live | UW Meany Center for the Performing Arts |
| 100 Hungry Ghosts (reading) | Pork Filled Productions |
| BLISS (or Emily Post Is Dead!) | Renaissance Theaterworks |
| Is It Now Or Has It Ever Been (reading) | Milwaukee Chamber Theatre |
| 26 Miles | University of Wisconsin Milwaukee |
| Linus and Murray | Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s Rep Lab 2018 |
| Exile from the Land of Gold | Tessellate Physical Theatre Festival |
| Opening | Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s Rep Lab 2017 |
| Death and the King’s Horseman (reading) | American Players Theatre |
| Curse the Darkness, I Think You Think I Love You | Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s Rep Lab 2016 |
| Vulvaventures | Women’s Ensemble Theatre Troupe |
Dramaturgy
| The Who & The What (by Ayad Akhtar) | Milwaukee Repertory Theater |
| The Endurance of Light (by Amanda Petefish-Schrag) | Renaissance Theaterworks |
| Before Evening Comes (by Philana Omorotionmwan) | Renaissance Theaterworks |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream (by William Shakespeare) | UCSB Naked Shakes |
| The Velvet Revolution (by David van Belle) | UCSB LAUNCH PAD |
| ¡SOLDADERA! (by Jami Brandli) | UCSB LAUNCH PAD |
Assistant Directing
| Fences (dir. Lou Bellamy) | Milwaukee Repertory Theater |
| American Song (dir. Mark Clements) | Milwaukee Repertory Theater |
| Of Mice and Men (dir. Mark Clements) | Milwaukee Repertory Theater |
| A Christmas Carol (dir. Brent Hazelton) | Milwaukee Repertory Theater |
| Back Home Again (dir. Randal Myler) | Milwaukee Repertory Theater |
| The Liar (dir. Art Manke) | Santa Cruz Shakespeare |
| Appoggiatura (dir. Risa Brainin) | Denver Center for the Performing Arts |
Devising
| Exile from the Land of Gold | The Battery Factory |
| Suitcase Play | The Battery Factory |
| Strangers | Milwaukee Repertory Theater |
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