Professional Role

Projects

Mideast Tunes: Music for Social Change
? – present
Mideast Tunes is a web/mobile application showcasing underground musicians throughout the Middle East and North Africa who use music as a tool for social change.
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CrowdVoice: Tracking Voices of Protest
? – present
CrowdVoice is a user-powered tool that tracks voices of protest from around the world by crowdsourcing data.
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Ahwaa
? – present
Ahwaa.org is a bilingual tool for LGBTQ youth in the Middle East that leverages game mechanics to facilitate high-quality interactions.
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Biography

Bahraini human rights activist, primarily focusing on ethnic and religious minority rights throughout the Middle East. In 2006 founded MideastYouth.com, which grew to become an organization whose mission is to amplify diverse and progressive voices advocating for change throughout the Middle East and North Africa using digital media. We build web products that creatively facilitate the struggle for social change in the region.