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EDUCATION
Duke University, expected May 2024 | MFA, Experimental and Documentary Arts
Northwestern University, graduated March 2013 | BS, Journalism, International Studies
EXHIBITIONS
The Beards of Muslim Men (solo show) | Duke Chapel | Durham, NC (2023)
Interventions (group, installation: “Road Work Ahead”) | Rubenstein Arts Center | Durham, NC (2022)
The Annotated Constitution (community exhibit) | Wayne State University | Detroit, MI (2021)
COVID Diaries: Together Again (editor) | Dlectricity | Detroit, MI (2021)
Alive in Detroit (group exhibition) | Dlectricity | Detroit, MI (2021)
Alive in Detroit (group exhibition) | Photoville | Brooklyn, NY (2019)
Alive in Detroit (group exhibition) | One Voice Photo Festival on Homelessness | Manchester, UK (2018)
AWARDS | FELLOWSHIPS | GRANTS
NBCu Original Voices Accelerator Fellowship, NBC Universal (2023)
Graduate Dean’s Research Award, Duke University (2023)
C. Eric Lincoln Theology & Arts Fellowship, Duke University (2023)
Graduate Dean’s Research Award, Duke University (2022)
Bass Connections Collaborative Project Expeditions grant, Duke University (2022)
Edward R. Murrow Award, Excellence in Innovation, 1st – COVID Diaries: Stories of Resilience (2021)
Islamic Scholarship Fund grant recipient (2021)
Center for Asian American Media Social Change Fund grant recipient (2020)
Society of Professional Journalists Marks of Excellence – Engagement-driven coverage, 3rd –
“As Census Wraps, These Michigan Women Won’t Let Their Communities Go… ,” 101.9 WDET (2020)
Society of Professional Journalists Marks of Excellence – Digital Media Presentation, 3rd –
“Ready, Set, Crash? Flat Rock Speedway’s Night of School Bus Destruction” (2020)
Kartemquin Diverse Voices Accelerator Fund grant recipient (2019)
Kartemquin Diverse Voices in Docs Fellowship (2019)
New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artists Fellowship (2019)
Documenting Detroit Emerging Photographers Fellowship (2018)
Detroit SOUP at Spaulding community grant recipient (2018)