Curriculum Vitae

Design & Strategy Consultant

Self employed — Creative Insights Studio AB (Lebanon/Sweden)

Selected clients & projects: Helsingborgs Stad (multi-year placemaking programme for safety and inclusion in Söder, Helsingborg); Mindpark (Helsingborg Innovation District launch 2024 and Tech Week 2025; MindLabs Hackathons connecting 100+ international talents to regional companies, EU/Tillväxtverket funded); Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture — developed the Cultural Pearls methodology and toolkit for Nordic and Baltic municipalities working with cultural and creative actors on social resilience. Other clients include Roche, Goethe-Institut, UNDP, Internews, Swedish Institute.

Co-founder & Curator

Kulturrummet — Sweden

A curatorial proposition realised as an organisation and a cultural space in Söder, Helsingborg — programming exhibitions, residencies, study circles, and community events at the intersection of art, design, and neighbourhood life.

Verksamhetsutvecklare Kultur (vikarie)

Studiefrämjandet Syd — Sweden

Developing and coordinating local cultural and folkbildning activities with leaders, participants, and member organisations; facilitating workshops with civil society; ensuring compliance with programme and reporting requirements.

Learning Strategist & Project Manager

Internews Network

Designed and managed regional innovation labs, building the capacity of journalists and media practitioners in conflict-affected regions, focusing on freedom of expression, digital security, and human rights. Facilitated coaching and mentoring sessions for civil society organizations to strengthen collaboration with journalists and media practitioners. Managed grant schemes for local journalists and filmmakers, enabling content production that promotes intercultural dialogue.

Project Manager

Hivos — Netherlands

Led regional cultural programmes across the MENA region — supporting artists, cultural hubs, and local authorities through capacity-building, grant-making, and policy advocacy.

Program Manager

Beirut Design Week – MENA Design Research Center — Lebanon

Managed four annual editions of the largest design festival in the MENA region — 150+ partners and 100+ events per edition. Led programme design, curatorial support, partnership development, and team coordination.

Lecturer, MA Global Design

Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA), University of Balamand — Beirut, Lebanon

Courses: Design Theory, Design Management, and Communication Design Tools. Other duties include: Member of Pedagogical Committee, Jury member – MA Thesis.

Guest Lecturer, Embedded Design MFA

HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg — Sweden

Spring 2023/2024 & Fall 2024/2025.

Guest Lecturer & Program Partner, Service Management MSc

Lund University – EIT Creativity & Culture Programme — Sweden

Culture & Creativity Management.

Guest Lecturer, MSc Leisure and Tourism Studies

Breda University of Applied Sciences — Netherlands

Guest Lecturer, American University of Beirut

The Center for Collaborative Design — Lebanon

Of Public Interest Lab (60 hp)

Royal Institute of Art (Kungl. Konsthögskolan) — Sweden

Post-graduate Education in Architecture and Fine Art.

CuratorLab (60 hp)

Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design — Sweden

Post-graduate Education in Curatorial Studies.

Art as Social Transformation

S:t Sigfrid Högskola — Sweden

Contemporary Arts & Politics (15 hp)

HDK-Valand — Sweden

Urban Studies — Graduate coursework (45 hp)

Malmö University — Sweden

MA Global Design (120 hp)

ALBA, University of Balamand — Lebanon

Graduated with Distinction.

Bachelor of Architecture (193 hp)

Lebanese University — Lebanon

PARALLELL (Installation)

Småland Triennale — Växjö

Researching Lövholmen

Stockholm

Postcards from Beirut (Exhibition Curator)

Helsingborg

Att Illustrera Söder (Public Activation, Curator)

Helsingborg

Söder Art Fest (Festival Curator)

Helsingborg

Here, Together (Exhibition Curator)

Helsingborg

Unfolding Arrival (Show Curator)

Stockholm

The Factory (Product Design Exhibition)

Southern Sweden Design Days — Malmö

The Urban Planning Department of ___ (Exhibition)

Malmö

Playing with the City (Public Interventions, Curator)

Beirut Design Week 2018 — Beirut

Confess (Installation)

Beirut Design Week 2017 — Beirut

Delusive (Public Intervention, Curator)

Beirut

New Urban Practices – Co-create in Veszprém

European Capitals of Culture — Veszprém, Hungary

Community Alphabet Residency for community leaders

Prague

Artist-in-Residence, Skånes Konstförening

Sweden

Tandem 360 Program Participant

Lebanon

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Leadership Academy Fellow

Germany

Designer-in-Residence, Groundwork New Orleans

New Orleans

Swedish Institute Young Leader Fellow

Sweden

Community Solutions Fellow

USA

Young Leader, EU Commission – European Development Days

Brussels

Leadership & Civic Engagement Medal

University of Pittsburgh — USA

Perceive the City! at the Maltepe University, İstanbul

International Architecture Residency

Committee for Innovation Office

Kungl. Musikhögskolan

Network co-founder, Nordic-Baltic Cultural Intermediaries Network

Member, Region Skåne advisory group on broadened representation and diversity

Member, Democracy and Belonging Forum

Forum Member, European Philanthropic Initiative for Migration (EPIM)

Board Member, MENA Design Research Center

TEDxHelsingborg, Curator & License Holder

Founder, Architects for Change

Culture-Driven Social Resilience Toolkit

EU's Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme

Söder är nyckeln för att göra detta till studenternas stad

Newspaper article

Design for Urban Change Toolkit

Practice-based design resource

Creative Helsingborg

Insights on the creative and cultural sector in Helsingborg

Design for Urban Change: Researching Urban Activism in Beirut

Masters Thesis

Youth Engagement in Beirut

Architects for Change

Reimagining Tarik Jdide: Participatory Urban Research

Nahnoo

Mapping Al-Bachoura: Eviction Narratives

Public Works Studio

Placemaking Week Europe

Reggio Emilia

Living Neighbourhood Conference

Trenčín, European Capital of Culture

Queering the City Panel Discussion

SAQMI (the Swedish Archive for Queer Moving Images)

Social Design International workshop

Design Akademie Berlin & Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts

Local Stories of Urban Change

Urban Creativity Conference, Lund University

TEDx Speaker

TEDxBAU

Youth Engagement: stories from Beirut

Tulane University – Center for Collaborative Design

Rethinking Prishtina Workshop

Ecoweek Prishtina, Kosovo

EIT Culture & Creativity Grant for Masters Modules

Nordic Culture Point — Short-term Network Funding

Creative Force — Swedish Institute

Klimatfonden — Helsingborgs Stad

Project Grant — Helsingborgs Stad

Latvia-Sweden Cooperation Fund

Moving MENA Mobility Grant

Goethe-Institut

Mideast Creatives Mobility Grant

Hivos

Arabic (native) · English (fluent) · French (fluent) · Swedish (professional fluency)