Intellectual Journeys
My Arabic skills, writing experience in Cairo, and digital media training in the Five Colleges prepared my graduate foundation.
Major: Asian Studies, Special Studies minor
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Employers: Haverford College, Washington & Lee University (Fall 2017)
My experience as an Asian Studies major at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ has taken me on a number of intellectual journeys, beginning in my junior year in college.
As an Asian Studies major, with a focus on the Middle East, I was able to spend a semester and a summer in Cairo, Egypt - first as a Visiting Student at the American University in Cairo, and afterward - as an Editorial Intern at The Daily News Egypt. While in Cairo, I also had the chance to volunteer for two non-profit organizations that provide educational services to underprivileged Egyptian youth.
My language training at ¹û¶³´«Ã½, writing experience in Cairo, and digital media training in the Five Colleges, enabled me to gain further professional experience after graduation. I worked at a small publishing company in the DC-metro area that develops products specifically for NGOs and government organizations working in the Middle East.
The language training in Arabic that I received as an Asian Studies major at ¹û¶³´«Ã½, furthermore, laid the foundation for my graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania, where I am currently completing a Ph.D. in Religious Studies studying the role of Sufism in the intellectual tradition of the early-modern Ottoman Empire.