Projects
A Ruby gem that conjugates Arabic verbs given an input of the root letters, verb form, pronoun, and verb tense.
A Google Chrome extension that searches Google Scholar with multiple English transliterations of an Arabic word given just one English transliteration.
Machine Learning AB Testing Demo
A Sinatra app that demonstrates how to do simple AB testing using a multi-armed bandit machine learning strategy using Redis to store data.
A Rails app that allows users to make bets with their friends that they will achieve goals by certain dates. If they do not achieve their goals, money is automatically transferred via Stripe from their credit card to a friend's bank account.
A Pebble app that alerts the wearer when the International Space Station is overhead. Won first place at the 2014 NASA Hackathon in San Francisco.
Other Work
Arabic to English Translator2012-2014
Arabic Instructor, Indiana University2011-2013
LSAT Instructor and Tutor2013
Education
Dev Bootcamp2014
Indiana University, MA Near Eastern Studies2013
Middlebury College, BA Arabic Language2010
Travel
TurkeyDepartment of Education Foreign Language Fellowship, 2012
Department of Education Foreign Language Fellowship in Turkey, 2012
Palestine Arabic Study at Birzeit University, 2009
Arabic Study at Birzeit University in Palestine, 2009
Egypt Arabic Study at Alexandria University, 2008
Arabic Study at Alexandria University in Egypt, 2008
Jordan State Department Critical Language Scholarship, 2008
State Department Critical Language Scholarship in Jordan, 2008