I graduated from Williams College in June 2011. I am proficient in Spanish and have studied Arabic for 2 years at Williams. I have a double major in History and Literary Studies, with sub-concentrations in each focusing on the modern Arab world.
My devotion to the field of Arab studies was quite unexpected and due, in large part, to the experiences I had during my Williams undergraduate career. I have taken history classes focusing on national identity and the politics of culture, literature classes where I began to consider novels an alternate form of historiography, and Arabic language classes that affirmed my commitment to the language.
I have traveled to Morocco twice and most recently during Winter Study 2011, I participated in the Jerusalem travel course. My summer 2010 independent research project in Morocco developed into a full-fledged specialty that propelled my application to graduate school for Arabic and Middle East Studies. Upon graduating from Williams I will begin a 2-year Master’s program in Arab Studies at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.
My future career aspirations involve some combination of NGO development, government work, and journalism. Inshallah, I will continue to oppose paradigms of division and promote critical assessment of modern conceptions of identity.