I am an inter~cultural mediator and storyteller with an anthropological practice spanning experimental writing, sound, film, photography, and sketchnotes. I am based between Phnom Penh and Cairo.
With two decades of experience and a PhD from Cornell University, I collaborate with a diverse range of clients as a consultant-interpreter, writer-educator, and image-maker.
A creative ethnographer fascinated by everyday improvisations, my empathetic approach fosters globally informed and culturally relevant understandings that help reshape socially conscious presents and futures.
My research with Cham Muslim Cambodian communities across Southeast Asia and the SWANA region, focuses on the power of images to convey disrupted histories that go beyond what is visible, documented, or archived. You can learn more about my ongoing non-fiction book project For This Cannot Be Written Or Seen: Cham Resonances Countering Regimes of Hypervisibility here.
This website aims to provide its visitor with an overview of my anthropological work as an academic, consultant, and interpreter, as well as my portfolio as a writer and image-maker. For questions, inquiries, or collaboration opportunities, feel free to get in touch!