Artist and Yale University Graduate. Emirati living in Connecticut.
What’s your morning routine before work?
I go to the gym. When I lived in Dubai I would try and fit in a morning surf before work, but in Connecticut, that’s a total pipe dream.
How do you decide what to wear in the morning?
I do what I can to spend the least amount of time thinking about what to wear. Everything I own is black so it makes getting dressed pretty easy.
Three items you can’t live without?
A computer, MIDI keyboard and camera.
Favourite place you like to go to in your city?
I live between two cities right now. In New Haven, I like going to the woods for walks. In Dubai, it was Sunset Beach until it got too crowded. I like driving around the Mamzar area when the weather’s right.
What did you do last night?
I’m a grad student at the Yale School of Art where I have converted a small office into a music and performance venue. Last night was our event so I was there setting up and singing bad karaoke.
Complete the sentence: My perfect holiday would be…
A place where I could surf every day and be inaccessible via email.
What book are you reading at the moment?
I have a short attention span so I am always reading several books at once. This is what I’m reading now: Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and U.S. Interests in the Middle East by Melani McAlister, The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon and The Civil Contract of Photography by Ariella Azoulay.
Tell us a fact about you that nobody knows.
I’m great at the kazoo.
Your favourite designer at the moment?
Stefan Sagmeister.
Your current style inspiration?
1980s high-school goths.
Who would you like to be stuck on a desert island with?
David Bowie.
Three things you hate?
Misogyny, listicles and the meat industry.
What’s your personal motto?
Don’t be a jerk to people.
How do you want the world to remember you?
If they remember me at all, I’ll be lucky.
