I grew up between Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, moving through cities, classrooms, and cultures. Each move required learning new rules that were never written down.

New ways of speaking, belonging, and being seen.

Movement made observation a necessity. I learned to notice what others overlooked. Who was heard. Who was invisible. Which systems worked smoothly, and who they quietly failed.

That instinct shaped my academic and research interests. I became drawn to the spaces where systems intersect with people. Education systems that assume stability. Policies that overlook lived experience. Technologies that claim neutrality while reproducing bias.

“Who gets seen, and who gets erased, when systems are built.”
My work sits at the intersection of policy, education, and technology. Whether researching drone warfare through a human lens, mapping identity fatigue among expat students, or leading AI ethics workshops, my focus remains the same. Who gets seen, and who gets erased, when systems are built.

I approach research as a form of listening. Ethical work begins by slowing down, paying attention, and centering human narratives that numbers alone cannot hold.

“I am interested in work that slows systems down enough to ask better questions.”