An Introduction about me

I was born on May 15, 1989, in Lebanon, though my story doesn't begin in Beirut but in a small village called Ain w Zein, a place quiet enough that its most notable landmark is a cave carved into the hillside, the kind of detail that always makes people pause when I mention it. That village is where my roots are, even though my life has taken me far beyond it. My childhood didn't stay confined to one country for long. I spent my early school years in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, studying there until the eighth grade in an environment that exposed me early on to a life lived between cultures-Lebanese by blood, but shaped in part by the Gulf. When it came time for high school, I returned to Beirut and enrolled at Saint Mary's Orthodox College, where I finished my secondary education. Coming back to Lebanon for those formative teenage years mattered to me; it was where I reconnected with the culture, politics, and social fabric that Jeddah, for all it gave me, couldn't fully replicate.

My academic path continued into engineering, a field that felt like a natural fit for the way my mind works- analytical, curious about how things function, always wanting to take systems apart and understand them. I completed my undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, building a solid foundation in the core principles of design, mechanics, and problem-solving. But I didn't stop there. I went on to pursue a master's degree in mechatronics, and it was during this period that I found the niche that truly captivated me: computer vision and SLAM algorithms (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping). There's something fascinating about teaching machines to perceive and navigate the world the way we do, to build a coherent map of their surroundings while figuring out their own place within it. That intersection of robotics, perception, and intelligent systems pulled me in deeply, and it remains one of the more technically rewarding chapters of my education. Today, I work as a mechanical design engineer in Saudi Arabia, channeling that engineering background into practical, real-world design work- a career that, in some ways, has brought me back to the region where my educational journey first began.

Outside of my professional work, my curiosity for engineering doesn't just switch off - it follows me into my free time. I have a genuine fascination with fluid dynamics, and I spend a fair amount of my personal time working on computational fluid dynamics as a hobby, running simulations and exploring flow behavior purely out of intellectual interest rather than obligation. It's the kind of pursuit that keeps the engineer in me sharp even outside of work hours. But my interests extend well beyond the technical. I've always been drawn to art- it's a space where I can think and create without the constraints of technical precision. Videogames have been a constant companion too, offering both entertainment and, often, genuinely interesting design lessons of their own. And then there's cinema, which for me isn't just a pastime but something closer to a passion, I could talk for hours about films, directors, and the craft behind great storytelling. You can check my letterboxd account here: https://boxd.it/1aQEd

My interests have never stayed confined to the personal or artistic. Political engagement shaped me too during my years in Lebanon, I was an active member of the Democratic Left Movement, a small social democratic, center-left group. That involvement speaks to something core about who I've become: a real belief in progressive change, a willingness to question the world around me rather than accept it at face value, and a refusal to disengage from civic life particularly when basic rights and liberties are at stake.