Job Market

WORK EXPERIENCE AND INTERNSHIPS

2012 (February – on-going): ABAAD, Resource Centre for Gender Equality, Beirut

Intern with following tasks

• Assistant to the executive director in drafting future projects on women’s rights and gender equality with special focus on engaging men

• Assistant in drafting proposals for fundraising purposes

• Editing and proof reading of reports, documents and periodicals

• Researching on gender related issues in the MENA region

2011 (September-December): UNESCO, Culture Office, Beirut

Intern as

• assistant and consultant to a project on the diversity of cultural expressions in Lebanon based on the UNESCO Convention of 2005 on the Protection and Promotion of the Expressions of Cultural Diversity

• assistant to the re-edition of the book Cultural aspect in Christian and Islamic religions

• participant to training workshops on cultural diversity for Lebanese teachers

• organisation of events for the promotion and protection of Lebanese World Heritage sites.

2009 (February-June): Cultural Association Villa Pallavicini, Milan

Intern as Events’ planner and language mediator

• worked to organise a research project on the living conditions of foreign citizens in a specific area of Milan

• data organisation and translation work

2009 (January): Prefettura di Milano, Milan

French - Italian Interpreter

• worked as interpreter for political asylum seekers

2006 (July): Comité contre l'esclavage moderne, Paris

Volunteer

• helped in the administrative work

• worked as mediator in the field of domestic violence against women

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

2010 (July): Alexander (Pub),

Waitress

2010 (April-June): Midnite Cookies, London

Barmaid

2006-2007: CPA Pubblicità, Milan

Promoter in cultural events

EDUCATION

2010 – 2011: MA Islamic Law, School of Oriental and African Studies, London

Final grade: Merit

Subjects: Islamic law, Law and Society in the Middle East and North Africa, Arabic Language, Islamic Law: Succession

Dissertation’s topic: The origins of Article 2 of the Egyptian Constitution and its effects on civil society.

2006-2009: BA in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan

Final grade 105 on 110 point scale

Main Subjects: French and Arabic Languages, Culture and Civilisation of French-speaking countries, Islamic Culture, General and Italian Linguistics, European and International Organisations, Private International Law of the Family and the Individual, Economics, Cultural Anthropology.

Workshops:

• Mediation in a multicultural school

• Introductory course to Islamic law

2009 (August): Arabic Language Course, University of Damascus, Damascus

2009 (February-June): Multimedia Workshop, ISMU, Milan

• Film production and participation to the Young European Film Forum for Cultural Diversity (YEFF)

2007-2008 (September-June): Erasmus Programme, Université Paris IV – La Sorbonne, Paris

2001-2006: High school, Liceo Classico Cesare Beccaria, Milan

Diploma: Classical studies

RELEVANT SKILLS

Organisation and team work, gained through my work experiences and my internships

Good ability to adapt to multicultural environments, gained through my experiences in France, Syria and United Kingdom.

LANGUAGES

Italian: native

French: Fluent in speaking and writing

English: Fluent in speaking and writing

Arabic: writing: Intermediate, speaking: Elementary

COMPUTING/IT

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access