A sorta timeline
A learning work-in-progress
March 3, 1985Born
in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Summer, 2002Schooling: Graduated High School
Moved to Jeddah
This professional makeup disaster from my high school graduation shaped my relationship with the medium today.
Summer, 20031st real job: Graphic Designer
at Full Stop Advertising in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2005Participated in the British Council: Connecting Futures Programme
as a photography exchange student with the Surrey Institute of Art & Design
Summer, 2006Schooling: Graduated with BA in Graphic Design
from Dar Al Hekma University in Saudi Arabia as part of the Uni’s first cohort
Real job: Jr. Art Director
at McCann Erickson, Jeddah
2007Moved to NYC
MAY, 2009Schooling: Graduated with MFA in Design
from the Designer as Entrepreneur program at the School of Visual Arts in New York
Launched N7nu | We the Women
a campaign for women’s right to drive in Saudi Arabia
Summer, 2009Moved back to Jeddah
Real job: Senior Brand Designer
at Rayat Brands
Teaching: History of Graphic Design and Corporate Identity Lecturer
at Dar Al Hekma University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2010Moved to San Francisco
Design consulting: Brand and Advertising Design
for Rayat Brands
Schooling: Leather Shoemaking
Schooling: Account Planning at Miami Ad School
Tasted liberation
Tasted work freedom
2012Moved to Brooklyn
Freelance design: 2D Designer
at Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA)
Msheired Property Museums, Qatar opened 2015.
Role: 2D Designer at RAA
Al Shaheed Park Museums, Kuwait opened 2015.
Role: Art Director with Brice McGowen at RAA
2015Designed and sold first wearable to benefit a non-profit organization after Donald Trump won the presidential election with a Muslim ban as part part of his campaign. This turned into a years-long project and product run—Amreekati
2016Teaching: Advertising Design + Publication Design
at Queens College, City University of New York
2017Teaching: Exhibition Design
at Queens College, City University of New York
2018Started Areejinals
Designing, producing, and selling short-run tees, totes, and hats to benefit non-profit organizations doing the work to address our current state of democracy
Participated in Genderful, Chicago
With a tool designed to help kids visualize their mixed feelings
October 2018Food ♡: FOH and BOH Supervisor
at Butter & Scotch — the best bar/bakery in Brooklyn, NY
2019Moved to Sacramento, CA
Became a Mama
Schooling: User Experience Design at General Assembly
2020Opened A Part Café
A Middle Eastern fusion food restaurant in
Downtown Roseville, CA
Ran for office as an Assembly District Delegate to the California Democratic Party
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Buhais Geology Park, UAE opened 2020.
Role: Art Director at RAA
2022Started 1-year communications fellowship with Emerge California
September 2022Moved to Ventura, CA
March 2023Real job: Worked for the Ventura Unified School District
For six weeks before I resigned. Saw the reality of the public school system and school district staffing in one of the wealthiest areas in California and decided it wasn’t where my child needed to be.
october 2023Moved to Seattle, WA
Began following the path of being an embodied healer
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