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WORK EXPERIENCE
Linguist/Cultural Advisor; Dyn Corp/ GLS. DoD Contractor Iraq-Kuwait
• United States Army, 508 Military Police Battalion (W/R) Camp Taji- Iraq
Arabic Interpreter and Bilingual/ Bicultural Attaché. Processing of family
members and visitors up to 400 people/ day.
Training the ICO, Iraqi Correction Officers on the Visitation Scheduling
Program.
• United State Army, 36 ID Headquarters Support Company, COB Basra- Iraq
Monitoring Biometrics Process for investigators, and interrogators screening
cells.
• United State Army, 40th Military Police Battalion (I/R), Al Asad Air Base- Iraq
Interpretation and transcription of detainees’ interrogation and documents
translation.
• United State Army, 27th MET, Camp Buehring- Kuwait
Translating military training materials, and administrative documents including US
Army Doctrines
Editing and quality control duties of Intelligence and Operations documents
Media Web search
• United States Air Force, 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations
Squadron, Camp Buehring- Kuwait
Translation of DoD documents relating to the conduct of Close Air Support
(CAS) operations.
Training of Kuwaiti Commandos, Kuwaiti Air Force AH-64 and F-18 pilots.
Involvement in full scale weapons deliveries on live bombing ranges.
Translation during high visibility host nation exercise and training meetings.
Training Kuwaiti Land Forces with the 1-7 CAV, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
Training Kuwaiti Commandos Forces with the US Air Forces.
Translating and presenting power point courses on JTAC activities.
Interpreter; New York State Unified Court System New York, NY 2005-
2009
Certified with the New York State Unified Court: interpreting Arabic-English and vice-
versa as well as transcription cases at the Family, Criminal, Civil and Mediation Courts
in the five boroughs of New York City.
Tax preparer and Financial advisor, H&R Block; Jersey City, NJ 2007-
2008
Prepared tax returns and provided financial advice for individuals in Tri-State Area .
Case Manager; Arab American Family Support Center Brooklyn, NY
2006- 2007
Advised and wrote reports, home visitations, as managing up to twenty cases at one
time for Arab-American women, families and youth.
Cultural Advisor; The Children’s Law Center Brooklyn, NY
2004-2005
Advised and interpreted for Arab women and children facing domestic issues, and
immigration problems.
Freelance Translator
• Ministere De La Communaute Francaise De Belgique ; Beirut, Lebanon
Translated French -Arabic, the medical book of La Dyslexie-Dysorthographique.
• Institut Universitaire De Technologie; Beirut, Lebanon
Translated French into English Biology courses exams for the Institute.
Translated English into Arabic “NVQ British” -Mechanical’ Curriculum.
• English-Arabic for the Student’s Cultural Affairs Magazine at Kuwait Embassy,
Washington, DC
EDUCATION
Master of Arts: Political Science, Duquesne University; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts: History and Political Science; University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA
Law School, Lebanese University Beirut, Lebanon
Thesis: The Lebanese Government’ International Liability for Crimes Committed
against foreigners during the civil War 1975-1990.
SKILLS: Windows MS-Office: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Web search.
LANGUAGES: Fluent in English, Arabic and French; proficient in Spanish; basic in
Persian & Aramaic.