Resume

• 2014

  Filmmaker

  Toronto

  Ontario

  • Produce and direct independent documentaries on a variety of topics\n• Films have screened in such events as Montreal World Film Festival

  Inaugural Film Series at Aga Khan Museum Toronto and 2nd Video Art Festival Damascus.

  Documentary Filmmaker

  Filmmaker

  Toronto

  Canada

  Canadian Spectrum Programmer

  Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Programming Associate

  Toronto International Film Festival

  Oakville

  Ontario

  • Organize

  plan and teach the curriculum for several new ministry-standard film studies courses as part of recently introduced Bachelor in Film and Television\n• Order and develop the College’s library collection of DVDs for film studies courses\n• Research

  invite and host contemporary Canadian filmmakers in-person or via Skype to speak to first-year film students

  Film Studies Professor

  Sheridan College

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Head Of Programming

  Syria Film Festival

  Programmer

  Reframe International Film Festival

  Programmer

  Syrian Film Festival Toronto

  Board of Directors

  Reframe International Film Festival

• 2011

  Various institutions & events

  Toronto International Film Festival

  Syria Film Festival

  University of Toronto

  Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

  Toronto

  Ontario

  • Translated and transcribed German-language and occasionally French-language footage for History Channel and Knowledge Network shows

  as well as other production companies\n• Live translation for visiting German/Austrian guests for events like director’s panel at TIFF\n• Translated primary historical documents such as letters and magazine articles for professors at York University and University of Toronto

  Freelance German and French Translator

  Various

  • By invitation of various cultural festivals

  institutions and events

  organize and moderate panel discussions and audience Q&As \n• Panels have focused on such topics as filmmaking and social activism

  gender in cultural production and individual film screenings

  Various institutions & events

  University of Toronto

  Unveristy of Toronto

  Toronto

  Ontario

  • Organized and taught various literature and language courses\n• Proposed and taught new German cultural studies courses in personal area of expertise

  Instructor of German Studies

  Peterborough

  Ontario

  • Teach four courses a semester in the field of German cultural studies

  language and literature\n• Plan and oversee activities related to undergraduate courses offered as Section Head of German

  including extracurricular activities such as a guest speaker series and movie nights\n• Annually update language courses by researching other German Studies programs in North America to identify best practices and evaluate their relevance for the Trent context\n• Sit on various committees

  including the department’s Ethics Review Board and Curriculum Development \n• Conduct personal research projects on concept of ethnicity

  nationhood and migration in German cinema

  Visiting Assistant Professor

  Trent University

• 2002

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  PhD in German Studies with a focus on contemporary discourses of nationhood

  ethnicity and belonging in German cinema of migration.

  German Cinema

  University of Toronto

  Designing Rubrics for the Assessment of Student Work

  Becoming a Better Editor of Your Own Work

  Professor as Coach

  DocU: Hot Docs Professional Development of Independent Documentary Filmmakers

  Workshop on Regular 8/Super 8 Filmmaking

• 1997

  French

  Pashtu

  English

  German

  Double Bachlor of Arts

  International Relations and Honours German Studies

  The University of British Columbia

• Research Design

  Adult Education

  Writing

  Communication

  German Literature

  Editing

  Independent Film

  Film History

  Film Production

  Film Criticism

  Research

  Film Theory

  Film Programming

  Foreign Languages

  University Teaching

  Grant Writing

  Language Teaching

  Proposal Writing

  Film Festival Board of Directors

  Curriculum Design

  Jamal

  Jamal

  Sheridan College

  Trent University

  Various