Raised across the West Coast with roots in Syria, Palestine and Jordan, Alia is an audiophile of diverse mediums. A longform audio producer, DJ, and music producer-in-training, she enters OHMA with a curiosity to explore sound as a medium for storytelling, particularly among survivors of state violence.

Professionally, Alia is a grant writer and freelance audio producer. She received her undergraduate degrees in Public Health and Interdisciplinary Studies, where she was awarded a competitive, yearlong field research grant in the former autonomous zone of Exarcheia in Athens, Greece. Her multimedia work can be found at KALW Radio, a San Francisco-based NPR affiliate public radio station; the Arab American National Museum’s Oral History Archives; Arab.AMP, a MENA arts incubator in Oakland, and Mizna Journal, among others.

Alia believes that audio can be a powerful tool in the pursuit to dispel mis- and disinformation, and is excited to explore these questions through oral history at OHMA.