Thank you for visiting. Please help yourself to a cup of coffee.

Allow me to use this site to introduce myself to you.

But first, please don't forget to take off your shoes, as this is a tatami (Japanese floormat) website.


I'm a 33-years-old Syrian living in Japan.
What I do in life is work as a journalist and study for my Ph.D. in film studies.

The picture to the right is of my hometown Misyaf, which is located in the Mediterranean mountains of Syria. The Castle of Misyaf is (barely) visible in the center-right.


Below is my family's home in Misyaf, overlooking an olive grove.

This site contains:
- My Resume
- Academic info such as my academic interests and what I will be writing about for my Ph.D. thesis.
- Career info explaining what kind of journalistic work I do and sample works.
- Details on ADAD (The association for the Development of Arab-Asian Dialogue), an association I have founded with a group of Arab and Japanese students and artists in 2001.
- Personal details with pictures of my family, hometown, friends, life in Japan etc.

My Latest News:

Arab Film Festival 2007   (9-18 March)

The Japan Foundation will hold the Arab Film Festival 2007 from 9 to 18 March at the German Cultural Center in Tokyo. And no, it is NOT the German Film Festival at the Arab Cultural Center, okay? I can assure you that as the planning advisor of the (Arab) film festival.

Moved to Tokyo!    (20 Feb. 2007)

But I kept my place in Nagoya as well, and will be going back and forth for a while. If you want to send me money or to plan my assasination, you can find my new address in the "Contact Me" page.

Film Award for "Out of Place"!   (6 Feb. 2007)

The Japanese documentary film "Out of Place", loosely based on the memoirs of the late Palestinian-American thinker Edward Said, and directed by the well-known Japanese documentary filmmaker Sato Makoto, has received the prestigeous Mainichi Concour Award for Best Documentary Film. I have been involved in the making of "Out of Place" as an assistant director. DVDs with English or Japanese subtitles are available from the production company SIGLO <www.cine.co.jp>. 

New Work at the Embassy of Kuwait   (from April 2007)

I have undertaken a new working committment, which is to work for the Embassy of Kuwait in Tokyo in connection to media and PR. My work with Arab and Japanese media and also my studies at Nagoya University will go on as usual.