Salaam & Bismillah, 

Hi! I’m Sarah — a User Experience & Product Designer with a background in Computer Science, and a minor in Arabic currently working remotely for a Boston-based tech company. I’m ethnically Egyptian, born in New York, and have lived across the pond in New Jersey for almost my entire life — I’m the eldest sibling in my family to 4 awesome & rad cats (figuratively speaking, they’re all very human), and the eldest daughter to 2 pretty great parents, Alhamdulilah. 

While most go on to become software engineers with a Computer Science background, I was more attracted to the world of product design. I loved that it was an area of tech that was geared towards alleviating people’s day-to-day tasks by way of good design in software, and that one new feature or good design decision alone could make a difference for one person. 

While I’m not working in the world of tech though, I’m exploring a main interest I’ve had the chance to tap more into in expanding my knowledge in religion, where part of my time (nowadays) is spent towards completing a fellowship program to (God-willing) build more on that expansion of knowledge in that area. When I can, I always enjoy being a part of halaqa groups and try to join once a week if I can (virtually or in-person). I’ve always enjoyed learning in general, and learning more in the area of religion has always acted as a source of clarity for me.