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Advocating for a memorial to Arab-American literary heritage in Elizabeth Berger Plaza, Lower Manhattan.

Three-part documentary series exploring Ottoman immigration to the United States, produced with Bahcesehir University.

Advocating for an active preservation survey of the Lower West Side of Manhattan to protect historic buildings from rapid demolition.

Reviving Ameen Rihani's novel 'The Book of Khalid' (1911) and raising the cultural profile of Arab-American literature.

Publicizing the discovery of an early historical Ottoman mosque at 17 Rector Street in Lower Manhattan.

Seeking landmark designation for the Downtown Community House at 105-107 Washington Street.

Organizing walking tours of Little Syria, Ottoman New York, and religious site histories in Lower Manhattan.