Arabic-first UX 4 min
Designing Arabic-first dashboards
Why we start with right-to-left, and the few things that should never mirror.
A design system that starts in Arabic
Helped start Lucidya’s first design system, now guiding it across teams.
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A product designer who makes complex products feel simple
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Open to new rolesRemote or hybrid, 2026
Selected work
SaaS products, design systems and community work from the last six years.
Social listening dashboards
Customer dashboards, profiles and navigation for Social Listening and Omnichannel.
AA in every release
WCAG 2.1 audits brought into the product lifecycle, before launch instead of after.
Workshops for IxDF Palestine
4–5 workshops on UX, accessibility and product thinking, 30–40 people each.
Writing
Notes on design systems, accessibility and designing in Arabic first.
Accessibility 1 min
Accessibility audits teams actually finish
A short checklist that fits inside a normal sprint.
Design systems 1 min
Starting a design system with three people
What we built first, and what we left for later.
Arabic-first UX 1 min
Mirroring is not enough
Icons, numbers and charts in RTL need their own rules.
Process 1 min
A design critique people look forward to
The format I use to keep feedback kind and useful.
Design systems 1 min
Naming colours in a bilingual system
Tokens that make sense in Arabic and in English.
Community 1 min
Teaching UX in Gaza with IxDF
What 35 students taught me about explaining design.
Accessibility 1 min
Focus order is a design decision
Where the keyboard goes next belongs in the mockup.
Community 1 min
What crisis work taught me about design
Notes from coordinating outreach with World Central Kitchen.