Ali at Oeschinensee Lake, Switzerland, July 2024.

Ali is a Computational Researcher at SITU Research in Brooklyn, New York, where he creates software and graphics for visual investigations and social justice.

He graduated from Yale University in May 2025, where he studied Computer Science, with a second major in Modern Middle East Studies (MMES) — drawn to it by his Egyptian مصري heritage.

In his free time, Ali loves hiking, biking, exploring, gaming and game development, and a myriad of other hobbies Are walkable cities a hobby? he can't pick between.

Ali finds very few things uninteresting or unworthy of sinking probably too much time into. It is unknown if this is a strength or weakness of character.