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  • From the Fort to the “DIP” Project: What is it All About?
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    From the Fort to the “DIP” Project: What is it All About?

    The Lahore Fort was the beginning of it all. The place where I discovered a piece of my country’s history hidden under decades of neglect. The beauty of the architecture described in imperial narratives as being not as “valuable” as the Mughal forts preserved in territories further East. The actual experience of walking through the…


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    Discussing the Campbell House

    Genesee Country Village and Museum Curator Peter Wisbey discusses the Campbell House and our Digital Interactive Preservation project!


  • A Working Prototype

    A Working Prototype

    Okay, don’t judge us for this, but please try to remember that we only had enough money to pay for 50 hours of work each for our three professionals. That forced us to be pretty frugal in our prioritization and our team basically donated time when we went back for rescans and edits. Thank goodness…


  • Communication Strategies as a Muslim Woman

    Communication Strategies as a Muslim Woman

    Karamah is a non-profit organization of Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights. This organization was founded by a distinguished lawyer who has been an equal rights advocate for decades, and is a contemporary of Malcolm X. Through a series of connections, they invited me to speak at their winter program for young women. My talk…


  • FACSS – SciX Conference 2024
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    FACSS – SciX Conference 2024

    The Great Scientific Exchange! Another wonderful experience and my first trip to North Carolina. The FACSS stands for The Federations of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, and the SciX Conference represents the Great Scientific Exchange, a conference that has been running since 1974. This year marks the 50th year of this international conference at the…


  • Wehrheim Gallery!

    Wehrheim Gallery!

    So please to share that my first pilot test of the Digital Preservation method for the Lahore Fort is being featured in the inaugural show of the Wehrheim Gallery. We were invited to the opening and really enjoyed getting to meet the Wehrheims at the event. This gallery exists primarily to showcase the partnership projects…


  • Scanning @ the Campbell House

    Scanning @ the Campbell House

    Our work has begun! With the tiniest team possible, we picked up our scanning equipment (iPads, smartphones and measuring tools) and jumped headlong into the Digital Interactive Preservation process. Getting animators to work with architects is incredibly fun, particularly when you realize how similar the fields really are. Despite the difference in mediums, it’s clear…


  • Where did 2023 go (and most of 2024)??

    Where did 2023 go (and most of 2024)??

    2023 was the year of internal growth. As much as I’d like a simple external list of wins, I found myself forced to slow down and put in the kind of deep work that must be done in order for true progress to be made.


  • The Campbell House @GCVM

    The Campbell House @GCVM

    A huge shout out to the Genesee Country Village and Museum for their continuous support of the Digital Interactive Preservation Project! With the success of the pilot project, I have now teamed up with Dr. Alissa De Wit-Paul to scan another building and develop a fuller, more architecture-friendly process of scanning an historic site! Scanning…


  • Digital Interactive Preservation, a New Chapter!

    Digital Interactive Preservation, a New Chapter!

    In a wonderful and much-needed next step: I have teamed up with architect and art historian Dr Alissa De Wit-Paul to put the second step of my preservation process to the test! Dr. De Wit-Paul is an architect and art historian and has been working in the field of sustainable architecture for years. She also…