Ali at Oeschinensee Lake, Switzerland, July 2024.

Ali is a student at Yale University, where he is in his fourth and final year studying Computer Science, with a second major in Modern Middle East Studies (MMES) — drawn to it by his Egyptian مصري heritage. He'll be graduating this Spring, 2025.

In his free time, Ali loves hiking, biking, exploring, gaming and game development, and a myriad of other hobbies Is "good urban planning" 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.