Sarah Al Yahya is a researcher and creative technologist based between New York and Amman. She’s currently pursuing an MA in Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College. 

She experiments with multiple mediums including software art, AR, writing, UX/UI design and physical computing. 

Her research interests center on digital and internet cultures in Palestine and the SWANA region, and the decolonial and other sociopolitical potential of new media technologies. 

Currently, she’s developing her MA thesis which centers on TikTok LIVE practices in Gaza.