Nazir is half Mexican and half Lebanese. He was born in Mexico and raised in Seattle, Washington speaking Spanish, Arabic and English. In 2005-2006 he lived in Cairo, Egypt and completed an intensive classical Arabic language and literature program. He then studied Islamic civilization at the University of Granada in Spain. Upon returning to complete his undergraduate education in Seattle, Nazir founded the Middle Eastern Cultures and Languages Program. The program offered Arabic, Farsi and Turkish lessons taught by native speakers. He also taught all levels of Arabic in the program for three years. He is very excited to complete his master’s degree work in Field I, International Relations, and plans to pursue foreign policy-making and Middle East conflict resolution. He is especially interested in pursuing Arabic political discourse analysis and will continue his graduate studies at Georgetown University in the Fall. In his spare time Nazir enjoys reading, traveling, and learning languages.