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HAISUM RAZA
Class of 2020
BA (Honors) Communication & Design
Minor: Social Development and Policy
Aspiration Statement
I want to work first to take care of my financial commitments and then continue with my masters in Queer Methodologies intersecting with either music, performance, or socio-linguistics. As a career, I am more inclined toward creative endeavors such as Theater, Design Research, Writing, Digital design, Sound Design, and System’s Thinking.
Core Skills
- Good Writing Skills in English
- Production Management
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Speculative Design
- MS Office
- Creative Writing
- Editing
- Public Speaking
- Art Direction, Design Thinking
- Event Management
Academic Awards / Achievements
- Dean’s List - Fall 2019
Experience
Leadership / Meta-curricular
- Moseequi Club - Vice President
- Prevention of Sexual Harassment Committee - Active Member and Designer
- Habib University’s First Musical - Director
Internship / Volunteer Work
- Salsoft Technologies (Pvt) Ltd. - Creative Writer
- SquareTrade - Claims Specialist
- Sayshukria - Intern
- ZEB Tissues - Intern
- DSSE Habib University - OBE Student Coordinator
Publications / Creative Projects
- Performed at the Karachi Biennale 2019, with Qinza Najm.
- Performed at Napa, in Commedia Dell’arte, Oct, under the Direction of Marco Luly.
- Produced, Co-Directed and acted in a 3 Hour Production of: A Very Potter Musical.
Final Year Project
Project Title
Voice: The Self
Description
The phenomenological understanding of a Queer body’s experience of sexuality and music, revolving in this globalized world; A performance. The project works on the self and its exploration through musical expression. Its benefits are to question and learn through the engagement of the other (the audience/the perception of the other/ the other conscious self).