Omar is a Palestinian and Muslim-American. His experiences and identity have informed a passion for religious and ethnic conflict prevention. He wrote his senior thesis on academic conceptualizations of the Islamic State, linking the terrorist group closer to pre-1948 Zionist groups and contemporary white nationalist groups in the United States than merely other Muslim organizations. After graduating from the University of Virginia, Omar worked as a data analyst at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C., performing modern data analytics on a broad array of national security-related issues. He is fascinated by the intersection of quantitative studies with the social sciences and aims to curate his curriculum at Princeton in this way. Outside of his schoolwork, you can find Omar watching soccer (especially Liverpool Football Club), drinking overpriced coffee, or finding the latest trendy houseplant to add to his collection.