Michael is a senior studying economics and international relations with a math minor who loves languages. Broadly speaking, he is interested in researching the relation between media and politics across languages and cultures, and how this affects societies. His project will focus on the language used in queer culture and queer advocacy in Lebanon, a country in which most people speak a mixture of Arabic, French, and English. In summer 2015, Michael worked with the LGBT Center to develop a resource page for queer international students. He is also passionate about poetry, and his translated works have been published in DoubleSpeak Magazine, Penn’s premier foreign language translation magazine. Other than serving on the Undergraduate Humanities Forum Steering Committee, Michael is an active member of West Philly Swingers, the International Affairs Association, and the Association of Queer International Students.