Hi, I'm Farah!

CS & Film Student — building toward humanitarian tech

🎓 Notre Dame · CS + Film · '27 🌍 Humanitarian Response 🎬 Storytelling

I think in systems and create with intention.
I believe the most powerful thing you can build is something that actually helps people — especially in crisis.
CS gives me the logic. Film gives me the language.

Farah Aburokba

Hover over images below to learn more about me, or jump to my projects.

Systems Thinking

Engineering Mindset

I break complex problems into layers — then rebuild them with cleaner logic. CS taught me that every system has a pattern.

Visual Storytelling

Film as a Tool

A camera is a systems tool. I use it to document, question, and shift how people see the world around them.

Humanitarian Tech

Technology for Crisis Response

My north star: building tools that reach people when institutions fail them. Data, logistics, communication — all of it matters.

Interdisciplinary

The Space Between Fields

The most interesting work happens at edges. I'm most myself when I'm connecting things that weren't supposed to connect.

Projects coming soon — here's a preview of what's in the works.

In progress

Humanitarian Data Tool

Connecting crisis data to real decisions.

A tool to help field teams in humanitarian contexts visualize and act on disparate data sources in real time — reducing the gap between what's known and what's done.

  • Integrates with HDX and ReliefWeb open datasets
  • Built for low-bandwidth environments
  • Designed with field workers, not just for them
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Short Films

Stories told with intention.

Short films in progress — coming soon.

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Animation Projects

Motion, narrative, and visual systems.

Animation work in progress — coming soon.

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More projects on the way

I'm actively building and documenting. Check back soon — this page will grow.

In progress

Things I find genuinely useful, fascinating, or important. Links and details coming soon.

Humanitarian Technology

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UNOSAT & Crisis Mapping

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Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)

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AI in Humanitarian Response

Film & Documentary

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Documentary as Data Journalism

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Films That Changed How I Think

Systems Thinking & CS

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How Complex Systems Fail — Richard Cook

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Essays I Return To

More coming soon — I'm building this section out with real links, annotations, and notes. Check back!