palestinian - lebanese visual artist... since 2006, he has worked in more than 300 performances in Lebanon and the Arab world as a lighting designer, technical director, and performer. he collaborated with many renowned artists 

he participated in several local and international theatre workshops and joined many festivals

in 2009 and 2010, he was asked to organize two street festivals and since then he also works as a festival coordinator. 

he was the technical supervisor for Babel theatre in 2010 where he proposed a revolutionary plan to improve the theatre’s technical aspects. In 2011 he supervised the technical process of creating a new dance space in Beirut (maqamat dance house)
in 2012 he was the technical advisor for the creation of a new theatre space (Babel Studio)

alaa has a BA in Communication Arts from the Lebanese American University 
he is currently persuing his masters in HKU, The Netherlands 
he has a certificate to train in lighting design from RADA (Royal Academy for Dramatic Arts) after attending lighting design training of trainees workshop in light design in 2009  

he directed a theatrical performance; “The Slaughter/Die Schlacht” written by Hiener muller 

since 2010, alaa started experimenting with light sources in an attempt to understand their influence on stage and the surrounding. 
in 2012, alaa collaborated with vladimir kurumilian that led to [a piano in my pillow], a light & sound performance aiming to understand the relationship between light and sound.
in 2013, alaa launched "beyond myself…"; a light installation that was premiered in the amsterdam light festival
in 2014, alaa launched "my light is your light…"; a light installation that was premiered in the amsterdam light festival and got internationally acclaimed 
recently he started a series of experimentations relating light to music, history, and space.