Ahmed Osman
5535 Columbia Pike # 719 ▪ Arlington, VA 22204
(703)671-8602 ▪ ahmedosman001@gmail.com
Website: www.sudaneseyouth.net/forum
US Citizen
Professional Profile:
Native Arabic speaker with superior fluency in English (ILR 3) and analysis skills; skilled writer
with more than 20 years’ experience as a journalist and Arabic linguist. Arabic language translator,
interpreter, and instructor, communicating effectively in both languages. Thorough knowledge,
keen interest, and expertise in Middle Eastern culture, geopolitics, history and economics, and indepth knowledge and experience in the Middle East region, extensive knowledge of current world
events through various Arabic and English newspapers, television, and major Arabic websites and
news outlets. I have developed superb research, analytical, and technical expertise in various
subject matter with the ability to adapt to new environments.
EDUCATION
Master of Education: Instructional Technology
American InterContinental University
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Visual Communication/ Digital Design
American InterContinental University
Advanced Diploma, Radio and Television
Khartoum Applied College
2008
Hoffman Estates, IL
2007
Hoffman Estates, IL
1993
Khartoum, Sudan
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Professional Education:
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
1/2014– 8/2014
Enrolled in English for Heritage Language Speakers (EHLS) Certificate Program, Georgetown University.
Full-time, intensive program in English for the professional workplace. Attending on full scholarship from
the National Security Education Program (NSEP)
Foreign Language Teaching License:
Eligible Arabic language teacher PREK-12, provisionally certified by the Commonwealth of Virginia/
Department of Education, Statement of Eligibility No SOE-0610204
Professional experience
Bilingual Family Resource Assistant / Registrar & Community Liaison
04/2005 – 01/2014
Arlington Virginia Public Schools
Arlington, VA
 Provided interpretation and translation services to Intake Center visitors and customers about
the rules, regulations and other information needed for parents.
 Prepared workshops for Arabic speakers and their children at the APS about county resources
and schools choices.
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Helped the ESOL/ HILT department in counseling and guiding parents and their rising college
kids when they arrived in the USA.
Conducted high school transcript evaluation for students attending Arlington Public Schools.
Managed student records, conducted daily data entry into two APS systems and followed up
with parents and students regarding their missing documents.
Communicated with APS school staff, administrators, and counselors regarding students’
grade placement.
Worked with families from all over the world, comfortable in bridging cultures and working in
multicultural environment with ease.
Computer Lab Specialist/Instructor
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Arlington Employment Center, Arlington, VAAdult Students Teaching Experiences:
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12/ 2003 – 12/ 2012
Part Time
Designed and implemented lesson plans for adult learners in Windows, MS Office and
Internet.
Motivated students to enjoy their computer learning more by inviting speakers to class who
spoke about the relevance of computer knowledge to their careers.
Assessed students' progress daily in computer concepts class.
Utilized spreadsheet software to record grades.
Taught basic and advance computer classes to bilingual adult students.
Wrote lesson plans and taught on career development, job search and interview techniques.
Monitored student performances in the classroom as well as performing evaluation and
testing.
Worked in the daily basis with refugees and immigrants in developing their technological
sense and experiences in an effort to help Arlington County, Arlington residence to maintain a
technology literate community able to face the 21st century’s technology challenge.
File Clerk II, Acting Department Supervisor
06/2000 – 04/2005
AKIMA- DTSV of Virginia USPTO Contractors
 Supervised 4-6 employees in providing customer service for patent examiners and inventors
promoted from Patent Application Clerk II
 Performed administrative and office support activities for multiple supervisors, examiners,
and Art Units supervisors.
 Received telephone calls, receiving and directing inventors visiting the building for inventionrelated business.
 Performed computer related work using MS Office Word processing, PowerPoint, Excel, and
other imaging software.
 Filed patent applications, retrieve patent-related documents sent by e-mail or fax, and helped
inventors by phone and or e-mail.
 Performed extensive computer-related work, Internet research, communicated in both English
and Arabic with my customers.
 Proofread and edited correspondence, research papers, and reports related to patent
applications.
 Managed logistics for administration and examiners’ staff missions in facilitating their daily
work.
 Ordered and kept office supplies for the entire Retrieval Department for their daily functions.
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Trained new employees and supervised their daily performance and production, maintained
their daily, weekly and monthly reports.
Instructor, Khartoum Applied College, Khartoum, Sudan
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1995 – 1998
Taught creative writing courses and assisted the Communication and Media Department.
Provided support for students who prepared programs for radio, television, and newspapers.
Planned and supervised the construction of a fully equipped radio studio and control room for the
College Communication Department to be used as a student training facility.
Publications
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Wrote articles and short stories in Arabic pertaining Sudanese arts and culture for publications
in Cairo, Egypt and Khartoum, Sudan, including Khartoum Newspaper, Sudan Dispatch, El
Ithadi El Dawlia, El Sudan El Hadeeth Newspaper and Zilal Newspaper
Envisioned, created and maintained a website and forum to support and empower Sudanese
youth groups, www.sudaneseyouth.net/forum
Author of Open Source Analysis Project (OSAP) research paper for the Department of Defense
entitled The Murle Tribe of South Sudan. My paper examined the Cultural differences
between the Murle, Nuer and Dinka as a contributing factor to the ongoing conflict in SE
Jonglei state. Weapon proliferation intensified cattle raids, women and children abduction.
This has led to a government harsh intervention, collection of weapons from the Murle, and
the rebellion of David Yau Yau. My research focus was the complex nature of the conflict in
South Sudan, specifically in the Murle land, was originally based on cultural differences that
affected the coexisting process of tribes moving into and out of Jonglei state. The Murle’s
unique age-setting tradition set the tribe apart from Dinka and Nuer and later became one of
the reasons that the tribe now is able to settle its differences with the central government in a
self- administered region. As Jonglei is known as the largest, most populous and oil-rich state
in South Sudan, the conflict over this vast area turned after the independence of 2011, to a
gain of new geographies in the future development heart of South Sudan as believed by many.
Thus, fights intensified between the tribes in SE Jonglei seeking water sources and land for
grazing, as each tribe wanted to gain the most land. The spread of automatic guns, a
consequence of the civil war, has complicated the situation. This has forced the government
to be part of the conflict instead of finding solutions to it, as its disarmament programs failed
to settle the situation in the area and further provoked the Murle tribe. David Yau Yau, now
the leader of the tribe, fought his way to a point at which the government awarded him and
his tribe a self-administered area in Jonglei state where he report directly to the president of
South Sudan.
A summary of findings was presented at the English for Heritage Language Speakers OSAP
Symposium at Georgetown University, June 19-20, 2014. Paper is available at the following
link, accessible on government IT networks:
https://www.intelink.gov/inteldocs/browse.php?fFolderId=33877
To open an Intelink Passport account, go to https://passport.intelink.gov/passport/Welcome
Computer Technical Skills
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Experience working with all operation systems of all versions, specializing in XP pro/ home,
Vista, and windows 7 and 8. Performed installation, troubleshooting and formatting or
partitioning corrupted systems.
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Performed hardware maintenance for all type of computers, replaced power supplies,
upgraded physical memories, add or upgraded sound/ video cards, wireless network settings
through broadband routers and or wired.
Proficient in using advanced search techniques of major search engines and, in using forums,
blogs, and others resources to obtain information.
Software:
In-depth technical knowledge of these software packages:
 MS Office all versions.
 Adobe Creative Suite CS5
 Macromedia
 Lectrora/ Instructional Technology Authoring tool
Languages:
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Native speaker of Arabic and superior proficiency in English (ILR 3)
Cultural and recreational Activities:
The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/arlington-school-program-helpsimmigrant-families-bridge-language-gap/2011/06/28/AGJvhQvH_story.html
Columbia Pike Documentary Project:
http://cpdpcolumbiapike.blogspot.com/2008/10/ahmed-osman.html
The Richmond Folk Festival- 2008
http://www.richmondfolkfestival.org/docs/news/2008_0812.html
Sun Gazette Local Newspaper Arlington, VA:
http://www.sungazette.net/arlington/news/permanent-home-sought-for-columbia-pikedocumentary-photos/article_32004062-a8df-11e2-b7f6-001a4bcf887a.html