He is a graduate of the American University of Beirut (B.Eng/Arch. 2004)and Columbia University (M.Sc. 2006). In 2009 he co-founded ‘APractice Studio”. There he completed multiple projects including the celebrated MINA 1394 office building in central Beirut. Since 2011, Salim has been a senior lecturer at the American University of Beirut’s Department of Architecture and Graphic Design.