Theme: "Illumination"

Imagine a day filled with brilliant speakers, dazzling performers, thought-provoking video and mind-blowing conversation. That is TEDxYouth@EBIS. TEDxYouth@EBIS is an entirely student-run independently organized TEDx event in Egypt British International School. The first event ever will be held on July 29th, 2017.

Future University in Egypt
North 90 Street, New Cairo
Cairo, Al Qāhirah, 19511
Egypt

Abdelrahman ElAmin

Student

Abdelrahman Abdallah a futurist, dreamer, writer, public speaker, scuba diver, debater, photographer, and a fins swimmer. His main passion is discovering the world around him and his goal in life is to influence all of the world through his work; he hopes that one day we would live in a completely peaceful world, a world without disease, poverty, or sufferings, a world with optimum medical, political, and structural capabilities. He started his own blog called "Inspira" in which he shares his ideas. He is also planning to double major in Biomedical Engineering and Economics in Union College, New York State.

Ahmad Abdulqader

Student

Ahmad Abdulqader is a 10th Grade STEM student. He works as a translator in Coursera, I believe in science, and Egyptian researchers. He is a passionate student who aims to correct the common misconceptions in his community. He is interested in Programming and Marketing. Ahmad faced many challenges since childhood and he was homesick. However, he overcame them, and he wants to share his thoughts and ideas with the world. He believes that an idea can change the whole universe. Ahmad is an ambitious self-learner.

Alaa Adel Abdelhamid

Student

Alaa Adel Abdelhamid is a senior student at STEM School. He is passionate about science, physics and philosophy. He usually writes articles in different places, writes scripts and presents some videos on YouTube about science and physics, but he is an ordinary person, just like you. He hopes he can enlighten your mentality through his talk at TEDxYouth@EBIS.

Haidy Zakaria

Entrepreneur

Haidy Zakaria is an AUC graduate and a veteran of the Arts. In 2013, she started the first spoken word poetry community in Egypt affectionately called The Word Project. She’s also the founder of Skware One, an online marketplace for artists and creatives, meaning, Haidy is a lover of the art world and the startup world, trying to merge both together and show how they coincide many ways.

Kareem Alaa

Student

Kareem Alaa is a 16 year old self proclaimed nerd with interests ranging from PC gaming to listening to hard rock to attending MUN events. He is currently about to enter grade 12 in EBIS, and he will be talking about a topic which he stumbled upon while browsing through Reddit, which triggered a massive unexpected passion and a potential career path.

Karim Azmy

Student

Awkward guy by day. Equally awkward street Magician by night (and sometimes day also, depends). Karim has been practicing magic for over a year now, especially Mentalism; the art of using your mind to trick the person in front of you. But how does an awkward person like him do something as daring as street magic? the answer is simple; psychology. Karim has been studying psychology for over eight years! He can read a person inside out and convince anyone of anything, at least that's what he claims to do (better to keep your distance). He also has few other interests; he's an artist, a musician and a bunch of other stuff. "I may not know everything about one thing, but I know one thing about everything." Karim told us, perfectly fitting the description of a jack of all trades. And we all know the saying, "jack of all trades, master of none." He'll be giving a talk about how you can use psychology to get an advantage over other people in life (and will throw in a couple of magic tricks).

Manal Rostom

PharmD, NTC trainer, Nike run club coach

Manal Rostom is the first Muslim Hijabi woman to become a model and a coach for Nike and the first Arab woman to step foot into Nike's headquarters in Portland, Oregon. Manal is also the first Egyptian Muslim Hijabi woman to climb two of the seven summits the highest in Africa & Europe: Kilimanjaro and Elbrus, as well as reaching Everest Base Camp and attempting the second highest mountain in the world, Aconcagua. She was the first Egyptian Woman to run the Great Wall of china Marathon . Manal has been making her own way of inspiration and motivation by starting "Surviving Hijab," which demonstrated her passion for supporting other Hijabi women in their journeys.

Mariam ElKhosht

Actress and Radio Host

Mariam El Khosht is best known as "Shahira" in Ramadan's hit series "La Totfek Alshams". She is a successful radio presenter who was also discovered by Disney at a very young age for her talent in dubbing and voice overs. She dubbed famous roles such as Wendy in Peter Pan, Brother Bear 2, Ratatouille, Enchanted, Zootropolis, Mexican soap operas, etc. Not only that, but she is a make up artist who is challenging the norm by using cruelty-free make up products to support her cause; a world without animal cruelty.

Mohamed Sanad

Oilfield Engineer

Mohamed is an optimist who believes in the power of change, the power of forming new habits and breaking the cycle of destructive ones. He is an advocate of pro-activity and is a true believer that everyone has the power to control their life, their destiny, and make the best out of it regardless of the circumstances. Mohamed studied Mechanical Engineering at the AUC, he now works as an oilfield engineer at Halliburton and is currently a member of the toastemasters workshop of public speaking.

Nadeen ElFekky

Student

Nadeen ElfFekky is a 17 year old junior IGCSE student in NBIS, who's passionate about psychology, music and film.

Omar Bahaa

Life Coach/Career Coach

Omar Bahaa is a professional certified life coach/career coach. He has helped students, parents and executives change their lives, enhance their life performance and reach their professional and personal goals. He has passed through multiple career shifts before, decoding to follow the life purpose of empowering others, which provides a wide variety of knowledge and experience for a further reinforcement in the coaching career.

Salma El Shammakh

Student

Salma ElShammakh is a 17-year-old, who just graduated from sacré-cœur school. She's majoring in mechanical engineering in a uni in France in a couple of months! She likes TV shows and Sudoku! She is excited to see you and she hopes you enjoy!

Youssef Shams

Student

Youssef Shams is a high school student who is trying to maintain a balanced lifestyle in a highly unstable environment. Music is where his passion lies, and it is how he represents his feelings, and lets them out every now and then.