Theme: Cohesion

TEDxYouth@DAA 2018 is the sixth TEDxYouth event to be held at DAA. The theme for the 2018 event is "cohesion", and this represents people with different perspectives and backgrounds coming together with the common goal of sharing ideas. The event is a beloved tradition, with speakers being members of the DAA community. Students, teachers, and parents at the school are essential to this event.

GEMS Dubai American Academy
Hessa Street - Sheikh Zayed Road
Al Barsha
Dubai, Dubayy, 00000
United Arab Emirates

Aretha Pereira

Student at DAA

Aretha Pereira is a passionate student who loves theater and believes that people shouldn't feel limited in taking steps towards their goals and dreams. She combines the two aspects in her talk where she speaks about the limitations of race in theater, and why we should be accepting towards seeing actors of different races in roles that have been historically and primarily played by white actors.

Bret Rodgers

Former Teacher at DAA

Bret Rodgers is originally from the great state of New Jersey, USA. He has a degree in History and Political Science from Syracuse, University and a MA from The College of New Jersey. He has been teaching a combination of History, Sociology, Economics, and Theory of Knowledge for nine years in schools in Dubai, UAE; Accra, Ghana; and Ontario, Canada. He has taken a great interest in the potential consequences of the #fakenews phenomenon and looks for hope in finding truth.

Jay Nagjee

Student at DAA

What does 60s, Rock & Roll, and 2017 trap or dubstep have in common? More than you might think actually. Music has evolved through the art of sampling, borrowing from previous songs and genres to constantly re-create music. To show how simple the theory is, Jay Nagjee, a senior at DAA, creates an electronic track using old samples of a song, all live on stage.

Liam Greenbank

Former Teacher at DAA

Liam Greenbank, a teacher of IB Business Management & IB Economics, explores how a devolution in the existence and commercial reliance on intellectual property rights is not only necessary but ultimately inevitable in order to advance the economic development of people around the world.

Madeleine Buist

Student at DAA

Madeleine's talk discusses the concept of cohesion in a very literal sense. It takes the textbook psychological definition of social cohesion in contrast to task cohesion, putting them into the context of athletics. She talks about how this cohesion has impacted her life in school and sports, as well as the techniques that lead to the adoption of cohesion encouraging people to benefit from them.

Mayurakshi Ghosal

Student at DAA

Mayurakshi Ghosal, a sophomore at DAA, explains to her fellow high school students the significance of building deep and meaningful relationships, characterized by a sense of trust, understanding and connection. She helps her audience recognize a fake relationship, that is often built due to the over dependence on social media apps like Snapchat and Instagram, and lists simple and easy-to-follow steps to turn those fake relationships into meaningful ones.

Reem Ali

Student at DAA

Reem Ali questions the role that sentiment plays in our decisions to preserve things. In her talk, she discusses whether our emotions should have an influence in such decisions, and the potentially world-altering outcomes that emotions can bring.

Sara Allateef

Student at DAA

Sara explores the question "Where is home?" through the eyes of a third culture kid. Her talk revolves around the anatomy of being a third-culture kid and her personal struggles with fitting in and finding "Home." The talk aims to encourage people to find the hidden beauty of individuality and instability.

Yasmin Nazer

Student at DAA

Over the course of her talk, Yasmin Nazer explores how communities can support an individual in achieving their goals. Through her first-hand experiences, she conveys the way in which relationships within these communities and “achieving the impossible” strongly correlate.