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MUSA Kulturzentrum
Hagenweg 2A
Goettingen, Niedersachsen, 37081
Germany

Anna Thomas

Master Student

For many years Anna felt not comfortable in her own skin and struggled with accepting her body until one incident has changed her attitude. With confidence she organized the photo exhibition Embody Yourself which she also took part in. Her hope is that people who feel bad about their bodies find courage to accept themselves the way they are through the exhibition as it depicts people how they really look without labeling them in any way. She believes that ugliness does only exist within but never outside.

Areej Alkhachroum

Medical Student

From being born in Syria to her medical studies in Germany, Areej's path has led her to many new beginnings in many different countries, making her a reboot expert. Beyond her interest in the medical profession, she is interested in balancing the various aspects of everyday life and how to find the right balance for a peaceful life. In her talk the 3 in 1 journey, she‘ll share with us what helped her to reboot.

Diana Ismael

Assistant editor, Future of Food: Journal on Food, Agriculture and Society

After only three years in Germany, Diana’s work in Sensory Science was awarded ‘’The Prize of Excellence in Science’’ on the country-level for two consecutive years. Throughout her successful journey, Diana was fighting her biggest hurdle, her own inner voice. Her in-depth study on emotions and human senses enabled her a deeper understanding of the hidden keys of this sound. According to Diana, you could be your own worst enemy or your best friend, the choice is yours. On Saturday, she aims to share with you the ideas on how to reboot this sound and set a fruitful deal with it. By the way, if you are ever looking for Diana, you will find her relaxing in nature.

Francesco Samarelli

Author

Francesco Samarelli is a practical optimist, avid international volunteer, speaker, and author of the KIS & LOVE YOURSELF self-help memoir and journal. The overall message he shares is to value oneself through self-love, leading to a ripple effect toward helping others. Samarelli is an enthusiastic traveler who has visited over 60 countries, in 12 of which he volunteered for extended blocks of time. He speaks eight languages, helping him truly empathize during his humanitarian projects. He has learned through his experiences that happy people help others and hurt people hurt others. His vision is to guide anyone ready to see their true value and take control of being the best version of themselves. You can catch Francesco flying out of Jersey City, New Jersey as an international flight attendant, living in Portugal as a writer, and traveling the world spreading the message of self-love as a speaker, or you can find him on KISmethod.com and message him personally.

Karsten Wode

CEO of Holistic Health

A stressful and harmful past brought Karsten to consciously rethink and reboot his lifestyle. Over the years he got educated in down-to-earth techniques to restore one's own health and strength of body and mind. He felt the strong desire to spread that ancient knowledge and practice to the people to achieve what we all deserve - wellbeing and happiness. Join the noble path of our great potential we brought with us in this life.

Konrad Waschkies

Medical Student

Having been fascinated by psychology since childhood, Konrad enrolled in Medical School to understand human beings in the most intrinsic way. As Goethe’s Faust wishes „So that I may perceive whatever holds // The world together in its inmost folds“, Konrad enjoys working constantly on portals that lead to Eudaimonia.

Marco Böhme

Journalist

Marco Böhme, the host of the Podcast ‘’Fall Forward - wie Du erfolgreich scheiterst’’ also the editor of ‘’faktor-Magazin’’ likes to talk about failures and his experience. His journey led him to organize ‘’Mutmacher-Gipfel’’, which goal is to encourage people finding their answers to the question, why am I here. After deciding to not continue his study at the University of Göttingen, Marco followed his dream to become a journalist and (later on) a publisher.

Prof. Dr. Irfan Ahmad

Senior Research Fellow

Irfan Ahmad is an anthropologist and Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious & Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Germany. His most recent single-authored publication is Religion as Critique: Islamic Critical Thinking from Mecca to the Marketplace (University of North Carolina Press, 2017). He is co-editor, with Pralay Kanungo, of The Algebra of Warfare-Welfare: A Long View of India’s 2014 Election (Oxford University Press, 2019). He is the founding co-editor of Journal of Religious & Political Practice. He has taught at University of Amsterdam, Utrecht University in the Netherlands and Monash University and Australian Catholic University in Australia.