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Muna AbuSulaymanSecretary General
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Zainab SalbiFounder and CEO
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Anne HabibyCo-Founder
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Shamil IdrissChief Executive Officer
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Hamza AbidStudent Nurse & Social Activist
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Laith Al-QasemChairman of Arabian Business Consultants for Development
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Sandra HiariWriter & Founder of tareeq.me
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Mahmoud Al-QudsiDirector of NeoSmart TechnologiesMahmoud Al-Qudsi is a twenty-two year-old Computer Engineering graduate from the Jordan University of Science and Technology. An enthusiastic technologist with a passion for new ideas and experimentation, he founded NeoSmart Technologies, a software Research & Development organization, in 2004 and has served since then as its Director. In that position, Al-Qudsi has developed a number of applications that have been downloaded and distributed over 25 million times. » Read More |
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Amanda HamatiPerformer – SingerAmanda Hamati is a 16-year-old student at Modern Montessori School. She started singing when she was young at her school’s choir just as a hobby, but started taking it more seriously when she participated at her first talent show held at her school. The audience went crazy after her performance, which encouraged her to work hard because she’s got the potential. » Read More |
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Amer KokhManaging Director
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Khalida QattashHead of Library and Media Center / Teacher
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Henna Al KhaliliCreative Free ThinkerHenna Al-Khalili is driven by her passion to create eco-friendly and sustainable habitats focusing on social entrepreneurship to empower woman and support communities. She hopes to preserve the cultural identity of the communities she works with while promoting the best ecological practices, knowledge, health, awareness and sustainability. As the founder of “7enna wa 6een”, Henna focuses on building ‘Eco-domes’ an alternative way towards building “Green” habitats using designs that are based on the timeless principles of “bio-mimicry” (From bios meaning life and mimesis, meaning to imitate,) which include the use of universal natural elements (earth, water, air and fire), the arch and its derivatives, along with green technology such as photovoltaic cells and other methods of producing sustainable energy. » Read More |
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The Junior BandThe Junior Band, a group of young talented performers who share their passion for music. The band was formed two years ago, and performed in several private concerts for the Association. They play different types of music: Latin American, Oldies and Arabic. » Learn More |
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Imad NaffaThe Founder and President of NAFFA International of Fresno, CA, USA (www.NAFFAinc.com) Imad was born in Amman, Jordan, attended Bishop’s High School in Jebel Amman, and moved to the US in 1980 to pursue a degree in Civil Engineering. After graduating from Fresno State University in 1984, he began working in the fields of Building Codes, Plan Review, Disabled Access Standards, Earthquake (Seismic) Engineering, Fire and Life Safety Regulations. In 2001, Imad founded NAFFA International, a consulting engineering firm that provides services to over 100 cities and counties throughout the US. NAFFA also develops web-based technical resources and forums used by international architects, engineers, consultants and building regulation officials. » Read More |
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Saja MaghasbehSinger From the balmy depths of Ghor Al-Mazra3a, comes the unique voice of a 17-year-old Saja Maghasbeh. Saja grew up from a close-knit family of eight members who have had the pleasure of her easing singing since she was five years old. Growing up she enjoyed listening to Arab classics and singing along to Um Kalthoum and Warda Al Jaza’eeriy. She was captivated by the lyric, rhythms and voices. As Saja grew, her love for singing grew with her. Her family and teachers pushed her to develop this artistic talent. Saja recalls her fourth grade math teacher encouraging her to sing, but she was shy and timid to sing in front of a live audience other than her family. So her teacher challenged her and told her to sing alone in front of the class. Her teacher was so impressed with her voice she requested for Saja to sing the song four times before the class. » Read More |
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G-SharpBand G Sharp is a music band made up of 4 members who learned to play music from a young » Read More |
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Mohammad AlhajjiFounder of Zawayed Mohammad is an IT graduate with an MBA degree from NYIT University in Amman, Jordan. He is currently an Internal Auditor for Aramex. He grew up with the passion of bringing things back to life, using any materials available around him to build things; he tends to do this at his free time as a hobby. Having the childhood ambition and traveling to many countries as part of his job enlightened him to look at things from a different perspective, leading to a dream that all people should become aware of: the importance of waste being recycled and turned into useful and beautiful objects. » Read More |
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Ahmad FarahLocal Musician Ahmad Farah is a local musician from Jordan. He started playing acoustic guitar ten years ago. He performed with many different bands. And currently working on two different projects: Perfect and Insane, which is mainly a one-man project His first album SCARS is almost ready, which contains original songs along with some covers. » Read More |
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Rula Al-AssiHuman Development Consultant Rula Al-Assi is a human performance development, focused on motivational speaking. She works on motivating people by changing their attitudes, which enables them to give the best they can give in both their professional lives and personal lives. This stems from her belief that if people learn how to change their attitudes- and that of the people around them – there would less stress, better communication, more happiness and more productivity. » Read More |
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Dr. Zaid GhazzawiAssistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department Dr. Zaid Ghazzawi conducted his education in a traditional way by completing a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from The University of Surrey (UK). But during His Ph.D. he started re-evaluating the way education is done in the world and contemplating the idea that education can by made much better by adopting a completely different approach compared to what people are accustomed to. The basic premise of Dr. Ghazzawi’s approach to education is to find direct solutions to real life problems facing people by turning to the verses of The Quran by pondering upon them to deduce knowledge that can be implemented to solve these problems facing people. » Read More |
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Esraa Al AsasfehMedical Student, University of Mu’tah
Esraa has been experimenting on certain scientific theories in the field of Pure Science. She discovered these theories when she was only 14 years old, which she submitted to Jordanian universities, mainly her university, the Mu’tah University. The Mu’tah University offered her some assistance despite her young age by allowing her to use their laboratories to carry out her work after school hours. » Read More |
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Ghassan HalazonChief Executive Officer, TeamBuy.ca Ghassan Halazon is the CEO at TeamBuy.ca, Canada’s first and largest independent team-buying website. The TeamBuy concept revolves around introducing businesses to a large number of new customers through the power of group buying. After a year and a half, TeamBuy currently has a team of 75+ employees, and is operational in 13 cities. The Company is approaching a million members and recently made the top #300 websites on Alexa Canada, making it one of the fastest growing companies in the country. TeamBuy took to the national stage when Ghassan and his partners appeared on the Dragons’ Den, a popular Reality TV show on CBC in front of 2 million viewers. TeamBuy is partly funded by a prominent European technology and social commerce investor. » Read More |
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Rawan AbabnehFriends of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis, & Malaria-MENA Rawan Ababneh is the Executive Director of Friends of the Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in the Middle East & North Africa (Friends MENA). Rawan has accumulated 15 years of experience in project management. By working with (UNICEF) and managing the creation of participatory democratic structure, additionally worked with the USAID funded Jordanian Tourism Development Project by leading the National Tourism Public Awareness Campaign, and managed Naseej- Youth Development project in Jordan and Lebanon. » Read More |
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Mohammad Al-KilanyCo-founder of Souktel Mohammed Al-Kilany is using mobile-phone technology to connect young graduates with employers and to help international relief organizations reach rural communities more effectively. Mohammed co-founded the social enterprise Souktel to address the inherent inequalities within the labor market, where opportunities are often handed to the privileged and well-connected while the majority of young people struggle to even get information about local jobs. Faced with the staggering reality that more than one third of Palestinian youth are unemployed and have few resources at their disposal, Mohammed saw an opportunity to use mobile phones as a cheap, accessible tool for finding work. With his innovative JobMatch technology, job seekers can search for and apply to job postings via SMS messaging on any basic mobile phone, without the need for Internet access or sophisticated smartphones. Companies can upload job postings and search for candidates using the same service. Both job seekers and employers pay a nominal fee for using the service, which covers most of Souktel’s operating costs; surplus revenue is allocated toward expanding into new markets in the Middle East and North Africa. » Read More |
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Rana DajaniFounder of We love reading Dr. Dajani is an assistant professor in molecular biology in the faculty of science at the Hashemite University in Jordan. Dr. Dajani is a Fulbright scholar and a Howard Hughes pre-doctoral award nominee during her PhD. Dr. Dajani teaches in an unorthodox way. She is the first person to introduce teaching using Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Jordan. She uses it in all her courses. She has participated in conferences discussing implementation of PBL in the Arab World and gave lectures at her university to new faculty encouraging them to use PBL as a tool of instruction. She also uses drama as a tool in teaching. Her students act out microtubule movement and DNA replication in class. She also coordinated two major plays one about receptor mediated endocytosis and DNA replication which were presented at the scientific day at the university by her students. No one has ever done plays in such a manner. The plays not only explain the scientific concepts, but also discuss community matters and are comedies. She presented her works at the creativity conference in Ireland in 2010. » Read More |
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Muna AwadDirector for Challenger Team Education has always been a priority in Muna Awad’s life, as a source of continuous personal growth. Muna grew up in a household that appreciated talent and creativity and provided her with the tools to excel in formal education. As a result of this support, Muna is an accomplished singer and musician, playing the keyboard, Oud and guitar. Her father also is an inspiration as the founder of the Modern Language Center, established in 1970 as the premier Jordanian institute to learn English. Completing her Master’s degree in Education at Bath University in England recently provided an opportunity to paint a new vision of how parents and communities can positively support children in their life education. » Read More |
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Zaid ModhiLocal Musician Zaid Modhi, born on the 1st of September, 1986, is a Jordanian musician. Being brought up in a family that appreciates arts, his parents pushed him into learning music. At the age of 9, being taught by Miss Maha Darwish, he started playing the piano, and had his first concert at the age of 12. When he was 14 he started learning Oud and since then he has merged western and classical music with eastern and oriental music. At the age of 18 he started composing songs and lyrics. » Read More |
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James Garrett and Shaylyn Romney GarrettAmerican Peace Corps Volunteers James Garrett and Shaylyn Romney Garrett are American Peace Corps Volunteers who have been living in Salt, Jordan for the past eighteen months. Shaylyn teaches English in a government girls’ school and James works with boys in an after-school government youth center. They are committed educators whose work in Jordan has focused on promoting critical and creative thinking. Their curriculum, called “Brain Camp,” is an educational intervention that focuses on building eight critical thinking skills with the aim of equipping the rising generation of Jordanians to become creative and effective problem solvers. » Read More |
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Abdel Rahman AlzorganStudent of Mechatronics Engineering – Tafila Technical University Abdel Rahman was born in 1990, got educated in government schools, interested in voluntary work, launched awareness campaign as a comedian actor at his university and local community. He is studying Mechatronics Engineering at Tafila Technical University. » Read More |
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Maha DarwishCo-Founder of IBDAA Maha Darwish: Has a BA in English literature and a BA in Music. Established the NGO IBDAA with a group of creative and hardworking women, and is currently the Head of the organization. IBDAA is an organization that adopts and supports talented and creative students whose ages range between 5 and 20 years old. Through the first two years of the establishment, IBDAA adopted 40 students in different fields. » Read More |
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Omar Al-HijaziComputer Science Student Omar was born in Amman in 1988. He is youngest member of the family, studies Computer Science in Ma’an City, Jordan. He has an outstanding prominence in the field of public speaking and writing, he is well known for obtaining communication, speech and leadership skills which qualified him to represent Jordan in numerous events such as the Asian Telecommunication Conference in Bangkok, 2008 and the East West initiative to build the bridge between East and West. He also is an active member of Injaz. » Read More |
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Fadi SarrafPresident of Sandbag Productions Sandbag Productions was established in 2004. From the start it set its primary goals: to make feature films and television dramas set in the Arab world, for the local, regional and international markets. » Read More |
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Theme: Education, Creativity & Entrepreneurship
Location: Kempinski Hotel Ishtar-Dead Sea
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