Theme: Reflections

Our theme this year is reflections and it can mean whatever you want it to mean. it can describe Setbacks or process or success. It can help you reflect other people's body language or opinions. You can even reflect on any topic in the world you feel is looked over or important to share, such as women rights or poverty or the environment, etc.

The International School of Elite Education
Road 90, behind El Masrawia Compound. New Cairo- 5th settlement
Cairo, Al Qāhirah, 11341
Egypt

Ahmed Hassan

Student

Ahmed is the craziest, most guiltless person in his class. He just puts effort into other people more than himself and he has no capacity for feeling bad for himself when he fails. When he was younger he was bullied and mocked. Now, he doesn’t even know why he would bother with what bullies want; he is not bullied that much anymore and when he is “bullied” it’s more like friends joking together. Depending on his mood, he can be a living nightmare or a pretty flower. That’s how music comes into play; It calms him down.

Ahmed Zakaria

Student

Ahmed is a ninth grader attending high-school in The International School of Elite Education. Ahmed had a lot of experience when it comes to pushing his duties and tasks until the last minute, which caused him to face a lot of obstacles and problems in his path, which is why he is now spreading awareness about procrastination with his TEDxTalk.

Hossam Nasr

Teaching Assistant/Chief Technical Officer

A teaching assistant by day, EducationUSA Competitive College Club President by the afternoon, Model United Nations secretariat by night, and a full-time gamer in-between, Hossam Nasr is a constantly sleep-deprived 17-year-old high school senior, with an intense passion in Computer Science, a deep love for Physics, and a fascination with Philosophy. Despite being pushed by his parents into the medical career, he never saw anything ‘magical’ about it, instead choosing to follow his childhood dream of making a difference, changing the world, and being written in history books, which was especially strengthened by the January 25th, 2011 Revolution. In pursuit of that dream, he recently moved to Cairo, seeking a better quality of education, where he was exposed a plethora of various backgrounds, perspectives, and ideologies, which shaped the person he is today. He also enjoys bad puns more than he likes to admit.

Mohamed Zakaria

Arabic Teacher

Mr. Mohamed Zakaria is a teacher and the head of the Arabic language department in the International School of Elite Education. Throughout his teaching career, he has been involved in organizing various community service events that gives back to the community including Special Olympics event at school.

Mona Salah

Psychologist

Dr. Mona Salah is a professor of pschology in the American University in Cairo.

Nevine Abul Dahab

English Teacher and Translator

Nevine is a very enthusiastic personality, task-driven, and results-oriented person. Nevine graduated from the American university in Cairo with a major in journalism and mass communication and a minor in theater. Nevine first started working in journalism and advertising, after which she made a career shift and started working as a teacher, where she really found herself. Nevine has taught different age groups ranging from KG2 and all the way up to grade 12. She has also devised several curriculums to cater different age groups. Nevine has started to realize that her passion for teaching has transformed her as a person and conveyed all her hidden potential. Nevine also enjoys reading, writing and try's to stay fit as much as possible.

Nour El Adany

Student

Nour is a ninth grader who makes sure to always speak her heart and mind out. She attended several Model-UNs in past year as a delegate and is working now on being a secretariat!! Nour took part in her school debate club and other activities that involve speaking and debating. Like many others Nour's dream is to actually apply in Harvard and get accepted there and surprisingly she believes she has the needed potential to reach this dream. She is really passionate about reading, watching movies and is currently working on being a ballerina. Nour's main motto is that all she needs is some hard work and little pixie dust! Finally, Nour is a canvas of the new kind of calm rebellion.

Omar Hesham

Academic associate

Omar Hesham a 21-year-old marketing student, he has been through a very unique experience in the past 6 years. He joined university at the age of 16, he first studied biotechnology for a year at the modern sciences and arts university. Omar then decided to switch majors and joined dentistry, still he didn’t feel that this was his place and decided to switch majors a third time and this time he landed in marketing and international business. All of that major switching was due to the fact that he was looking for something that he is passionate about and he didn’t find it in the first 2 majors. Omar is also a comic book enthusiast, video game addict and student development fanatic. At a very young age he really enjoyed the immersive world of video games and comic books, they were his way of escaping when life was too much for him to handle. He is also a very strong believer in student development.

Rawan Abosief

Student

Rawan is a 16 year old girl in an American school in Egypt. She was bullied a lot in school for not being like the others. She liked doing everything her own way. Being a nonconformist was the way she lived, but people around her did not accept her nonconformity. Her life turned upside down as she tried to become like them. Still, her heresy seemed to keep her back. Afterwards, she understood that she has to accept herself for who she is.  She believed she was perfect the way she is, which was what inspired her to talk to people, help them accept themselves, and stop them from turning into porcelain Barbie dolls because that's how people would accept them.

Sherifa Amin

History Teacher/Master's degree in philosophy

Sherifa Amin majored in political science in the British University in Egypt, and has been teaching history to high-school students for four years now in The International School of Elite Education. She has a deep love for diving and Traveling around the world. She has been to many continents such as Africa and North America. She is now perusing two master's degrees, one in Philosophy and another in International Comparison Education.

Youssef Hatem

Student

Youssef Hatem Osman is a 17 year old man with dreams of changing the world. At the age of 10 he embarked on the very journey which led him to this TED event. His unmatched love knowledge and his strong belief that it solely exists to be spread is what prompted him to share his personal experience and the multiple methods he used to overcome depression.