Theme: Enlighten

Almost everyday we’re inspired by things around us, the tiniest details and the most complicated of them. We start to develop different thoughts that turn into ideas that could be someone else’s inspiration into creativity. We need to keep going, to keep fighting, and to go beyond our limitations. Through out our event we will guide you to decipher obstacles and conquer challenges, to enlighten yourself from doubts and uncertainties. ENLIGHTEN isn't just a theme, it's a belief, it's a life style.

PortSaid Culture Entertainment Center (PortSaid opera house)
Atef el sadat street , Qesm El Shark
first floor
PortSaid, Būr Saٰīd, 42111
Egypt

Adham Hamshary

Travel blogger, engineer

Adham Hamshary An Egyptian Engineer, his passion is travelling and knowing other cultures. His journey began in 2009, as he travelled to 45 countries so far. He owns a channel on YouTube with the name of "Adham around the world". He offers tips on the best touristic sites for limited budget holders, tips on travel preparations, as well as documenting his travels through knowing the cultures of the places he visit. He said "Traveling is not only for the rich"

Ahmed Mourad

Writer

Ahmed Mourad is an Egyptian author of thriller fiction, and one of the few mystery/suspense writers in the Arab World. Mourad studied cinematography at the prestigious Cinema Institute in Cairo. His graduation project "The wandering-three papers", and on the seventh day, received short film awards at festivals in England, France and Ukraine.While working in photography in the year of 2007, he wrote his first novel "Virtego" which won the Italian prize, “Premio per la Cultura Mediterranea” in 2013.The novel was translated into 3 languages by different publishing houses, in 2011. He also wrote "Diamond Dust", "The Blue Elephant", "1919" and "The God's land". Mourad also won several awards, however, the ultimate one was the state award for Excellence in Culture , beside the Arabic Poker award in 2014.

Ahmed Zahran

Ahmed Zahran – Co- founder & CEO at KarmSolar

Ahmed Zahran The Co-founder and CEO of KarmSolar, an Egyptian joint stock company established in 2011, working in the field of off-grid and on-grid solar innovations. He holds a MSc. in Economics from SOAS, University of London, a BA. in Business Administration & Finance from the AUC and a certificate in social entrepreneurship from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Zahran has 10 years of experience in renewable energy and carbon trad-ing working at Shell in the UK and Tunisia, and working in Egyptian Kuwaiti Holding in Egypt as a business development manager for renewable energy and clean development mechanisms, initiating the company's carbon trading and renewable energy business. Zahran is currently responsible for guiding, coordinating and overseeing the commercial and technical growth strategies of KarmSolar.

Amna Elshandaweely

Fashion designer

Amna is a Fashion Designer and CEO of “Amna Elshandaweely” Designs. Amna's collections stand against the status quo of society, and it fights issues like discrimination, gender inequality, generation differences and identity crisis. “Each of my collection is based on abcity and its people or tribes,” she explains. From Fayoum, to Nairobi, to Siwa, Abdelrahman delves deep into each of the cultures' mysticism and symbolism to raise their status while creating wearable fashion. “They were looking for designers who have identity, and they saw that in me,” she says.

Amr Wahba

Script writer , comedian and actor

Amr Wahbah is a creative Egyptian scenarist. Amr was one of the team who wrote for several sarcastic programs, including "Abla Fahita, Abou Hafeza and Alplateau". He also made some comedian videos titled "Stars Love Egypt" and "the perfect employee." Amr joined the working Group of "Saturday Night Live in Arabic" in the third and fourth seasons. He has also played a remarkable role in the series “Kalbash" Part II this year, which showed his talents and proved his ability to act.

Aya Tarek

Visual artist

Aya tarek is an Egyptian painter and street artist born in Alexandria. Aya is considered a prodigy of the Egyptian street art movement. She started painting on the walls of Alexandria streets since 2008, and that’s when people started paying attention to her unique and unconventional type of art. Her portfolio includes astonishing and diverse art projects. She participated in various events and festivals in different parts of the world such as Cairo, Lebanon, São Pauloin Brazil, Portland in America, Geneva in Switzerland and Frankfurt in Germany. Aya was also featured in the independent movie directed by Ahmed Abdullah “Microphone” in 2011, where she was the first street artist to represent that nontraditional art in Egypt.

Ben Ewig

Crossfit trainer

Ben Ewig He Founded CrossFit Proactive in Port Said in 2014 with the heart to spread real fitness in the city. Throughout his coaching career he has drawn on his educational and sports background along with his own creativity to coach his athletes. He has a master degree in exercise physiology from the University of Iowa. He wrestled in college, and ran marathons in university. He taught at the university level for three years (anatomy, physiology, and various sports classes). He has been training athletes professionally since 2005 He has over 10 years of experience enhancing athletes’ performance of various sports backgrounds.

Dina Mousa

Innovator

Dina Mousa Her story went viral this year, as the entire country shared the tale of the 17-year-old who discovered a chemical composition to save lives. “I had started doing research on how to stop blood loss because it is the second leading cause of death in hospitals,” says the New York based scientist and entrepreneur. Her product, Hemostat V-Seal, stops bleeding of lethal wounds in between seven and ten seconds, and has already obtained the patent in the USA, as well as earned her prizes by Google and NASA. Striving to commercialize it soon, the teenage prodigy doesn’t think about profit.

Hesham Sallam

Paleontologist

Hesham Sallam is the director of the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology center (MUVP). He led a student research team in 2014 to extract a dinosaur skeleton from the "Dakhla Oasis". In 2016, the results of this discovery were published in the " Nature: Evolution and Ecology" international magazine, the dinosaur is named Mansourasaurus, a new genus and species of herbivorous dinosaurs. The discovery of Mansourasaurus is considered a huge achievement by the paleontologists around the world.

Omar Hegazy

Athlete

Omar Hegazy Egyptian swimmer and adventurous. Omar Hegazy is the first handicapped to fully cross Jordan al-Aqaba. Hegazy founded “Support Egypt in Your Own Way” initiative. He also participated in the UK’s biggest open-water swimming event, the Great North Swim, where he completed 5 KM in 2 hours and 17 minutes.

Raghda Ezz Eldin

Free diver

Raghda Ezz Eldin A young Egyptian woman who followed her heart to the depth of the sea. She discovered her passion for free-diving two years ago and decided to spread the sport around Egypt to share her experience with everyone. She organizes free-diving camps and workshops to teach people free-diving and mindfulness. She said "Free-diving set me free and I wish for everyone to follow their heart so they free".

Wahid Morsy

Telescope maker

Mr. Wahid Morsy One of the most prominent Telescope makers is Egypt. He is considered the only one to be able to create a telescope with local equipments. The telescope maker was a guest at many Egyptian universities, such as Cairo, Ain Shams, and Zagazig. He was also invited to several conferences abroad for his knowledge. The thing Mr Wahid always cares about is sharing his experience with his audience. Mr. Wahid is unstoppable. He once created a telescope from empty canes. "I want to tell people that we can use any material” says Mr. Wahid.

Yasmine Nazmy

Nutrition consultant

Yasmine Nazmy The author of "Happy Belly" and owner of the health food brand "KAJU". She is certified in Nutrition Consulting and she helps people improve their self-perception, as she believes a positive body shape and self-esteem is the first step required to have a healthy food relationship.