Theme: Celebrating our diversity

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).

Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Al Tarfa Street, Zone 70
Doha, Ad Dawḩah, na
Qatar

Anas Abu Samhan

Writer and Translator

Anas Abu Samhan a Palestinian writer, researcher, and translator from Gaza. He has translated the Philosophy of Coffee book (2020) and Train to Pakistan novel (2021). He graduated from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies from the Master of Comparative Literature program. Anas works in the field of developing the Arabic content and has hundreds of articles published online in various Arab newspapers and magazines.

Anwar Dafa-Alla

Computer Science assistant professor +Cybersecurity Researcher

He holds a PhD and MSc in Computer Science from Chungbuk National University in South Korea, and a BA in Computer Engineering from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in Egypt. He translated and published 1,600 TEDx educational talks into Arabic and was named a champion in translation for TED conferences in 2012. He is considered one of the founders of TEDx conferences in Sudan.

Bouchra Sebbata

AGM , President Private Banking.

A Qatari woman of Moroccan origin has been working in the banking field since 2000. She currently holds the position of Assistant General Manager - Head of Private Banking. Bouchra holds a bachelor’s degree from Qatar University - College of Education and a Postgraduate Certificate in Management and Leadership from London Metropolitan University.

Faozi ALGHUWAIDI

Master's student at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, blogger, interested in culture and history, founder and volunteer in many cultural initiatives

Faozi Alghuwaidi from Yemen, a master's student at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, a blogger, interested in culture and history, co-founder of Abaq Cultural Club, and a volunteer in many cultural initiatives.

Fatma Lulu

Translator and Content Writer

A student at the Doha Institute, majoring in comparative literature, she is a young Palestinian woman who works as a translator and content writer in Arabic and English. Her academic career began when she received a scholarship to study English language and literature at the Islamic University of Gaza. During the study, she joined the University of Glasgow in Scotland - Britain, as part of the Erasmus Plus international academic exchange project.

Ghizlane Bendriss

PhD Neuroscience, Assistant Professor of Biology

Dr. Ghizlane holds a PhD in Neurosciences from Marseille (France) and a Board Certification in Lifestyle Medicine. She is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, where she teaches Biological Sciences and Neurophysiology to premedical students. She explores via many research projects the importance of lifestyle components on health.

Ghizlane Hanane

Student - A Second year Master's Student in Journalism

A Master of Journalism student at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. She holds a BA in English and Literature Studies. Passionate about the art of learning languages. Among the languages, she can speak are Arabic, French, English and Spanish. She previously participated in the regional and national competition for the art of public speaking in 2018 in Morocco where she won third place in the regional competition.

Hilal Alsharu

Mechanical Engineer

Hilal Al-Sharu', is a Jordanian pianist, performer, creator, and an engineer. Hilal is passionate about using alternative and creative means of performing art to deliver a message, tell a story, or even make people laugh.

Mohamed Al Kaabi

محمد الكعبي

Mwaffaq Al Hajjar

Researcher + author and petrochemical engineer

A student of Master of Comparative Literature Program at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. He holds a degree in petrochemical engineering. He has a poetry collection published in 2019 titled “Poetic Entropy.” Winner of the Poetry Prize for Migrants in Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia in 2017, Co-writer in a number of literary festivals in Malaysia and Singapore 2018-2020.

possible team

Magic Show

We are a group of young talented boys who are interested in doing magic shows and showing our skills. We aim to develop our talents and skills in order to become professional performers. We also aim to be a local entertainment team that will perform on side events in 2022 to entertain worldwide spectators.

Raghad Aljindi

Electrical Engineering Student

Originally from Syria, Raghad Aljindi was born in Qatar in 2001. She is currently an Electrical Engineering student at Qatar University. A self-taught pianist with a passion for classical music, she continues to hone her piano-playing skills and displaying them with performances at a variety of events.