TEDxArarStreet

Speakers

Speakers may not be confirmed. Check the event website for the latest lineup.

• Durrah Afyouni

  Neuroscientist

  Durrah is a young, highly motivated Neuroscience and Neuroimaging MSci specialist with experience in both laboratory and clinical settings. Her main areas of interest include cognitive neuroscience and computational neuroscience. Durrah intends on using the knowledge she has gained to educate a wide range of people within her community on our most fascinating and our most complex organ; the brain.

• Etar Fanni

  Arts Activist

  Sara Ramahi & Juhaina Rawahneh are both the founders of EtarFanni, an online platform that seeks to shed light on Arabian arts, making it available for all viewers from different backgrounds, covering artists and highlighting scenes.

• Farah Hourani

  Country Manager at FabricAID

  How do you take something ordinary and turn it into the extraordinary? Farah Hourani shows you how you can not only achieve your dreams, but doing so by harnessing the talent of those around you to create collaborations and bring to life ideas that are anything but ordinary.

• Faris Al Rawashdeh

  School Student

  The youngest speaker to ever stand on a TEDx stage.

• Jehan Shanableh

  Human Behavioral Development Researcher and Philanthropis

  Neuro Linguistic Programming, Master Trainer Generative Organizational Development and Collective Intelligence, Consultant Vice President of Jordan Behavioral Economics Association, BPWA (Business and Professional Women Association), Development, Training and Employment Standing Committee Member of International Association for Generative Change (IAGC), Founder of Innana Consulting and Training.

• Kamel O. Mahadin,

  College of Architecture & Design, American University of Madaba MK Associates

  Kamel is a Jordanian landscape architect, professor, author, and artist. He was the Chief Commissioner of Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) and was a Jordanian senator at The House of Senate. However, he is now a full-time professor at the college of Architecture and Design at the American University of Madaba in Jordan. Kamel uses his extraordinary gift for drawing to communicate design concepts that capture the spirit of his nation. After earning his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in the U.S., he returned to his homeland to found the first landscape architecture firm in Jordan. Among his many leadership positions, he was the chair the University of Jordan architecture department, the coordinator of the Aga Khan Unit for Islamic Studies 1994, and he was a consultant to the Hashemite Royal Court. In October 2017, Kamel was the first Arab to be awarded the ASLA American Society of Landscape Architects Fellowship.

• Shatha K. Tarawneh

  Urban Planner, Architect & Real Estate Development Specialist.

  Focused urban development and infrastructure specialist with 20 yrs experience dedicated to influencing designs to respect human livability & quality of life. A real-estate and land development strategist managing many strategic projects and urban development programs within commerical & Public Private Partnership development portfolios.

• Tarek Sakik

  CEO - Sash & Company

  Responsible for strategic communication, crisis management, leadership development and profiling. He has over 18 years of experience in the region working with several multinational communication agencies including Burson-Marstellar, Edelman, JWT, APCO Worldwide before launching his own venture.

• Viola Sbeih

  Art & Design Manager

  Experienced Visual Designer with a demonstrated history of working in the the corporate and freelance design industry. Skilled in Graphic Design, Branding and Hospitality Marketing. Strong arts and design professional with a Bachelor’s degree focused in Design and Visual Communications.