Past TEDx event

TEDxDAA Youth

If I Ruled The World

Took placeJune 30, 20263:30 PM - 5:30 PM (GMT+4)
LocationAl Barsha, Dubayy, United Arab Emirates
FormatYouth
This year’s TEDxDAA Youth theme invites you to imagine what could change if you held the power to reshape the world. What values would guide you? What injustices would you fix? What new ideas would you champion? “If I Ruled the World” is a call to dream boldly and think critically—about leadership, creativity, and the choices that define the future we share.

Speakers

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

  • Rayan Mian

    Life After Death: Should Organ Donation Be Mandatory?

    Rayan Mian is a 10th grader from Pakistan who is deeply interested in the healthcare system and enjoys working on research-based projects that explore real-world issues. His curiosity about medicine and public health inspired him to investigate organ donation and the impact policy can have on saving lives.

  • Sepanta Molaei

    A Palette of Colors Is Better Than Just One

    Sepanta is a Grade 11 student from Canada who is interested in social sciences and humanities. He has always had an interest in how societies operate and interact with each other. Alongside his interest in history, Sepanta developed a passion for real world issues such as racism and prejudice, where he utilizes his knowledge of societies and history as well as personal experiences to dig deeper into prejudice and how it can be dealt with.

  • Simran Chawla

    What Was It That That Animal Had to Go Through?

    Simran is an 11th grade student from Pakistan with her love for English literature and animal conservation. She has always had the passion for what part she could take to make the place a safer world for all animals. With Simran’s personal experience in volunteering at different shelters and having 2 dogs of her own, she knows how vulnerable some animals are, and especially how vital it is to make a safer place for them.

  • Yasmine Bennis

    Your Attention is Being Sold

    Yasmine is a grade 8 student from Morocco & Canada who is interested in science, swimming, and reading. She is passionate about real-world issues that affect her generation. Yasmine has a deep interest in psychology & human behavior, using both personal experiences and research to understand phone addiction, attention, and the way technology shapes the modern world. She urges the audience to find their individual solution to phone addiction, bringing attention to the normalization of it.

  • Zenishah Gogri

    Healthcare Isn’t a Privilege, It’s a Human Right Worth Fighting For.

    Zenishah is a Grade 9 student from India with a profound love for poetry and writing. Recently, her research on healthcare has provoked her to advocate for a world where healthcare is treated as an inherent right. Driven by a desire to create impactful global change, she blends her interests in economics and social sciences to challenge the "price tag" currently placed on human life.

Organizing team