Youth@EISJ

Confirmed Speakers

• Dana Bazzari
  Age 11, Palestinian, born in Al Ain, brought up in Dubai, Dana Bazzari is a student in grade 7 , with a passion for public speaking.
• Amulya Shanker
  Age 15, Indian, brought up in Dubai, in grade 11, would like to become a pilot, has a passion for playing the piano and debating.
• Neil Tanna
  Age 15, Indian, brought up in Canada and Dubai, in grade 11, has a passion for tennis and diving.
• Aastha Parekh
  Age 16, Indian, brought up in Dubai, in grade 11, has been pursuing ballet for 12 years and would like to help her father in running his business.
• Sergey Chsherba
  Age 17, Russian, brought up in Kazakhstan and Dubai, an IB1 student (grade 12), with an interest for Japanese Pop Culture and writing novels.
• Yassin Abdel Moneim
  Age 16, Egyptian, brought up in Spain, Egypt and Dubai, is an IB1 student (grade 12), hoping to study hotel management and hospitality, with a strong passion for motor sport.
• Adam Chakar
  Age 19, Moroccan, brought up in London, an IB1 student (grade 12), would like to become a pilot, has a passion for boxing and football.
• Ali Ardakani
  Age 16, Iranian, brought up in Iran and Dubai, Is an IB1 student (grade 12), hoping to study medicine in the future, has a hobby of practicing Mauy Thai (martial arts)
• Rohan Khurana
  Age 17, Indian, brought up in Nigeria, an IB1 student (grade 12), would like to pursue football as a career, his hobby is playing football.
• Sonja Schnorrer
  Age 16, German & Chinese, brought up in Dubai, an IB2 student (grade 13), would like to study medicine or pursue music, her hobby is singing. Sonja hopes that she won’t stop discovering new ways to look at the world and new things she can give to the world. And she hopes she will keep remembering that what she does, like what all of us do - can really matter, and can really make a difference. And she hopes you’ll agree that life ain’t half as bad as they paint it to be.
• Mohammed Al Medfa
  Medfa is an EIS graduate who believes in young people, creativity, storytelling and the power of technology to unlock and unleash our humanity. He is currently involved in making a feature film called Miracle, which re-imagines filmmaking for the digital age. He’s here to tell you a story, a story about our generation.