Theme: Covered to be Discovered

In Chaldean it’s called Tredom, In Greek it’s called Tredon and In Aramaic it’s called Basrayatha… It is “The House of Huts” in Chaldean, It is “The road that all the roads begin” in Persian… It is the dome of knowledge, the eye of the world, The Great Basra.
It is that treasure that hidden treasure and its people are the gold that has been covered… till today.

Like treasure hunters, we will look for those covered Basrawi treasures to have them discovered now in hope that the light will finally be shed upon their ideas.

Basra International Hotel
Al Ashar Street
Basrah, Al Başrah, 00964
Iraq

Ahmed Hassan

Student

Ahmed is a student at Basra Gifted Students School, he is a member of Science Camp(the Iraqi Maker Space ). He has made several scientific researches concerning a wide spectrum of fields, many of them were presented in different events. Ahmed participated in (Made in Basra contest) and won a certificate of appreciation from the MIB team for presenting an arm motion tracking device to control computer mouse which served as a cornerstone for the newer version of the device that shall be presented in his talk with his friend Mohamed Hussam in TEDx ManawiBasha this year.

Ahmed Waheed

Stand-up comedy preformer

Ahmed, 34 years old, was born in the province of Basrah, where he completed his undergraduate studies to earn a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering University of Basrah. Then he went to the field of media and acting to specialize in performing the art of “Stand up Comedy “to become a professional in this field in Iraq since the last three years. Ahmed will tell us what is the art of “Stand up Comedy ”, about his career and also about how he gets the inspiration from the situations that are taking place in Iraq to reflect his own vision of them by his art works, during his talk on TEDx Manawibasha stage this year.

Faye Al-Sayab

gynaecologist/author

The Basrian female doctor of anatomy and spirit, holding a higher diploma in Gynecology and Obstetrics from the University of Basra in 2016 as well as a higher diploma in Ultrasonography and Echo from India in 2012. Now working as a head of department at The General Hospital of Qurna. Texts of literature were lined by her reed, titled “The Dead Can’t Master Love”, the book that has been widely spread throughout social media and bookshops. Representing a story of literary success despite of her practical and scientific life، and thus she becomes a wonderful mixture between the beauty of literature and the physical treatment.

Hania AL-Tawriy

Lecturer

she’s a 34 Years old, a lecturer in Basra. University/ College of dentistry awarded masters with distinction from Swansea University/UK 2015 in advanced computer science with a specialization in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). I worked on how to help people living with Alzheimer to wake up their memories, by using a music therapy mobile app with a novel technique.

Hayder Jarullah

gastroenterologist/endoscopist

Haider was born in Basra in 1976, a doctor specialized in internal medicine. He is the first Iraqi who obtains a certificate of the exact jurisdiction of the British royal colleges in the United Kingdom (Edinburgh / Glasgow / London) The first certified surgeon in Basra with this very delicate specialty in the digestive tract and liver diseases. He is currently the head manager of the digestive system and liver diseases project center in Basra .. He was the first to apply biliary tract catheterization in this center . Away from his practical life as a doctor .. Haidar Muhsin is a poet and writer, his articles and poems published in a group of Iraqi newspapers, and many literary participations

Hussein Al-Ghanim

Computer Engineer / Programmer

Born in Basra 1992, studied in its University, and graduated from Computer Engineering department with honor degree. He is about to get his master of science in “Autonomous driving vehicles”. He participated and published few papers in international conferences. He works as a lecturer in Basra gifted school and provides gifted individuals with support in programming and scientific consultancy . His mission is to spread scientific knowlege and to contribute in developing and innovating scientific programs and applying them in robotics

Masara Al-Abdulaziz

Student/Researcher

High school student Masara Basam Ashoor attends the Gifted Students School Basrah, has a research on the green synthesis of nanosilver using Typha domingensis Pollen. Her research aims to Produce silver nanoparticles from Typha, which is found widely in marshes in the south of Iraq, and study its antibacterial and antifungal activity. And as the Iraqi marshes are now part of the UNESCO heritage sites the research focuses on one of the main plants that make up the Iraqi marshes thus providing additional information on Typha and its benefits.

Mohammed Husam

Student

Student at Gifted Students school and a member at Science Camp (the Iraqi Maker Space), Mohammed has long been interested in electronics and microcontrollers and has done several electronics projects. With his group and support of the Science Camp (Iraqi Maker Space), they made an arm motion tracking device to control computer mouse which served as a cornerstone for the newer version of the device that shall be presented in his talk with his friend Ahmed Hasan in TEDx ManawiBasha this year.

Mohammed Sattar

Photographer

Born in Basra, Mohammed first completed a bachelor in Sports Sciences before dedicating himself to photography in 2013 when he acquired his first DSLR camera. Specialized in fine art photography and people photography, Mohammed was awarded by Siena International Photo, Emirates Photography Competition and Sharjah Photography Award. He was published on (Adobe Photoshop, BBC Earth, 500px, PetaPixel, Fstoppers, 1x.com) and many photography magazines. Mohammed finds inspiration from everything around him and tells us their stories from his perspective. To him, a great photographer can always find something special in things, that others cannot always see.

Qahtan Al-Abeed

Archiologist

Qahtan Al Abeed Qahtan, was born in Basra in 1980, he graduated from the University of Baghdad as a specialist in Cuneiform scripts. It was his passion for the civilization of Iraq’s ancient heritage and the biggest incentive to become Director of Antiquities and Heritage of Basra, the national coordinator of the cultural organization UNESCO and the supervisor of the project Basra Museum. Qahtan also is one of the most prominent participants inclusion of the Iraqi marshlands on the World Heritage list. He also has international certifications the such as : the United Nations Research Institute for Certification as unique to this certificate in Iraq, Museums Administrations of the United Kingdom. Number of articles were published about him in tens of international magazines such as Daily Mail, Art News, CNN ,National Geographic and many others. There’s more that will be announced as a archeological surprise about discoveries in Basra on TEDx ManawiBasha this year.

Zead Al Athary

fashion designer

Iraqi fashion designer, born in the province of Basra, was the son of two art professors parents in the Art college, and this gave him the support to enter the fashion world. Ziad is founder of “Noon” band Culture and Arts since 2006, that began as a group of young people interested in design and fashion, and expanded to include various types of arts of theater, film and visual arts Won several awards the most important of his award was as the best designer in the folklore festival hosted by the Ministry of the arts and sports.