Amit Sood: Building a museum of museums on the web
Amit Sood: Every piece of art you've ever wanted to see -- up close and searchable
What does a cultural Big Bang look like? For Amit Sood, director of Google's Cultural Institute and Art Project, it's an online platform where anyone can explore the world's greatest collections of art and artifacts in vivid, lifelike detail. Join Sood and Google artist in residence Cyril Diagne in a mind-bending demo of experiments from the Cul...
Shabana Basij-Rasikh: Dare to educate Afghan girls
Imagine a country where girls must sneak out to go to school, with deadly consequences if they get caught learning. This was Afghanistan under the Taliban, and traces of that danger remain today. 22-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh runs a school for girls in Afghanistan. She celebrates the power of a family's decision to believe in their daughters ...
Maz Jobrani: Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American?
Asher Hasan: My message of peace from Pakistan
Yifat Susskind: In uncertain times, think like a mother
There's a simple and powerful way to confront the world's most pressing crises, says women's rights activist Yifat Susskind: think like a mother. As she puts it: "When you think like a mother, you prioritize the needs of the many, not the whims of the few." Follow along as she shares moving stories of people around the world who embody this mind...
Luvvie Ajayi Jones: How to be a professional troublemaker
Disrupting the status quo can be scary, but sometimes it's necessary to make the world a fairer place. Reclaiming what it means to be a troublemaker, author Luvvie Ajayi Jones shares three questions to ask yourself when tackling fear and standing up for what you believe in -- and urges all of us to speak up in ways that honor ourselves and other...
Sana Amanat: The importance of diversity in the comic book universe
Since day one as Director of Character and Content Development at Marvel Comics, Sana Amanat has pushed to create and promote superheroes who aren't just straight white men. In this inspiring talk, she discusses the encouraging results of that editorial mission -- and stresses the importance of diversity in a medium that serves a decidedly heter...
Jeremy Gilley: One day of peace
Ahmed Said: A Medley: "The Impossible Dream" by Luther Vandross and "Every Age" by Jacob Banks
Amit Sadh: An outsider in an insider world
Ahmed Saad: From civilized to this - Ahmed Saad
Ahmed Saad: Leave no one behind
“Youth” for him that’s what matters most, and the guy has a point; after all, without them, there’s no future. In addition to being in the Ship For World Youth Leaders “SWY 29”, Ahmed Saad has created workshops to train the young for scholarships under the name “Scholarships Heroes” for the sole purpose of serving them. He is also an activist a...
Ahmed Saudi: تقدر توصل وتوصلها
Ziad Ahmed: Am I a Stereotype?
Ziad Ahmed, a 16-year-old Muslim American Bangladeshi talks about society's expectations regarding the stereotypical view it has on teenagers. The founder of Redefy focuses on how teenagers are victimized by stereotypes by using celebrities or exemplar teenagers. Ziad express his wish for every teenager to have the same validation as he has had ...
Ziad Ahmed: Thriving through Turbulence
Sidd Ahmed: My four best friends
Ahmed Ali-Zade: Philosophy of a product
Ahmed Gamal Saad-Eddin: Emojis
عشان نوصل مشاعرنا اثناء كلامنا مع الناس، فى كذا حاجة بتساعدنا منها نبرة الصوت وحركات العين و اليد ولغة الجسد بشكل عام. لكن حاليًا الناس بقت تعتمد على حاجة تانية وهى الEmojis. النقلة الكبيرة في وسائل التواصل التكنولوجي، والطريقة اللي بنقدر نتكلم بيها مع أشخاص مش شايفينا، ولا احنا شايفينهم، كانت سبب أساسي في إننا نستعين بوسائل مساعدة، لنقل مشاعرنا...