Meet the speakers
Thinkers. Doers. Idea-generators. These are the values we follow with our speakers. Whether the talk was given at an official TED conference, at one of thousands of local, independently organized TEDx events, or on another stage altogether, these are the people who will be speaking at TEDxArarStreet.
Prof. Dr. Kamel O. Mahadin
College of Architecture and 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.
Tarek Sakik
CEO of 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.
Farah Hourani
Country Manager at FabricAID, creative artist and fashion designer.
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.
Viola Sbeih
Art & Design Manager
Experienced Visual Designer with a demonstrated history of working in the the corporate and freelance design industry. Strong online and offline marketing experience at Marriott International. Skilled in Visual Design, Branding and Hospitality Marketing with a Bachelor’s degree focused in Design and Visual Communications.
Durrah Afyouni
University of York – Psychology: Neuroscience and
neuroimaging MSci
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.
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.
Jehan Shanableh
Human Behavioral Development Researcher and Philanthropist, 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.
Sara Ramahi & Juhaina Rawahneh
Founders of EtarFanni
Sara Ramahi & Juhaina Rawahneh are both the founders of EtarFanni, an emerging art foundation that aims to make art learning and education accessible to everyone through a network of content writers, volunteers and artists in Jordan and Arab world.
Faris Al Rawashdeh
As the youngest speaker to ever stand on a TEDx stage in Jordan, Faris aims to link the topics of TEDxArarStreet, in a TED Talk that will change how we deal with everything in life, through art. Faris invests his time in following science, creating artworks and lego machines, with the credo of “creativity is the key”.