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From San Francisco to the Arab World: My Story with HumanX 2026
Four days at Moscone Center in San Francisco, 6,800 attendees from 72 countries, and one mission: bringing one of the world's most important AI conferences to the Arab audience in their own language. My story with HumanX 2026, meeting founder Stefan Weitz, and what I learned about being a bridge between Silicon Valley and our region.
Two Badges, One Mission: Taking Syria's Story to Web Summit 2025
Some invitations arrive as emails; others arrive as verdicts on the road you've taken. Mine came with two badges: official media creator at Web Summit Vancouver 2025, and founder of SkinScope AI, selected for the exclusive ALPHA program.
The Rooms Where the World Is Decided: Why I Want to Cover the UN General Assembly
I grew up in a country whose fate was negotiated in rooms its people would never see. Today I'm asking for a press badge to those rooms — not to watch, but to carry in the voices of those who never got a seat at the table.
A Sidewalk in New York: My Unexpected Conversation with Craig Federighi
That same morning, the Syrian flag was raised at the United Nations for the first time in fourteen years. That evening, a New York sidewalk brought me face to face with one of the chief architects of our digital age. One day — history, innovation, identity, and hope.
Inside CES 2025: Where Technology Rehearses the Future
In Las Vegas, where exhibition halls turn into a city from tomorrow, I attended CES 2025 with a media badge and an eye for what lies beyond the lights: maturing technology, sustainability moving from slogan to blueprint, and AI growing up before our eyes.
The Day I Put On the Badge: Beginning My Apple Chapter
Joining Apple as a Specialist is not a new line on a résumé; it is stepping into an institution that turned innovation into an operating creed — and a chance to stand on the front line where technology meets real human lives.
Where Power Meets Purpose: Inside the Concordia Annual Summit 2023
On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, I stepped into the halls of the Concordia Annual Summit, where policymakers sit beside CEOs and activists — days that distilled for me the meaning of convening power.
A City Built on Ideas: Startup Boston, Harvard, and MIT
In Boston, ideas feel like the city's primary building material: a full week inside the startup ecosystem, crowned by visits to Harvard and MIT, where history and the future walk the same corridor.
Inside the Ring: Witnessing the Birth of Apple Vision Pro at WWDC 2023
At Apple Park, seconds before the Vision Pro reveal, came the silence that precedes history. I was there witness to the first step of the spatial-computing era, carrying to Tim Cook a story from Homs.
An Award That Carries Many Names: Honored by UNDP and the Swiss Agency for Development
When I received the Social Entrepreneur award from UNDP and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, I understood that my name on the trophy was shorthand for many names: mentors, partners, and communities that believed before they could see.