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TEDxYasmina British Academy Youth
Al Mireef St - Khalifa City - Al Raha Gardens - Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, Abū Z̧aby, 3997
United Arab Emirates

Aniqah Qistina Ibrahim

AYA Student

Hello, my name is Aniqah Qistina. I am a 16-year-old year 12 student who is excited about pursuing a career in engineering. I was born in Singapore but have been residing in Abu Dhabi since 2020. Some of my hobbies include skiing and crocheting. My greatest accomplishments throughout my high school career have been my IGCSE grades and school distinctions for being a top student.

Bhavish Arunkumar

YBA Student

Hello, my name is Bhavish Arunkumar and I am from India. I am 13 years old and I am currently in Year 8 studying in Yasmina British Academy. My interests are Music and more specifically singing and piano. I also performed in the ‘Zayed award for Human Fretenity ceremony’ which was an awesome experience. I also like sports such as Swimming and Basketball etc. My most favorites subjects are Science and Music as they are very interesting and you get to learn a lot from them. According to Public Speaking, my biggest accomplishment is presenting a speech at my last school for the ‘National Inter-School Public Speaking competition’ with my two other friends. We got 2nd place for the school and as an overall, I got the ‘Best Speaker’ award. This really increased my confidence in terms of presenting in front of people.

Darsh Solanki

YBA Student

Hello, my name is Darsh Solanki. I study in Yasmina British Academy. I am in year 8 currently and I am from India. I was born in France. I like food such as Pizza, rice, chocolate based snacks and my favorite drink is coke. I like playing video games, cricket, basketball and tag. I have decided to join Tedx ECA for my future benefits and for improving my public speaking skills which will help me a lot in interviews.

Reema Darras

Keynote Speaker

Based in Dubai as a U.S. expat, Reema regularly collaborates with high-performing teams from diverse cultural backgrounds, gaining invaluable perspectives that enrich her work. In her role at Cisco’s Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (CAI) infrastructure solutions, she has developed deep expertise in AI technologies and their transformative applications. She advocates for integrating essential human elements—such as emotional intelligence and ethical decision- making to ensure trust, adaptability, and alignment with human-centric principles.