“Ahmad Konainah, a 22-year-old young adult from Syria, currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Computer Science at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon.

When I was 16-year-old, I was selected with a full scholarship to attend United World Colleges (UWC), one of the 19 leading schools in the world, aiming to make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures from over 86 countries for peace and a sustainable future.

In 2020, I obtained the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) scholarship, aiming to foster partnerships among citizens, civil society, the private sector, and government institutions to generate shared solutions that promote stability and prosperity in the Middle East and North Africa.

Those experiences and being a member of the World Merit movement bringing youth together to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) equipped me with distinguished social and academic skills. They made me more open-minded to different cultures and civilizations since they bring students from all over the globe and helped me become a better and more thriving leader. Therefore, I’m currently part of the TEDxAUB club, where we organize mini and significant events and conferences about diverse topics, including but not limited to Global Peace, Climate Change, Sustainability and many more.

Furthermore, I’m a member of the AUB Title IX committee that encourages a diverse student body and workforce where discrimination, discriminatory harassment, and sexual harassment misconduct of any kind are not tolerated.

My ambitions are boundless. They surpass the limits of the earth and the sky. My objective is to reach an “”environment-friendly technology”” providing substitute sources for sustainable energy. I’d trespass earth boundaries to reach outer space, making use of everything to serve humans on earth, provide energy and water, realize prosperity, and most importantly, use technology to spread love, peace, and tolerance.”