Social Activism Panel | AMENDS 2015

Touria Benlafqih:

Touria Benlafqih is the new Program Director of Enactus Morocco, an international non-profit organization in the field of social entrepreneurship. Before joigning Enactus, Touria was the administrative and financial assistant of project conducted by the United Nations Development Program, related to Climate Change Adaptation in Oasis Areas in Morocco. Passionate about working with NGOs, Touria is an active member of many national and international organizations, she is board member of the Rabat Chapter of the Junior Chamber International, an organization that provides development opportunities that empower young people to create positive change, she's also vice president of the Mediterranean Forum for Youth, a Moroccan international organization working with youth from both sides of the mediterranean to enhance intercultural dialogue and encouraging youth participation in public affairs management. Touria has a bachelor in Finance, and a Masters in Business and Personal Coaching. She interested in youth empowerment to conduct positive change.

Ayaz Shalal Hassan:

Ayaz Shelal Hassan is Kurdish, Iraqi, Syrian. He is a business major student from the American University of Iraq – Slemani (AUI-S). He is studying two minors as well which are International studies and journalism. He is currently working as a project manager at (Asuda Organization) a Non-Profit Organization in the city of Slemani. Ayaz is an alumni of the SUSI (Study of the U.S. Institutes) 2014 program in the United States. He is also a fellow of Amends program in Koc University in Istanbul. Ayaz is a peer educator trainer at UNFPA and the founder of Social Awareness organization (SAO) at AUIS. He is a consultant for (WE) Women Empowerment Project for Yazidi girls in Mosul. He is a writer in AUI-S voice newspaper and the Freedom Writer news paper. He is currently writing a book about homosexuality in Iraq. He also wrote several articles about Love, God, Religion, Women Rights, Honor killing, and Child abuse. He believes in liberty, love, equality, and peace. He believes in "If I want to be happy I want to make others happy as well." To fulfill this, he is working with Asuda organization to bring in gender equality in the region as a first step toward his journey to change the world.

Asma Abouali:

Asma from Agadir, Morocco. Student at ENCG Business School, preparing Master’s Degree in Marketing and Sales Operations. Has a strong knowledge and background in Marketing, entrepreneurship and project management through both academic and professional internship programs. Besides, I am the President of Student Ambassadors for Peace - Agadir chapter. The organization aims to represent and empower students locally and make their voice be heard globally thanks to our international network. We organized educational workshops for children and other community members, hosted well experienced people to share their passions and knowledge with us, partnered with local organizations, and we aim to initiate other events and campaigns targeting issues including Children's Education, Health Care, Women's rights, and many more.

Daniel Bareket:

Daniel Baraket is a social entrepreneur currently work at the Israeli office of Ashoka, innovators for the public, as a program manager, consulting social entrepreneurs in different stages. Daniel founded Ashoka's Israeli media channel "Kikar Ashoka" - (www.kikarashoka.org.il) which presents news and articles about social innovation in Israel and abroad and is one of the co-founders of Wize - a movement that have organized over 300 lectures in pubs across Israel for the past three years in order to bring quality knowledge into the nightlife, and today operate on 7 cities by 30 volunteers.

Daniel is currently working on a startup in the field of social activism: a mobile app that will break down large scale social problems into small actions that can be done anytime anywhere by anyone - thus reducing barriers and bringing more people into being involved.