I have been working with students and also adults for a long time, and have advised many on what major that suits them and had been instrumental on graduating a very successful groups of students who had not only passed with flying colours but also found great careers that matched their ability. Sometimes though, the […]
I just attended a talk by OECD that spoke about the teachers and how they can get the best out of their students. The talk was very interesting, listing countries from Europe, Asia, south America and many others (The first cycle of TALIS was conducted in 2008 in 24 countries. The second cycle, TALIS 2013 […]
I was reading a book about the last Tsar of Russia who was executed along with his family and those that worked in his house by the Communist party. Much of the words used in his letters were french and Russian. The book itself is in English but some of the words used really intrigued […]
Warren Buffet, is one of the biggest investors in our time with a net-worth of over a 100 billion dollars. I feel that everyone in this world should read about him and follow his advices. Below are twenty of his most favourite advices: 1- Don’t diversify 2- Invest and don’t speculate 3- The market is […]
I am sure you heard some people say this term! “its so Avant-garde” I had heard this sentence from people describing something new and that it came before its time. Avant-garde is a french term used by artists who produced works of art that was considered ahead of its time, innovative, explorative, and using […]
In our age consumption of regular gas and Oil (part of the renewable energy) is proving to be damaging to the environment; just see how the glaciers are melting, the water level is dropping, the sea life is decreasing. We do not see the stars and everything looks so foggy. I thank god for […]
In 2014 I was called by a student to provide a talk in a conference called HPAIR short for Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations). Well, as I am full of entrepreneurship feelings, I decided to prove to the students that being entrepreneurs is the way to go. Then I noticed that other […]
What if tomorrow, when you wake up in the morning, you hear the news that the blacks had confiscated the colour black and the whites had done the same? does it mean we cannot wear black in a funeral or white in a wedding? but then again, we cannot wear any color of the rainbow, […]
Did anyone ever thought that having a friend or a family can save someone’s life? Being alone can take us deep into depression and that is not fun at all. One should always be surrounded with family and friends who comment on things, give support, admire one’s work, go that extra mile to just make […]
الإمام الشافعي: “تَغَرَّبْ عَن الأَوْطَانِ في طَلَبِ الْعُلى…وَسَافِرْ فَفِي الأَسْفَارِ خَمْسُ فَوَائِدِ: تَفَرُّجُ هَمٍّ، وَاكْتِسابُ مَعِيشَةٍ، وَعِلْمٌ، وَآدَابٌ، وَصُحْبَةُ مَاجِد” There is an arabic saying (or a poem) that goes like this: Travel to other countries to seek the highest gains, travel as it has five benefits: relief from worry, finding a job or starting […]