New York @NYU Campus Kimmel Center~Ahmed Shihab Eldin, Huffington Post Live Producer took the stage to kick off the Envision Arabia Summit – #EAS12 if you’re following! PITAPOLICY/Mehrunisa Qayyum will try to “live-blog” upon request of Pitapal, Chris Schroeder. Let’s see how long Qayyum can keep this up considering that there are 6 themes to keep track of: Technology, Science, Law & Human Rights, Economic Development (this will probably get the most attention, I wonder why ?!) Culture & Society,
- Wonderful to see an powerful women, like Rafif Jouejati, the official spokesperson of the Local Coordinations Committee (LCC) in Syria both speaking AND tweeting about this second conference.
- Impressed by Lebanese architect, Nicolas Fayad, explains how the transformation of desert habitation represents the contemporary development of a significant part of the Arab world. Forbes Magazine named Fayad among “30 Under 30” as notable in the discipline of art & design. Fayad states, “The contemporary
#Arabic city became a symbol for development, whilst neglecting it’s heritage.” For example, look at the Gulf countries. Fayad continues: “Within#Dubai‘s changing landscape, much of Dubai’s identity as a desert city has been lost…”
- Also, very pleased to see a few of the Network of Arab American Professional chapters (DC, Philadelphia) attending as well someone from the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee. Here’s what’s been shared via tweets so far!
Bareeq B. Barqawi “I don’t want first thing youth do after high school is apply for visa. I want them to have same opps in the Arab world we do here”#EAS12
Rafif Jouejati “We always complain, but if we continue to deny that these problems are our responsibility nothing will be done.” #EAS12@ADInitiative
“I want to make the Arab world somewhere people want to be, want to stay.” @ADInitiative #EAS12 #ArabDev
“When I was watching the Arab Spring events I became motivated to join ADI” #EAS12 @ADInitiative
Lilah Khoja “People need to start caring about what happens to their neighbors.”#EAS12
“Our countries gave us something huge; our identities. We owe them something more, something huge.” @ADInitiative #EAS12 #ArabDev
#EAS12 “We owe our countries something huge” @ADInitiative
ADInitiative Opening ceremony video up and running, so many flashbacks!#EAS12
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Baraa Koshak 
ADC National We think the work the @ADInitiative is doing is fantastic! Tune in to their summit today and tomorrowhttp://www.arabdevelopment.com/en/live #ArabDev #EAS12
RT @RafifJ: @ADInitiative #EAS12 “Why not us? Why should we have to rely on foreign aid?”
“Investors are there, people are willing to help you. Now you just need to take the initiative.” –@ASE @ADInitiative #EAS12 #ArabDev
Amina Samy @ADInitiative #EAS12 “Why not us? Why should we have to rely on foreign aid?”
“The timing is now which is why we’re all here” –@ASE @ADInitiative#EAS12 #ArabDev
Laila Mokhiber At the 2012 Envision Arabia Summit #EAS12 #ArabDev Tune in online: http://www.arabdevelopment.com/en/live
عزة فياض I can’t believe that @ASE is gonna host my talk :-)) #EAS12#ArabDev @ADInitiative
“If we had women leaders in the Arab world we would see a lot more progress” –@ASE @ADInitiative #EAS12 #ArabDev
Karim Anchassi “We are not just here to point out the problems but to combat the problems” – @ASE @ADInitiative #EAS12 #ArabDev
“How many of you do or say something about #Syria? Be honest”#EAS12 http://pic.twitter.com/Kb7rtI5p
“There’s a healthcare crisis in America, but there’s an even bigger one going on in Egypt” – @ASE #ArabDev #EAS12 @ADInitiative
Hamoudsters Opening with our awesome MC @ASE #eas12 @ Kimmel Center For University Life http://instagr.am/p/QfAP3aQf_0/
Rowaida @ASE prepping the generation of positivity at #EAS12http://pic.twitter.com/zVqBx4ti
ديربينا ديربنسون Main lecture hall looks filled 2 capacity @ #EAS12. Fantastic attendance! Men & women, future leaders of the Arab world.@ADInitiative
Just met the wonderful Rafif Jouejati. She is absolutely amazing. Looking forward to talking to her for longer. #EAS12
At @ADInitiative summit & very excited for what’s to come! Last night’s gala had some very inspiring words & amazing ppl! #ArabDev#EAS12
Hind Francis @ADInitiative fever is back! Super excited about #EAS12 even though I can’t be there in person. But I’m streaming it live 😀#ArabDev
You’ll be great! RT @YaraAlsayes: #EAS12 is officially starting. So exciting! Stomach is in knots even though our speech is tomorrow.
Auditorium is filling up! Excitement is contagious! #EAS12 @ Kimmel Center For University Life http://instagr.am/p/Qe–OUQf-Z/
#EAS12 is going to officially start in a little bit. So exciting! My stomach is in knots even though our speech is tomorrow.
Day 1 of the 2012 Envision Arabia Summit is about to start. Tune in with us, and follow the #EAS12 and #ArabDev…http://fb.me/I0qV17jP
Good morning all, livestream is up and running so feel free to tune into the #EAS12 madness: http://goo.gl/pFkE7 #ArabDev
Mehrunisa Qayyum Startup Ecosystem is one of 6 components of #ArabDev: #PITAPAL@CMschroed latest essay MT @ADInitiative http://ow.ly/ehl66#EAS12 #tech
All the technical issues are fixed and I’m ready now :-)) #EAS12
Watching organizers of #EAS12 get participants registered. Amazing professionalism & poise. Our future leaders are ready. @ADInitiative
