I have pursued excellence since my earliest childhood. I try to excel in everything I do - and I do a lot. Much of it is volunteering. I have been a reporter for Junior Mag while growing up in Casablanca, a
Shad Valley participant at Université Laval, and a mentor and youth engagement coordinator for
TakingITGlobal. I enjoy playing badminton and soccer and got a blue belt in karate at 15 years old, I’m also passionate about writing and poetry.
That is why I co-founded a multi-lingual magazine called
MOMENTUM: Mission, Passion, Expression in 2008. The co-founders of this project are my twin brother Yassir and I. We both participated in the 4th and 5th World Youth Congress of Quebec and Istanbul and in many TEDx events and we wish, through this project, to give the opportunity to hundreds, even thousands of young people from Canada and abroad, to live such life-changing experiences.
In 2010, I was among the lucky Canadians who visited Italy as delegates to the
NMC World Youth Meeting for a Sustainable Future in Bari. And during the summer, I spent three weeks in China visiting Beijing, Chongqing and Shanghai and exploring the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and the
Shanghai World Expo.
I also had the chance to travel to Dubai and Abu Dhabi to attend the
Education Without Borders international student conference where I met inspiring like-minded young leaders and guest speakers like
Robert Swan, the first person to walk to both Poles, and
Adora Svitak, an American child prodigy and internationally published author who gave the most inspiring TEDx-style talks at Dubai Men’s College.
On a less serious note, I went sandboarding along with friends from Tunisia, Mauritius and England, and got the opportunity to meet the French Spiderman
Alain Robert after watching him climbing the World’s tallest tower Burj Khalifa as part of the opening ceremony.
But I have not forgotten my roots and the problems in Morocco. I am still in contact with Moroccan associations that combat poverty and lack of knowledge, helping them as much as I can.
