We’re rebooting

We’ve been dormant on the blog for a while. That’s primarily because we’ve been restructuring the TEDxCairo team.

We conducted interviews the past 2 weeks and a new team is coming together in less than 10 days. A fresh new team, fresh new perspectives and an entirely new energy. Safe to say we’re very excited.

The date and venue of the 2013 conference has not yet been set, that will happen once the new team is in place, and we’ll definitely keep you posted.


Meanwhile, we’ve been releasing the talks from the 2012 conference Collisions and we only have 4 more to go till all the talks are released. You can watch them all on this playlist. Enjoy!


-Nadine.

We are recruiting in all 6 teams! Find out more about them and apply now here! Deadline: 4 May 2013.

We are recruiting in all 6 teams! Find out more about them and apply now here! Deadline: 4 May 2013.

We’ve finally resumed the release of the talks from the TEDxCairo 2012 COLLISIONS last December!

Watch the opening talk of the day where Walid Galal, international speaker and lecturer on human development, shares his insight on the sources of knowledge and their relation (or lack thereof) with rumors.

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more talks very soon!

Our Febaruary Screening Night with Hani Mahfouz!

Our screening nights are back! For this month, the theme is LEGACY prompted by Hani Mahfouz’s (our speaker moderator of the night) talk on the second death and what you leave behind.

This screening night will be held at Bikya Book Cafe in Maadi. See you there!

-Nadine.

This year Bassem Ebeid, a self made composer and musician, composed a soundtrack for the TEDxCairo 2012 COLLISIONS conference. The musical progression of the soundtrack follows the progression of a story of Collisions between any 2 actors starting from their introduction to their friction, collision and resulting novelty.

You can watch the video of the performance here too!

SoundCloud / TEDxCairo

In a widely popular and deeply emotional talk that inspired the audience at TEDxCairo 2012 COLLISIONS, Amira Makhlouf approached the concept of acceptance and tolerance from a fresh angle imploring people not to accept her!

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity
Khaled Bichara, during his TEDxCairo 2012 COLLISIONS talk “The Secret Sauce”

Khaled Bichara, a very successful Egyptian entrepreneur and businessman, currently CEO of Accelero capital, gave a very passionate and engaging talk about the secret sauce of success, saying that there is none! However he did shed the light through his own experience on the essential ingredients for each entrepreneur’s own secret sauce.

One of the most popular talks at TEDxCairo 2012 COLLISIONS on December 1, and the only talk that got 2 standing ovations! Yasmeen El-Shawy, a talented 21 year old freelance graphic designers in talk that deeply inspired the audience, on how her art frees her of the restrictions her severe illness (seems to) impose on her life.

Mohamed El Shahed - founder and editor of Cairobserver - spoke at TEDxCairo 2012 COLLISIONS - in his very informative talk about Cairo he took the audience on a  virtual tour of Cairo, showing how the most minute details reflect the politics and policies that affect our daily lives.

Enjoy Mohamed’s talk in HD, and English subtitles are available (turn the captions on)