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Actually, No, We Don’t Ride Camels –And This Man Is Making Sure You Know

  • February 25, 2014
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I remember the day I met him on a hot afternoon in downtown Rome. His broad smile, strong handshake, and confident tone. “Hi, I’m Mohamed Bakhrieba and I’m a social innovationist.”

Three years on, he’s running a global platform for intercultural dialogue that he launched at the UN Headquarters in New York, and serving as a youth advocate for the UN Millennium Campaign. How did he do it?

“I was volunteering at WHO, and when I attended UN conferences I was always asked the same question: so do you really have oil in your backyards, do you really ride camels to your office? And I thought, people are not understanding enough about each other. We need to create real cultural dialogue”, he says.

So he went to Naples and presented an initiative to promote Arabian culture through its youth. A week later, he was talking about it in TEDex Arabia. “Not many people liked it in Saudi; however, the idea to bridge the Arab youth voices into the western world worked, because a week later I got a call from a production company in Hollywood.”

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaK-dcycg7A]

Back in the KSA, he got an invitation from New York University University and presented himself at the UN with the full-fledged project for International Peace Day. “If you want to get involved with the UN,” he concludes, “you need to interact with its platforms on social media, reach out to its people, and get them to know who you are and what you do.“.

For more info – Mohammad’s Call of Culture Facebook page and website.

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Journalist, globetrotter, and determined idealist. Since Valentina left her home country of Argentina, she has searched for ways to build bridges between cultures and foster dialogue. Her previous work in international organizations in Italy and Germany fed her passion for the world of development, while her 8-year journalistic experience in Argentina and Egypt increased her curiosity for everything that challenges the stereotype. She holds a BA in Journalism and a Masters in Peace Studies with a specialization in Human Rights.

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  1. Muaz Ahamed says:
    May 30, 2014 at 8:15 am

    Mr. Mohamed Bakhrieba – The most interesting character I met at the World Conference On Youth 2014 in Sri Lanka. It was really nice days with him.

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