Speakers and Experts 2018

Khalid Albaih
Khalid Albaih is an Arab-Muslim, Romanian-born Sudanese political cartoonist based in Doha, Qatar. Albaih considers himself a virtual revolutionist, publishing his political cartoons about life in the Arab world on various blogs and websites as well as having held various exhibitions around the world. Albaih has been known to address controversial political and social issues, including government corruption, the war in Yemen and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He believes that the internet is a powerful means to make a change and spark activism from anywhere. Albaih uses his cartoons as a tool to voice for the voiceless, not holding back against any threat. He is available on media networks as @khalidalbaih
Khalid Albaih is an Arab-Muslim, Romanian-born Sudanese political cartoonist based in Doha, Qatar. Albaih considers himself a virtual revolutionist, publishing his political cartoons about life in the Arab world on various blogs and websites as well as having held various exhibitions around the world. Albaih has been known to address controversial political and social issues, including government corruption, the war in Yemen and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He believes that the internet is a powerful means to make a change and spark activism from anywhere. Albaih uses his cartoons as a tool to voice for the voiceless, not holding back against any threat. He is available on media networks as @khalidalbaih

Saim Saeed
We are proud to present our UWC Alumnus Saim Saeed. Saim grew up in Pakistan, and wen to UWC Mahindra in India. Growing up amidst conflict and constant tension with neighboring India, Saim made a choice at a young age to face his fears and venture into reporting in politically fragile Pakistan, thus personifying our theme of this year: A Matter of
choice (?). Today, he is a Breaking News Reporter for POLITICO based in Brussels. Earlier he worked The Express Tribune, an English language daily in Karachi, Pakistan – his hometown – writing mostly about South Asian politics, security and terrorism. He has also worked as a writing assistant at the World Policy Institute in New York, and an editorial assistant at The American Interest in Washington, DC. Saim has written for the New York Times, Al Jazeera, The Diplomat, Haaretz, and numerous publications in South Asia. We look forward to listening to Saim’s choices and the consequences which came with them.
We are proud to present our UWC Alumnus Saim Saeed. Saim grew up in Pakistan, and wen to UWC Mahindra in India. Growing up amidst conflict and constant tension with neighboring India, Saim made a choice at a young age to face his fears and venture into reporting in politically fragile Pakistan, thus personifying our theme of this year: A Matter of
choice (?). Today, he is a Breaking News Reporter for POLITICO based in Brussels. Earlier he worked The Express Tribune, an English language daily in Karachi, Pakistan – his hometown – writing mostly about South Asian politics, security and terrorism. He has also worked as a writing assistant at the World Policy Institute in New York, and an editorial assistant at The American Interest in Washington, DC. Saim has written for the New York Times, Al Jazeera, The Diplomat, Haaretz, and numerous publications in South Asia. We look forward to listening to Saim’s choices and the consequences which came with them.
Michiel van Hulten |
Michiel van Hulten is a Founding Partner in boldT, a European business strategy and communications consultancy. He has 25 years of experience in leading campaigns and transforming organizations in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Before joining the consultancy world, Michiel was active in politics, first as a Member of the European Parliament for the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA), then as Vice-Chair of Policy Network, the international progressive think tank, and finally as Chair of the PvdA. From 2014 to 2017, he was a Visiting Senior Fellow at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). In 2007, he was one of the founding members of the European Council on Foreign Relations. Michiel holds a Master’s in public administration and public policy from the LSE, and a Master’s in European political and administrative studies from the College of Europe in Bruges. He is a graduate of UWC Atlantic College in Wales (1987), where he obtained the International Baccalaureate diploma. |