Mohammad Al Hariri

Activist, Architect, Designer, Educator/Teacher, Entrepreneur, Event planner, Idea generator, Policy maker, Project manager

ENFJ* Architect, focused on urban planning & development, politics & policies, as well as civil society & social affairs. • Policy Research Assistant in Government Strategy at Hariri Foundation for Sustainable Human Development • Graduate of Architecture - Design & Built Environment from Beirut Arab University • GUI & Graphic Branding designer • Acting Minister of Social Affairs in the Model Council of Ministers - Saida, Lebanon • Cofounder of TEDxBAU and former Lead Organizer of TEDxBAUDebbieh - Beirut Arab University • Free researcher in Urban Planning, focused on research strategy and implementation design * According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

Architectural Design, Graphic Design, Project Management, Research, Training Facilitation

I was first introduced to the TED concept in 2011. Ever since, TED Talks have become major sources of knowledge and amusement in my everyday life. I have attended several TEDx events and participated in several TEDxSalons all over Lebanon; this inspired me to spread this influential concept in my own community at Beirut Arab University (BAU). In February 2014, we held our first TEDxBAUSalon in Tripoli under the theme 'Dare to Disagree.' Only this year, in August 2016, we held our first main event, TEDxBAUDebbieh, under the theme 'Down the Rabbit Hole.'