Yasser Masood

Blogger, Brainstormer, Concerned citizen, Connector, Explorer, Idea generator, Muslim, Technologist, World traveler

Think of me as a third-culture nomad (ethnically Indian, born and raised in Dubai, U.A.E., and worked in Doha, Qatar) who has done enough globetrotting (11+ years at Qatar Airways) that I want to slow down and invest my time into significant activities. Now I'm pursuing my side hobby of spotlighting the Middle EAst region from a non-citizen perspective and even covering much of the region's activities in context to global news on technology.

technology, design, photography, social media, TED, Apple, electronics, open source, Creative Commons

To educate and inform people about the true benefits of being a globalized citizen, even if you have studied at a branch campus of a college that is miles apart from it's home campus in another country. With commitment and determination, one can be on par with others and that would eliminate any inferiority and discriminatory judgement.

blogging, Middle East, social media, social media marketing, technology

I attended TEDGlobal 2011 fresh out of college in Qatar; my goal was to make my TEDx event a reality and going to TEDGlobal would help make that happen after my return to Qatar. I organized TEDxYouth@Doha 2011 - 1st (of many and more to come) TEDxYouthDay events in Qatar. In addition, I'm also organizing TEDxEducationCity (1st multi-university TEDx event that brings together 6 U.S. universities in Qatar); seeing that the very first TEDx event was TEDxUSC (A university event), this will take it to the next level.

Adapting to business challenges due to political challenges