[Music]
my name is spontaneous curious unique I
hail from a small tiny village called
love in the lush kingdom of freedom born
to parents from different backgrounds my
dad comes from a region known as
traditionally typical and caring and my
mom a completely different region known
as awesomely authentic and adventurous
we moved around a lot as a family along
with my older brother whose name is
dangerously intelligent we grew up in
the stereotypical lifestyle experience
fast-forwarding many years to let you
guys know about me as an adult I am an
empower North I support others to go
from where they are at the moment to
where they’ve always desired to be I
cheer lead others to upgrade their
personalities using mindfulness
self-awareness and coaching I am a proud
graduate from the University of it
doesn’t matter and I hold a bachelor’s
degree in I don’t use it now anyway I’m
on an accreditation journey in a CPD a
PMA which stands for accredited
certified in people don’t ask me because
they trust me I am a risk taker my
favorite food is spaghetti bolognaise
and I am an ex-professional hip hop
dancer you may have noticed a slightly
different way of introducing myself to
you I have not told you my real name nor
where I’m from or to which tribe I was
born into not even what I do
for a living or what degree I have
wouldn’t life be more interesting if we
all introduced ourselves for the unique
characteristics that each of us possess
how do you think trust and rapport would
be established through this type of
communication what stereotypical boxes
would all of you in this room put me in
and those watching at home if I were to
introduce myself
the typical way like this I stood out
why they come the cecum I love your hair
Jimmy on Anna it’s me Elizabeth would
Tara been to William Anna inglese eeeh
or booing lazy min al muntaha is my
Yorkshire that’s where I was born well
on me
Philip Ania Mohini and handle Nam in
father Allah Ta’ala Anakin and the hotel
Islam Quinta sorry Tasha Oh Jay Trotta
Chi Alpha not ISA and Ibaka Nuria fiala
cot Amma Tony did Tony uh dentist Ducati
Lana blade Aesir coach or fastest fat
anima bad idea well it only well it boys
well as og Adam this how will it to kill
him out of the ash on canon fu cutter
Oakland it to means what evolutionary
psychologists have argued that
stereotypes are absolutely necessary for
our survival picture
in other words picture that it’s 10,000
BCE
there’s your tribe 10,000 BCE and the
caveman era and you’re Caucasian you
have blue eyes and blonde hair and you
meet another tribe in the valley who
have darker features
evany hair from darker skin those days
they were likely to to fight over
hunter-gatherer issues and where to
settle so stereotypes are absolutely
necessary for people to you know
survival of the fittest I’ve experienced
a modern day I’ve experienced a
modern-day version of that caveman
stereotyping only recently in fact I’m
lucky to be here on the TEDx stage as at
my first audition everyone was
scrambling around looking for Elizabeth
wood to which I said to them I’m here
animo Judah Anna Elizabeth will Pia
eventually I caught on and everyone
laughed and that’s why I’m here today
through my storytelling I want to
illustrate something called identity
phenomena every single one of you here
has a bunch of characteristics that
makes your identity beautiful unique
authentic and in fact floral all of us
have a set of values that when we live
our lives by they might change sometimes
such as faith diets maybe even new
language is acquired and those
fundamental values that are usually
established in childhood remain the same
I grew up in a non Muslim family
misson household in the UK as children
we were encouraged to be creative took
care of flora and fauna and appreciated
others through kind deeds and good
actions this is me eight years old at
brownie camp if any of you are familiar
with brownies my journey to carbon began
alone as a 23 year old fresh graduate
without my family to live an authentic
lifestyle here in Qatar and live as a
Muslim the face of my choice my value of
security was always met and I’m enjoying
an expatriate lifestyle here being
holistically respected as a woman what
I’m trying to paint a picture of here is
a different type of the beauty of
emigrating from UK to Qatar what I know
is that so many friends so many friends
of mine here locals and those from the
region are really desperate to get out
and experience life in the West maybe if
they’re lucky you get a passport but for
me I can’t find anything more beautiful
than living here in this beautiful
it allows me the ability to dress as I
please practice my personal choices and
also open a lucrative business I will
raise my children to play safely on the
street without having to look over my
shoulder every two seconds Qatar has
become home for me for all intents and
purposes many of you here in this room
they resonate many of you may not and
that is also okay I’m just being devil’s
advocate here trying to tell you guys
about the Arabian dream which is so
close to my heart rather than the
American dream that we so often hear
about after many years of identity
challenges and identity upgrades I’ve
chosen to use the to get rid of the term
identity crisis it’s no longer in my
vocabulary and I choose to embrace this
identity phenomena for what it really is
raw and unapologetic I would not be the
woman standing here today in front of
you all if any single part of my
identity was shamed denied or suppressed
I’m now at peace with myself and my
continuously changing identity rather
than scrambling to put myself in only
one tiny box so how about I leave you
guys with a challenge when you exit this
room today and the next time you
introduce yourself to someone out there
maybe when you’re eating some snacks
give it a try with no names no
ethnicities and no boxes after the
experience ask yourself who is the real
me wash your clothes [Applause]
my name is spontaneous curious unique I
hail from a small tiny village called
love in the lush kingdom of freedom born
to parents from different backgrounds my
dad comes from a region known as
traditionally typical and caring and my
mom a completely different region known
as awesomely authentic and adventurous
we moved around a lot as a family along
with my older brother whose name is
dangerously intelligent we grew up in
the stereotypical lifestyle experience
fast-forwarding many years to let you
guys know about me as an adult I am an
empower North I support others to go
from where they are at the moment to
where they’ve always desired to be I
cheer lead others to upgrade their
personalities using mindfulness
self-awareness and coaching I am a proud
graduate from the University of it
doesn’t matter and I hold a bachelor’s
degree in I don’t use it now anyway I’m
on an accreditation journey in a CPD a
PMA which stands for accredited
certified in people don’t ask me because
they trust me I am a risk taker my
favorite food is spaghetti bolognaise
and I am an ex-professional hip hop
dancer you may have noticed a slightly
different way of introducing myself to
you I have not told you my real name nor
where I’m from or to which tribe I was
born into not even what I do
for a living or what degree I have
wouldn’t life be more interesting if we
all introduced ourselves for the unique
characteristics that each of us possess
how do you think trust and rapport would
be established through this type of
communication what stereotypical boxes
would all of you in this room put me in
and those watching at home if I were to
introduce myself
the typical way like this I stood out
why they come the cecum I love your hair
Jimmy on Anna it’s me Elizabeth would
Tara been to William Anna inglese eeeh
or booing lazy min al muntaha is my
Yorkshire that’s where I was born well
on me
Philip Ania Mohini and handle Nam in
father Allah Ta’ala Anakin and the hotel
Islam Quinta sorry Tasha Oh Jay Trotta
Chi Alpha not ISA and Ibaka Nuria fiala
cot Amma Tony did Tony uh dentist Ducati
Lana blade Aesir coach or fastest fat
anima bad idea well it only well it boys
well as og Adam this how will it to kill
him out of the ash on canon fu cutter
Oakland it to means what evolutionary
psychologists have argued that
stereotypes are absolutely necessary for
our survival picture
in other words picture that it’s 10,000
BCE
there’s your tribe 10,000 BCE and the
caveman era and you’re Caucasian you
have blue eyes and blonde hair and you
meet another tribe in the valley who
have darker features
evany hair from darker skin those days
they were likely to to fight over
hunter-gatherer issues and where to
settle so stereotypes are absolutely
necessary for people to you know
survival of the fittest I’ve experienced
a modern day I’ve experienced a
modern-day version of that caveman
stereotyping only recently in fact I’m
lucky to be here on the TEDx stage as at
my first audition everyone was
scrambling around looking for Elizabeth
wood to which I said to them I’m here
animo Judah Anna Elizabeth will Pia
eventually I caught on and everyone
laughed and that’s why I’m here today
through my storytelling I want to
illustrate something called identity
phenomena every single one of you here
has a bunch of characteristics that
makes your identity beautiful unique
authentic and in fact floral all of us
have a set of values that when we live
our lives by they might change sometimes
such as faith diets maybe even new
language is acquired and those
fundamental values that are usually
established in childhood remain the same
I grew up in a non Muslim family
misson household in the UK as children
we were encouraged to be creative took
care of flora and fauna and appreciated
others through kind deeds and good
actions this is me eight years old at
brownie camp if any of you are familiar
with brownies my journey to carbon began
alone as a 23 year old fresh graduate
without my family to live an authentic
lifestyle here in Qatar and live as a
Muslim the face of my choice my value of
security was always met and I’m enjoying
an expatriate lifestyle here being
holistically respected as a woman what
I’m trying to paint a picture of here is
a different type of the beauty of
emigrating from UK to Qatar what I know
is that so many friends so many friends
of mine here locals and those from the
region are really desperate to get out
and experience life in the West maybe if
they’re lucky you get a passport but for
me I can’t find anything more beautiful
than living here in this beautiful
it allows me the ability to dress as I
please practice my personal choices and
also open a lucrative business I will
raise my children to play safely on the
street without having to look over my
shoulder every two seconds Qatar has
become home for me for all intents and
purposes many of you here in this room
they resonate many of you may not and
that is also okay I’m just being devil’s
advocate here trying to tell you guys
about the Arabian dream which is so
close to my heart rather than the
American dream that we so often hear
about after many years of identity
challenges and identity upgrades I’ve
chosen to use the to get rid of the term
identity crisis it’s no longer in my
vocabulary and I choose to embrace this
identity phenomena for what it really is
raw and unapologetic I would not be the
woman standing here today in front of
you all if any single part of my
identity was shamed denied or suppressed
I’m now at peace with myself and my
continuously changing identity rather
than scrambling to put myself in only
one tiny box so how about I leave you
guys with a challenge when you exit this
room today and the next time you
introduce yourself to someone out there
maybe when you’re eating some snacks
give it a try with no names no
ethnicities and no boxes after the
experience ask yourself who is the real
me wash your clothes [Applause]
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