Theme: Change in Perspective

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Cultural Palace
Amr Aldamri street, Al Safarat
Riyadh, Ar Riyāḑ, 12512
Saudi Arabia

Kayan ْ

DJ, Violinist and Producer

Kayan is a DJ, producer and musician Her life experiences are compiled into the productions and performances that she creates today. Every Kayan's live performance is different, unique and original as she blends organic grooves, soundscapes, beats, remixes, tracks, with a wide variety of samples combined with bass-lines that spontaneously activate the dance floor. Kayan is a sonic journey that interweaves human emotion and through sounds and mixed media, composing and performing live with layers of sparking electronic music creating hypnotic melodies and harmonies that resonate with the crowd.

Nouran Alyousif

Founder of The Saudi Youth Space Association

A rising senior in high school, Nouran Alyousif is a teenager enthusiastic about the vast, mysterious expanse of space. She actively engages with her community and takes part in multiple initiatives to present fruitful opportunities in the field of astronomy to the youth. Alongside being a keen learner of the fascinating wonders outside our plant, Nouran is an avid reader who can always be found with her nose in a book!

Renad Alansari

Pianist

Hailing from Dammam in the east, pianist Renad is a young musician rising in fame for her dexterous musical abilities. With the aid of videos on YouTube and her inclination to learn, Renad first laid her fingers on the keys of a piano in 2018 and has fallen in love with the instrument ever since. She hopes to share her strong passion for the piano with listeners all around the world!

Ruba Mirghani

Poet

Ruba Izzeldin Mirghani Ali is a freshman at university studying architectural engineering. For the past decade, she has been writing poetry with the intent to make people smile and cause a change in the world. What started as Ruba’s third grade poetry assignments developed to become an earnest wish to make an impact on the world using rhythmic verses and powerful feelings. In her leisure time, Ruba loves to indulge in hobbies such as journaling and drawing architecture!

Syeda Alia Haidar

Dentist

Raised in the UK, Syeda Alia Haider is a dentist currently studying medicine in Riyadh. She enjoys spreading optimism in her community and encourages people to pursue their dreams and reach their targeted goals. When she isn’t trapped in her hectic schedule, Alia enjoys reading, writing and traveling to new destinations!

Zahraa AlSaif

Author

Zahraa Amr AlSaif is a student in high school on track to start her junior year. She was engulfed in the mystical realm of poetry around seven years ago when she helped a classmate of hers with a poetry assignment and realized how naturally ideas and verses came to her. To pursue this newfound calling, Zahraa attended poetry recitals and devised her own poems to incite emotion and instill thought-provoking notions in her readers’ minds. When she’s not writing poems, Zahraa is on the lookout for new ventures to go on and enjoys playing music!