AUIS hosted a workshop for a group of participants from the Nishtiman Youth Network and AUIS students on Design Thinking and Entrepreneurial Process. The workshop was offered by Five One Labs and it took place on the afternoon of Monday, July 24, 2017 on the AUIS campus. I was happy and thankful to be given the
We need to educate the young graduates of Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan and lead them into a new ecosystem; an ecosystem where they can survive and thrive and where they can serve the future of the society’s economic stability and growth, an ecosystem of business startups and entrepreneurship. I share my opinion addressing three societal misconceptions
Technical Mentor in First Social Innovation Hackathon in Erbil. The first Social Innovation Hackathon took place in Erbil during July 21 and 22, 2017. The event was organized by Re:coded and supported by the UN migration agency (IOM). I was honored to participated as a technical mentor and had the pleasure to interact with the
How Can Teaching Creativity Support Entrepreneurship? In this talk, Hemin shares his story and advice on how people can handle their frustration to come up with solutions that build on their strengths starting from their own jobs. He tells how his frustration with the lack of creativity among the entrepreneurs led him to develop and
Pitch Bootcamp was the first of its kind in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan arranged by Bite.Tech, an online news platform that covers the tech echosystem in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. The event took place over two days on July 7th and 8th, 2017 in the main offices of MSelect in Erbil, the capital city of
On June 19, 2017 IRIS (The Institute for Regional and International Studies) at AUIS arranged for a very fruitful roundtable discussion on entrepreneurship, titled, “Barriers & Opportunities for Entrepreneurship in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region”. The event is part of a larger initiative to promote entrepreneurship and startups in Iraq and the KRI. This initiative includes: The production of a report
Startup Weekend Sulaimani #1 was the first ever Startup Weekend event to take place in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. It was arranged by a group of AUIS students and it took place at the AUIS campus. Following the success of the first event, Startup Weekend Sulaimani #3 was arranged in the same format. I was
To strengthen the ties between educational requirements and market needs, AUIS continuously invites and incorporates inputs from industry experts and the private sector. A few years ago, the Information Technology program at AUIS established the first Department of Information Technology Advisory Board (DITAB). The role of DITAB is to contribute to the development and operation of the
Poetry One of my hobbies has been reading/writing poems since my early childhood. I published my first poetry booklet in 2003, as the first attempt to go public with my poems. More recently, I had my first live poetry reading at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS), which was composed of Kurdish readings by