Rayyan Al Aufi is a senior attending The Sultan’s School Muscat who is currently undergoing the IB curriculum. She has been involved in the MUN program for the past five years and holds the position of the head chair of DISEC in her local conferences, she has participated in 10+ conferences as a delegate, including NHSMUN and numerous regional conferences. During her high school years Rayyan has had the privilege of working with many NGOs such as UNICEF where she expressed the importance of including and incorporating the youth in many global movements as well as local movements. Although Rayyan is extremely passionate about debate and MUN , she is also a diligent member of the ECO club in her school and outside school, as in the summer of her sophomore year she volunteered in Indonesia with the primary goal of educating the members of the local communities about environmental education, the environmental challenges faced around the world and the SGDs specifically the SDG goal 15.

Riham Al Yahyai is a senior attending The Sultan’s School in Muscat, Oman. Riham first joined Model UN to develop her leadership, inquire more about critical issues occurring around the world and make new friends. Since then, it has been 6 years and she has the honour of experiencing both the delegate and chair roles, travelling to multiple countries and attending numerous conferences, including THIMUN and NHSMUN. Riham is adamant in being active in her school and community, thus she is the president of her schools anti-bullying committee and is a part of the senior student committee that ensures all students ideas and needs are taken care of. She also had the privilege of volunteering in her country’s cancer association in order to raise funds that contribute to reducing the burden of the disease and significantly reduce cancer incidences in Oman. Additionally, she was able to travel to Laos and Indonesia where she had the opportunity to teach children all about the environment and the significance in preserving it ,especially around SDG 15.