Lamya is a hard working student studying in year 11 at Doha College. She aspires to spark change and is keen on helping those around her. On her journey to fulfil her aspirations, Lamya has participated in MUN conferences multiple times. Although at first reluctant, Lamya joined her first MUN conference 3 years ago and met many like minded individuals. Ever since then, she has passionately attended 14 conferences and is looking forward to attending more in the future. Throughout her many conferences, she has explored many roles such as being an admin, delegate, advocate, chair and judge. These experiences and debates revealed new perspectives and developed her skills extensively. From these conferences, Lamya discovered her love for debate and found MUN an empowering platform to create change and share perspectives and ideas.

Lamya has a strong desire to learn and improve. Her intense focus on her interests has given her many opportunities to raise awareness of issues and develop herself as an individual. Unfortunately due to chronic illness, Lamya spends a lot of her time in hospital. However, she does not see this as a misfortune, but rather as an opportunity to participate in events to raise awareness of Sickle Cell Disease and to obtain medical knowledge. Lamya’s compassion also drives her to help other patients and many other members of society. In recognition of her work for the community, Lamya has received the Ed Goodwin Award for Exceptional Service.

She strongly believes that each MUN conference is not only an opportunity to learn and develop one’s MUN career, but to also grow and become a more well rounded individual with the desire to change the world for the better. From this Qatar Leadership Conference, Lamya hopes to enlighten and inform her audience. She also hopes to learn from other presenters too and discuss intriguing topics with peers.