ALMAS PALIKOP, Student, Birla Public School, is a senior year student from India, residing in Qatar. She is an active debater who has participated in eight MUN conferences as a delegate, two as a chair and one as a member of the Secretariat. Having attended QLC’19, Almas was awe-inspired by the various speakers that were present and decided to host her very own session! Apart from her 2 year long MUN career, she often volunteers at local healthcare institutions and uses her time efficiently in charity, as an initiative to give back to the society that has raised her. She is an aspiring pre-med student and with her experience in diplomacy and debate, Almas looks forward to pursuing medicine and later working with the UN. She spends quite a fraction of her time binge-in tv shows (she’ll love you if you’ve watched grey’s anatomy) and loves to travel, hoping to visit every single country one day! As a person, she is very chatty and is always up for a fun and insightful conversation!

Through QLC’20, Almas looks forward to meeting people who share the same thoughts and passion as her and hopes that this conference will provide her with something to reflect upon.

Hana Nishan is a 17 year old student in her final year of high school at Birla Public School, Doha Qatar. She is hardworking and creative, and is easily inspired by the changing world around her, and likes trying new things. She has been given roles of responsibility from a young age. She has attended several skill-developing and leadership workshops and competitions like ALF 2017 Skills Workshop and The Odyssey of the Mind. She is always up for a challenge and likes puzzles. She is passionate and always open to hearing more opinions about engrossing topics. Like most kids her age, she spends her free time hanging out with her friends or watching her favourite TV shows. She tries to make the most of a bad situation and has tried out several new things while in quarantine, like attending virtual MUN conferences and painting. Having attended the Qatar Leadership Conference in October 2019, she was inspired to take another step out of her comfort zone and present at the 2020 QLC. She believes this is an amazing opportunity and hopes to use this platform to educate and empower fellow high school students.

Sarah Arshad is a 16 year old student who is currently studying in Grade 12 at Birla Public School, Doha-Qatar.

She has only recently stepped out of her comfort zone to attend such events and QLC 2019 as her first ever conference experience. She has since then realized that such experiences would help her to meet new people, be more social, and broaden her horizons on various topics and has been trying to grab every opportunity she can.

She is quite ambitious and will stand up for what she believes in. She is passionate about the things she loves and is not afraid to express her thoughts.

Sarah loves learning about different cultures of the world which has lead to her having a keen interest in different languages. She can fluently speak 3 languages currently and is working on adding a few more to her repertoire. She has also been fortunate enough to visit many places such as China, The US, Europe, Turkey, Malaysia and so on. And of course, like every other student her age, she is still figuring out life as it goes on and works hard on trying to be the best version of herself.