Lamia Bazir shares her graduation speech delivered in front of 1,500 people back in 2012 and which got a standing ovation!
Listen to her words, discover her philosophy !
Lamia Bazir shares her graduation speech delivered in front of 1,500 people back in 2012 and which got a standing ovation!
Listen to her words, discover her philosophy !
Lamia Bazir, the President of the Al Akhawayn Alumni Association has delivered an inspirational speech at the 19th Commencement of Al Akhawayn University (AUI) on June 11th.
In her speech, Lamia Bazir sent a strong message about the true meaning of leadership, asserting that it goes beyond titles and positions. She urged graduates to not get absorbed by the pursuit of titles and hierarchies, but rather to concentrate on the quality of their work.
Hence, she invited the crowd to get back to the source, to get back to the start, whenever it gets lost.
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This speech was initially shared on facebook recording more than 20 000 views.
In addition to the graduates of Class 2016, This event was attended by prominent figures of the board of trustees of AUI such as H.E. Mr. André AZOULAY, Advisor to His Majesty the King; Mr. Abdellatif JOUAHRI Governor of Bank Al Maghrib, Mrs. Amina BENKHADRA DG of the National Bureau of Petroleum and Mines, Mr. Mohamed KETTANI CEO of Attijariwafa Bank, Mr. Tariq SIJILMASSI President of the Directorate of Crédit Agricole du Maroc (CAM), Mr. Abdellatif GUERRAOUI CEO of Auto-Hall Group, Mr. Ali FASSI FIHRI Director General of Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (ONEEP), Ms. Miriem BENSALAH CHAQROUN Administrator of Holmarcom Group President of the Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM), Mr. Mohamed BERRADA Professor and Former Minister of Finance, Mr. Larbi BELARBI Former Vice President of Renault Maroc Services, and Representatives of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Industry, and Higher Education.
On Saturday 30, for the very first time, the school of Adghagh Ain Mersa, in the Middle Atlas Mountains, was transformed into a space of life and learning, and was equipped with innovative and interactive pedagogical material (maps, globes, games, skeletons, etc ).
More than 200 children from Adghagh participated in this unique event in their village. They learned to bypass their spatial isolation by locating themselves on maps, presenting their Amazigh and Arabic cultures, meeting youth from other countries, adopting environmentally friendly practices, and even learning astronomy!
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Knowing that children in the Middle Atlas Mountains face a lot of difficulties in education (distance, lack of school support, linguistic barrier, spatial isolation) and rarely (if never) benefit from extracurricular activities, this initiative addressed the risk of school alienation, broadened children’s cultural, geographic, scientific horizons, and stimulated their creativity and imagination.
The “Discovery Day” is the second component of this initiative. From April 10th to 17th, ten youth from the same village got passports, visas, and traveled outside of the Ifrane area for the very first time! They participated in an exchange program in Norway, where they built new friendships and were introduced to another culture and education system.
This initiative was launched in the form of a citizen action by Lamia Bazir that aims to promote volunteering and social responsibility among youth.
Lamia Bazir came up with this project thanks to her friendship and consultation with the local women of the village. She also mobilized Joshua Cabell a peace corp volunteer who lived in the village, regional NGOs like AESVT, professors and students from Al Akhawayn University, volunteers from peacecorps, the school pedagogical corps, and friends.
Lamia Bazir was selected among the young leaders of the MENA region by the American Middle East Network of Stanford university to speak about her social venture: “Empowering Women in the Atlas”.
She seized this opportunity to highlight the challenges faced by rural women in Morocco and emphasized their incredible potential for change.
Listen to her full speech:
Lamia Bazir was elected speaker for her class in 2012. In what is considered the best speech delivered at Al Akhawayn University, she addressed an audience of 1,400 people, in english and arabic.
Her purpose was not only to reveal her philosophy, emphasize the values instilled thanks to her education, but she wanted above all to awaken the hero in each one of her classmates. And it worked!
Lamia Bazir was invited to open the Junior Enterprise competition organized by Injaz Al Maghrib. In her speech, she saluted the entrepreneurial spirit of all young teams, but she also urged political, economic, and civil society leaders to invest more in education and integration of youth, explaining that young people in Morocco and the region need not only an income but above all a sense of belonging and valorisation.
Listen to her full speech (in french):
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Lamia Bazir was selected among the 20 Hopes of Morocco for the Year 2015. In her speech, she emphasized the central role youth can play in the process of development in Morocco and warned against spotlighting models of success and forgetting youth in need. “Those are the ones who need most attention”, she explained.
Listen to her full speech (in french):
