audio_filename,start_time,end_time,translation Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,14.539,15.245,Hello Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,17.968,19.248,fun All right Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,20.965,21.697,Um Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,23.276,34.542,many people when ah they hear of the Gahaf for the first time or even when they visit his Facebook page have an image in their mind that is often quite the opposite Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,34.542,42.728,This does not bother me Ah ultimately whoever wants ah to get the right idea must follow and understand Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,42.728,47.742,Ah Tunisian freeloader is not me Tunisian freeloader is a character Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,47.742,59.610,a lot of ideas uh attitudes ah and a complete philosophy which is a little difficult ah and requires a lot of time and pedagogy to be reach to and understood Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,60.701,74.453,Um the word freeloader already came out ah in fact expresses the reality experienced by a large portion of young people in Tunisia and in the world which is the reality of unemployment and lack of money Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,75.570,84.087,They live this reality as a tragedy like a tragedy while the freeloader sees these two things as a path to happiness and freedom Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,84.087,86.627,Whoever wants to understand have to follow Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,86.627,96.262,Ah Tunisian freeloader is ah a character that anyone can adopt whether ah um temporarily or continuously Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,96.262,101.489,ah and he can travel in the freeloader way or live in the freeloader way Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,101.489,108.701,I Elyes wanted to be the first to apply and experience these concepts Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,108.701,113.133,in order to ah be a role model and to pave the way as it is said Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,113.992,121.995,Ah I started with an experience in Asia where I took a trip that lasted a year a year and two months at a cost that did not exceed 100 dollars per month Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,121.995,134.115,Then I had another experience in the American continent where I traveled for a year ah with almost no money but I applied the concept of ah working for free no price services Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,134.115,135.835,which is a concept I talked about before Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,135.835,148.563,Today I will talk about an experience I lived in Tunisia which is Tunisian freeloading that is a freeloader style trip that I took in Tunisia last year at this time and it was on a bike Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,148.563,153.604,on which I covered a distance of more than 1000 km and lasted ah 35 days Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,154.755,160.781,Ah I started from the Ghazala neighborhood in Ariana which is the place where I grew up Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,160.781,180.019,Then I went to Ariana Tunis Ben Arous Zaghouan Kairouan Sidi Bouzid Gafsa Tozeur Kebili Gabes and Sfax all the way to Chebba the land of my ancestors which is the place I want to live in in the state of Mahdia Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,181.057,194.648,Ah this trip was on a bike and I don't consider it a sporting achievement at all I don't consider myself an athlete I didn't even have sports clothing or a helmet and I was wearing normal clothes Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,194.648,198.632,Ah I took a j bike that was simple Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,199.328,203.458,ah had 5 or 6 speeds and only the 5th one works and its brakes don't work Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,203.458,215.284,Ah I was riding it slowly and it was carrying between 15 and 20 kilograms of food clothes camping supplies and water Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,215.284,230.595,Ah um I ride it and for me a bike is simply a means of transportation a clean means of transportation that does not pollute or consume ah fossil energy and at the same time it benefits my health and my body Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,232.013,238.592,Ah I like this means of transportation When I use it it gives me a sense of freedom and peace of mind Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,238.592,247.150,Ah when I travel I live the place I pass by and make part of the decor as it's said Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,247.150,253.728,when when I get tired I rest and stop ah to talk to people and take pictures Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,253.728,265.522,Ah actually on this trip I wasn't using the bike everyday I moved from one place to another by bike and in each place I spent 3 or 4 days and then I continued that's why this trip lasted 35 days Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,266.520,272.544,Um so ah this trip was not sponsored by associations or anything like that Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,272.544,274.224,I went by myself Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,274.224,282.428,Ah the police stopped me 3 times to verify my identity and one time they searched my luggage to verify what I said Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,283.089,290.189,Ah the wheel was punctured 3 times ah and I fixed it myself except one time I resorted to a bike mechanic Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,290.189,301.926,So in relation I mean this was the road that I always try to take ah side roads avoiding highways and major roads and I took empty roads most of the time Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,301.926,308.180,Ah I avoid to go ah in driving at night so I used to go out early in the morning and try to arrive in the morning as well Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,308.180,309.360,Ah Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,312.001,322.201,Regarding food food ah I prevented myself on this trip from consuming manufactured goods that is I don't consume anything coming from factories Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,322.201,333.203,This was for many reasons but the main reason was that I challenged myself not to produce ah inorganic waste which means everything that is plastic in general Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,333.203,348.023,I relied on ah a good quantity of homemade Tunisian food provided to me by my loved ones and relatives Ah which included Bsisa bulgur homemade Harissa olive oil molasses and things like that Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,349.252,356.390,Ah there were also fruits and vegetables given to me by those who hosted me and those I camped near Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,356.390,367.222,Ah in the pictures ah you can see for example honey That was in Oueslatia where I lived with people who produced honey and I worked with them so they gave me ah a little honey Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,367.222,373.797,Ah for the dates I got them directly from palm trees when I camped in the oases as well as pomegranates and grapes Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,373.797,384.238,Ah this picture below is of a vegetable seller When I went to buy from him he didn't accept money in return when he learned of my story he didn't accept money in return so he handed me vegetables and I cooked them for dinner Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,384.238,392.474,Ah there were also wild plants like tazia which grow in the desert and are very tasty like parsley which I cooked with Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,392.474,401.451,in that picture of pepper above I literally found it thrown on the road They fell from the transport trucks that were speeding in Sidi Bouzid Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,401.974,405.636,I took a few and cooked them and they were spicy and I enjoyed the meal Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,408.855,409.485,Um Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,410.057,414.892,as for water I didn't drink and consume water in bottles Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,414.892,422.671,Ah I used to drink either from the tap or from coffee shops or houses on the road or from wells or springs Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,422.671,428.551,Um in fact I used to cook by myself everyday over a wood fire Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,429.818,434.759,So I was cooking everyday over a wood fire Actually I used to prepare a good morning breakfast Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,434.759,444.306,ah and a good dinner at sunset I used to light a fire and cook a good dinner and in the middle of the day I used to eat small things and fruits the available fruits Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,444.306,445.230,Um Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,448.891,455.092,then I was doing the dishes myself with sand or and sand and a little water Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,455.092,462.179,Ah I also used to wash my clothes myself ah with the green soap on which I relied for cleanliness on this trip Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,463.933,474.826,Um so at the end of the trip the total amount of inorganic waste I produced was less than 10 grams ah I produced less than 10 grams of waste Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,474.826,478.551,Here I will open two hooks to explain the reasons for this challenge Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,478.551,487.106,For the freeloader ah the problem of pollution we are experiencing now is not a problem of ah waste management Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,487.106,494.440,When I throw the waste in the bin and the sanitation trucks take it they will eventually throw it into nature Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,494.440,498.897,burn it or landfill it or whatever but in all cases it will pollute Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,498.897,503.209,So for the freeloader the problem is mainly a problem of waste production Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,503.209,511.634,Our generation produces a thousand times more waste than the previous generation and they are still increasing and we are making matters worse there is a terrible lack of awareness Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,512.137,524.091,So I wanted to live the experience of spending 5 weeks where I would be active do a lot of things travel and have fun and enjoy without producing waste Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,524.091,529.920,Ah eventually ah I only produced 10 grams of waste Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,529.920,532.129,I took with me an amount of 100 dinars Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,532.766,538.330,and many people told me that it was not enough but eventually ah eventually I only spent 9300 millimes Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,539.669,544.736,How is that Ah in fact it is not a matter of austerity and stinginess at all Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,544.736,554.382,Ah as I mentioned ah the food was homemade food or fruits that the people I lived with gave me from their orchards most of them are farmers Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,554.382,559.958,The water was from the taps or wells or cisterns Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,559.958,566.753,The transportation was by bicycle I was living in a camping I used to cook the dinner over a wood fire So ultimately I didnt need money at all Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,566.753,573.821,Actually I can tell you how I spent the money I spent 5000 at the end of the trip when I bought an inner tube as the wheel became completely worn out Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,573.821,578.879,ah 1000 with which I fixed the inner tube I didn't think of that beforehand so it was repaired by a bike mechanic Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,578.879,587.265,ah 1500 at the end of the trip when my beard grew long and people began ah to think I was a terrorist so I bought a shaver and shaved off my beard Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,587.265,596.651,1800 by which I bought vegetables 4 times each time I buy with 400 or 500 millimes what I need to cook ah my dinner Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,598.076,606.707,The theme of the trip was ah the search for freedom authenticity beauty and nature Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,607.894,615.631,that's why when I camp I look for beautiful authentic and natural places Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,615.631,628.988,on a farm a forest an oasis or in the desert that photo was taken in the desert in Douz or in ah even in the troglodyte dwellings in in Gabes Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,628.988,630.572,Very beautiful places Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,630.572,631.810,Ah Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,632.743,641.495,on this trip I was trying also to integrate with the people I was camping near and trying to live their lives participate in their activities Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,641.495,643.043,work with them Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,643.043,661.339,ah and I found myself working as a blacksmith making clay molds in Tozeur making bread extracting honey planting trees harvesting olives and dates ah planting broad beans and herding goats in the mountains Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,661.339,664.775,So all of these were authentic experiences Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,664.775,668.554,ah which you may not live if you travel as a tourist Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,669.588,686.990,Um I also met many simple and genuine people ah with whom I mean I had very deep and very authentic discussions especially about their realities their problems and their lives Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,686.990,689.861,and also about my own philosophy and ideas Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,690.881,697.570,Ah on this trip I also met a lot of beautiful animals that accompanied me and I learned a lot about Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,699.075,700.133, Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,702.228,702.670,Ok Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,704.044,707.985,oh here it is the following one here are the landscapes Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,707.985,714.773,Ah of course I saw a lot of beautiful landscapes such as sunrise and sunset everyday Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,714.773,729.645,Ah in Tunisia we have caves we have desert we have Berber villages we have waterfalls and canyons so ah I enjoyed the landscapes a lot in Tunisia Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,729.645,736.974,Ah I was talking about this experience day to day on Facebook at this time last year Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,736.974,742.856,Ah I was posting pictures and videos and with each picture I add a text or a comment or something Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,742.856,746.564,Whoever wants to understand should follow If you follow me you can understand a lot of things Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,746.564,758.014,Ah on ah Gahah profile on Facebook there are such experiences that I live and there are also comments I publish that express my thoughts or the freeloader's thoughts Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,758.014,766.832,There is um some a collection of quotes and documentaries of other people expressing the freeloader's thoughts that I post everyday Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,766.832,768.969,Those who follow can understand many things Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,768.969,778.944,There is another experience there will be more experiences in the future God willing there is the experience I had last summer which I won't be able to talk about in details today Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,778.944,781.689,ah I will only give you an idea about it Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,781.689,785.278,which was basically an idea of training on freeloading Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,785.278,797.881,that is an experience in which I was with a group of people who followed me on Facebook and we lived the experience of freeloading that is living together in a freeloader way Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,797.881,804.608,Ah we called it I mean we called the idea festival Freeloading Festival or Taghifest Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,804.608,810.456,I will not go into details I just brought a video with me today ah that will be shown for the first time Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,810.456,818.516,Ah a media team called Likwid accompanied me accompanied us for a day They filmed Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,818.516,823.863,and saw the atmosphere and took the testimonies of some of the participants and my testimony Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,824.330,827.277,and I hope that it reflects the festival Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,827.277,827.908,Thank you so much Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,843.206,844.830,I am addicted to freedom Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,844.830,847.288,My aim is to learn Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,847.288,850.265,and to accomplish my potential as a human being Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,850.265,853.484,I consider myself on a journey in search of the truth Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,853.484,856.837,I started the project Tunisian Freeloader about 4 years ago Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,856.837,867.276,This summer I made an appointment with some of my followers on facebook to live together the experience of Taghifest or the Freeloading Festival Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,867.276,870.191,Ah my name is Nadia Latiri Amal Medimagh Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,870.191,871.031,Ahmed Mrabet Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,871.031,872.326,My name is Mohamed Jihed Boughanmi Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,874.181,879.010,It took place in 3 sessions and each one lasted for 1 week and hosted around 10 participants Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,879.010,886.383,I'm simply Elyes' friend I follow Gahaf Tounsi on Facebook I liked his trips in Tunisia Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,886.383,887.811,He inspires me Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,890.123,905.956,The goal of this festival is to make the participants live a situation that makes them better understand how and most importantly why we can live and travel the freeloader way Ah Elyes intends to become independent regarding his nutrition Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,905.956,910.977,I planted ah a tree filmed myself doing so and sent it to him Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,910.977,913.879,Um consume less water and electricity Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,915.282,916.455,It's um an experience Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,917.386,923.697,so why not ah I mean it's a week long so why not to live it for change Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,923.697,927.060,As as you saw on the blackboard it is written Create your atmosphere Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,927.060,934.903,You can be productive or even constructive without producing something a plant based food diet Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,934.903,938.806,I thought it was impossible to eat only vegetables and herbs Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,940.101,945.785,but then when I had breakfast and dinner and so um uh I found the food delicious not bad Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,950.359,956.910,Productive educational and leisure activities were proposed everyday throughout the week Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,956.910,964.989,We had also among other things the challenge of consuming the available resources such as water and electricity with great responsibility Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,964.989,971.285,We replace as much as we can the industrial and mass market products by local and authentic ones Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,971.285,976.689,and we are experiencing a diet based on plants that we produce and prepare ourselves Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,978.486,990.145,His evolution if we are aware of the importance of the freeloader spirit it can be in fact a radical solution for several ah I mean for several problems especially environmental ones Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,993.499,998.434,We give ourselves the freedom to practice our passion and contribute with it to the community Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,998.434,1003.234,You can be jobless but useful at the same time Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,1004.676,1010.572,We live a simple life but with a lot of practical artistic and intellectual production Gahaf_mode_travelling_a_journey_in_search_of_truth_Elyes_Alias_Gahaf_Tounsi_TEDxENIB,1012.490,1022.931,Away from the consumer society and the American dream here we dream of freedom autonomy community life and returning to nature Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,6.347,7.820,Hello and welcome everyone Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,7.820,10.303,I'm Mahmoud What do I do exactly Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,10.303,10.919,All right Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,10.919,22.695,First of all if you know it certainly everyone had this cube either they had seen it before or had it at home and took it apart then put it back together or removed the stickers and reattached them or there is certainly those who can solve it Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,22.695,31.258,Well 8 years ago I ah I went to a hotel for a competition has nothing ah I just went to a competition Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,31.258,33.323,so I found there someone who can solve cubes Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,33.323,40.013,8 years ago I said I kindly asked him to teach me how to solve the cube in those 3 3 days of my stay Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,40.013,47.284,In those three days I learned to solve the cube and little by little I started trying to develop myself and watched on YouTube how to develop myself and accomplish it faster and discover Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,47.284,48.320,All right Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,48.320,55.030,Ah here then ah little by little until there were I discovered that there were competitions in Tunisia Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,55.030,70.166,They were not official but at least a competition held by those who would bring people together and it was a very small community They started holding competitions and bringing people together to do we gather and hold competitions I began we began to participate and we began to get medals Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,70.166,82.397,ah one day my brother went to a state not a state went to one of the countries and I asked him to bring me ah professional cubes because when I watch youtube videos I found that they move them quickly Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,82.397,85.617,and when ah I look for them in Tunisia I can't find them at all Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,85.617,91.661,So the problem I had at first was that the professional cubes that move fast are not available in Tunisia Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,91.661,92.969,So I asked him to bring me one Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,92.969,95.771,From here I said to myself why not Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,95.771,100.302,ah why not bring these cubes since they are not available in Tunisia Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,101.346,105.062,I brought professional cubes for me and brought 6 other cubes Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,105.062,114.066,When I brought these 6 cubes ah I found that ah there are other people who want to get professional cubes professional cubes because they are fast not like regular cubes Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,114.066,124.750,I bought a cube and created a YouTube channel called Mimos Cube I created this YouTube channel to teach people how to solve cubes I started in 2016 Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,124.750,129.888,I started bringing cubes little by little and my collection grew This was my collection previously Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,129.888,134.019,You may say see them as many but my collection is now somewhat bigger Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,134.019,138.804,Ah as I told you I created a Youtube channel and I started uploading videos Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,138.804,141.277,I used to fix my mobile phone with a cardboard box Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,141.277,147.579,I put a cardboard and a piece of paper on it like this and I fix my phone then I do a tutorial and talk saying hello everyone this is Mimos Cube Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,147.579,148.903,so I talk and have fun Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,149.527,152.089,that is enjoying myself I have a Facebook page about this Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,152.089,154.944,Little by little I found that people become more interested Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,154.944,157.282,so I ah created a Facebook page Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,157.282,162.687,I created a Facebook page called Mimos Cube and people were asking me where the competitions were happening because I started participating in the competitions Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,163.212,165.774,and at the same time ah I was bringing professional cubes Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,165.774,174.185,The need that I the problem that I faced in I mean when I first started was that I couldn't find as I mentioned professional cubes that's why I decided to bring them Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,174.185,176.694,I started selling these cubes Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,176.694,186.041,I started selling them I was bringing them from abroad and selling them and little by little I was going through customs authorities from time to time ah so I was learning a lot of things learning how to deal with people and so on Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,186.041,187.573,Then there was demand Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,187.573,189.164,and we started doing competitions Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,189.164,193.870,and participating in them until we got ah we got to something really good in Tunisia which is Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,194.386,199.912,that in 2016 ah at the beginning of 2017 I was invited by Comic Con Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,199.912,208.416,For those who don't know Comic Con it is an event in which over 4000 people participate ah so these people come and they call me to do the cubes' stand Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,208.416,218.885,I decided to take advantage of this event to do I mean as we say so that people will gradually become more familiar with cubes because my goal was the cube is an amazing thing so why not people learn them Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,218.885,221.585,I made a t shirt on which Mimos Cube is written Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,221.585,224.684,that's my logo on the t shirt Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,225.291,229.200,I created business cards and so on so people would hear about it more Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,229.200,231.950,Ah little by little Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,231.950,233.379,just a second Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,234.463,246.924,ah uh little by little ah I created there become a stand and many people came and many became interested so the cubes were in greater demand than ever before Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,246.924,257.097,Of course I liked the situation because I sell cubes so I said why not since I and at the same time people were asking me where I learned to solve cubes Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,257.097,258.799,but it's only on YouTube Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,258.799,264.168,I said why not since there is a demand from people to learn to solve the cube why not start a club Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,264.168,268.437,In 2017 she started the first Rubik's Cube Club in Tunisia Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,268.437,270.093,I opened it in La Marsa Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,270.093,276.473,It was I was talking professionally you need to learn in an advanced method because it is not only about learning to solve the cube Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,277.131,281.112,there is a method to solve it faster and ah better Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,281.112,284.690,I was teaching one child for a whole month and I was enjoying Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,284.690,290.651,Then little by little the group started to grow more and more until the idea spread and they started inviting me to other places to teach Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,290.651,293.307,Little by little I became uh we became ah Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,294.357,296.663,my collection grew further Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,296.663,300.378,my collection grew further and the demand for the cubes increased Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,300.378,305.581,The call me Hello and I don't know what so I started looking into how to send them to other states Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,305.581,308.611,Then we participated in a global competition Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,308.611,318.009,We brought together the people who compete in Tunisia and wanted there became a small community in Tunisia so we went together to a global competition in 2017 in Paris Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,318.009,330.355,We participated under the flag of Tunisia the only African country and Tunisia is now ranked first in Africa in solving cubes among Algeria Morocco Libya Egypt South Africa and many other African countries that participate in competitions Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,330.355,336.146,Even when we hold a competitions in Tunisia they come and attend these competitions because they have become official in Tunisia Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,337.336,343.089,So when we participated in this competition ah we competed with Japan and we won Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,343.089,344.661,but we were defeated by Canada Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,344.661,346.131,but that's okay we beat Japan which is a good thing Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,348.489,354.704,So ah from here little by little ah during that period I began to love events very much Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,355.777,365.216,I started to love events and went to them often I worked with JCC JMC Comic Con Banzai AI high hack Ruhaniyet and many other events from which I learned a lot Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,365.216,366.165,When I joined Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,366.809,373.328,joined I always volunteer in events I go to learn and attend I attended more than 100 events Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,373.328,378.408,at that time it was my first time on stage Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,378.408,391.879,That was in an event called Banzai where I got on stage to sing Spacetoon songs it's not about that but I still remember it very well because I was shaking like this and could barely move ah and like ah I said to myself I will do this I want to do it and I will that's it Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,391.879,396.761,With this then it was time for my graduation project Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,396.761,400.484,In my graduation project I majored in civil engineering Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,400.484,405.052,for those who don't know civil engineering is something related to construction that is civil management and construction projects Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,405.052,409.285,I did this then I found myself more business oriented Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,409.285,413.478,Well in this picture if you can see it that was what my friends did for me in my graduation project Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,413.478,416.709,I was so stressed The most stressful I've ever been in my life was in my graduation Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,416.709,422.219,At that time there were problems there were many problems about graduation projects like there were no supervision and so on Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,422.219,427.723,My friends came and they took picture they printed my pictures like that and raised them while I was doing the presentation Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,427.723,430.739,So that was kind of ah uh ah torture you know Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,430.739,438.658,however it went very well that is ice break it that I was able to speak and it doesn't bother me anymore I mean to the point that I grab microphones now Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,438.658,442.555,Ah here little by little I started to do more videos with green screen Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,442.555,445.446,and I got invited to other places to do better videos Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,445.446,447.344,At that time Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,448.020,453.101,after receiving my degree in civil engineering I asked myself whether I really want to do this thing or not Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,453.101,455.348,whether I want to study civil engineering or not Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,455.348,463.002,I looked into myself and said ah I I looked and found that I'm more business and events oriented Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,463.002,468.588,I worked with the events that were that year so after I got my degree I decided to have one year break Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,468.588,471.142,one year break to understand exactly what I want to do Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,471.142,478.399,Of course my parents would tell me ah to either work or study what matters is that I do something not remain idle Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,478.399,488.293,I said to them Ok I can make a revenue without let's say staying in an office everyday from 8 to 6 wasting my time because I want to understand what I want to do Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,488.293,492.246,during that time ah I toured all the states of Tunisia Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,493.041,495.725,where they invited me to do trainings of trainers in the Rubik's Cube Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,495.725,496.585,So Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,496.585,506.009,Ah just I will quickly show you how to solve ah this cube Ah it's not that difficult I think everyone can learn it Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,506.009,514.122,Ah little by little as I said each time I go to a state to do a training Ah I'm enjoying that I have been to many almost all the Tunisian states Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,514.122,516.645,I discovered that Tunisia is a very beautiful place Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,516.645,521.993,and that it has many things for real I'm one of the people enjoying being in Tunisia Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,521.993,529.779,because ah there are events like TEDx which is an event a wonderful event I mean it is something very bravo good bravo Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,530.814,534.483,Seriously they ah such events are what somewhat changed my life Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,534.483,543.796,and ah made me able to advance and do many things ah to the point that through events I was able to ah change my major Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,543.796,551.660,Now I study masters in E Business Electronic Business at the Higher School of Digital Economy which is state owned to which I was accepted because of what Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,551.660,556.126,Because of the events I joined and the things I did in Mimos Cube that is the things I did in these Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,556.126,561.154,I finished my master's degree and now I'm working on my dissertation Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,561.154,566.023,My dissertation will be on e business plan about Mimos Cube about the thing I do which I love Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,566.023,567.891,So how did I change my major Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,567.891,574.242,Somewhat through the things I did apart from education so that I was accepted into another university something that has nothing to do with what I was studying Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,574.242,580.474,Actually when I submitted for other universities I was told You brought a civil engineering diploma and you want to study here what are you doing you know Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,580.474,583.691,When I went to this university I found myself in the waiting list then I was accepted Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,583.691,589.156,I was really happy with that I study with people who had the same major at bachelor's level as ah the one I study now Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,589.156,595.637,I found that I'm doing good because I had a lot of practice at the events and in in Mimos Cube from which I learned many things Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,595.637,596.537,All right Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,596.537,601.777,So they started inviting me to clubs and organizations as I mentioned to hold trainings Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,601.777,612.761,At the same time I do trainings in business and marketing from which ah I learned many things Simultaneously I'm having fun because ah I wanted to convey the information I had learned I want to convey them to people Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,612.761,626.990,Ah here the cubes community has grown more and more Ah we started having competitions that are official as I mentioned because I officially became ah one of the World Cube Association delegates What does it mean It means that I became a global representative in the World Cube Association Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,626.990,631.574,which is ah um as we say a global association with over 300 competitors around the world Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,631.574,639.434,We are now ranked first on the level of the African continent as I mentioned and I may be invited to any competition that takes place in Tunisia in the world or in the Maghreb to join an official competition Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,639.434,643.245,Ah we really hope that we will reach better and better stages Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,643.245,650.463,So little by little as I told you I went to many states I have been enjoying doing trainings and of course I get money from these trainings Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,650.463,653.744,When I did trainings of trainers training people who in turn will train children Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,653.744,662.396,these children got together and we held a competition that included more than 2500 competitors and included a mental calculation competition and at the same time cubes competition Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,662.396,666.610,At that time I was in charge of cubes training uh in charge of cubes competition Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,666.610,669.799,Here I was happy because I was holding a microphone and talking to many people I was having fun Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,670.841,678.190,Ah then ah little by little that was an event where I talked I was talking in the events it no longer bothers me Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,678.190,682.106,That was in the lockdown At that time I joined Studytn Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,682.106,689.918,For those who don't know it Studytn is an e learning platform where you can have online trainings and do in learning soft skills and many other things Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,689.918,701.078,I hold an online cube training so that even the people who are interested but can't can't find a professional and good training in Tunisian dialect in many other places Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,701.078,704.303,can find that training online on Studytn Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,704.303,710.309,Ah so here it was my first TEDx This is my second one I'm very happy to be here Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,710.309,718.357,My first TED Talk was TEDxSidiBouSaid It was a presentaion that I really ah enjoyed and the same thing now Ah thanks for the invitation Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,719.301,725.778,So ah as I mentioned this is the university in which I study ah in which I study now and do my dissertation Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,726.782,746.692,Then at that time even when I enrolled in my university I love as I mentioned community life and so on I started to get invitations for I mean our university encourages that I the project I work on and so on when a radio comes to the unversity they ask me to talk about this topic and about the fact that there are projects and there are people who work on other things even though they used to do other things Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,746.692,751.817,Ah here after all of that I created a Youtube channel called General Culture Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,751.817,758.815,I created this Youtube channel General Culture ah to help people with the things they can't find easily Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,758.815,759.528,How Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,759.528,773.154,First of all I did the first thing I did was videos of how each time I host someone from a particular university to talk about that university how choosing a major takes place after the baccalaureate to make you know make people know where the universities are and so on Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,773.154,784.634,Uh second after that we talk each time about each time we talk about something like trainings Enactus ah ISEK OST and a lot of events that will help people advance and achieve ah many things Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,784.634,789.930,Ah here as I said I'm still selling if anyone wants he can access and take a look Life_of_a_Rubiks_Cube_in_Tunisia_Mahmoud_Ibrahim_TEDxPiloteAriana,789.930,795.125,Ah otherwise uh ultimately live your passion do what you love and thank you so much Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,9.530,12.446,Hello everyone I want you to remember with me something Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,12.446,25.020,Do you remember when you were young in school and one of you sometimes drew or wrote something beautiful and the teacher saw it and looked at all of your friends and said Look how beautiful it is what a beautiful thing your friend wrote do the same Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,25.020,27.646,I think many of you experienced this situation Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,27.646,35.600,but is there any of you who went once to school when he was young but they didn't let him in telling him that they didn't want him to study with them Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,35.600,40.895,Let me tell you how you would feel because this happened to me when I was 8 years old Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,42.909,44.287,In 1995 Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,45.334,55.148,I did a writing examination The teacher was very impressed and said How beautiful Do like her See how she always does uh beautiful things Why dont you do like your friend Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,55.148,60.026,The next day I went to school and I was proud of myself In front of the classroom Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,61.256,77.864,I found all the mothers of my classmates and they said We no longer want her to study with us Leave her Our children are upset They have become very faded um All the teachers love her and our kids can no longer be creative Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,79.068,80.752,They took me out of the classroom that day Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,80.752,85.253,and I remained in the principals office and I was happy like every child who didn't study Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,87.947,88.720,And um Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,93.332,95.702,since then I started to hate women a little Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,96.509,98.480,Actually I don't know what I'm doing here Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,103.301,104.547,No seriously Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,104.547,112.569,Ah on that day my parents said to me Look you must return to studying and no one can prevent you from getting in and studying in your classroom so I returned Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,112.569,122.516,As you remember we used to sit in pairs two people on a desk but not me They brought me a blue desk to sit at alone and it moved with me from one classroom to another Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,122.516,125.281,At that blue desk I learned several things Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,125.281,137.792,I had already learned a lesson that some people need to get older to learn which is that I love what I'm doing and when I loved what I'm doing I kept doing it with all the passion I have Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,137.792,148.855,and even when they put me in a blue desk I kept studying learning languages drawing countries and things and each time I come up with something new because that is what I really wanted to do Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,148.855,160.452,From that blue desk I have also learned another lesson which is that in this life it is very easy to fall and you will often fall but you must also stand up dust yourself off and fly learn to fly Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,161.586,164.219,I found myself studying in architecture school Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,164.219,177.868,and in my graduation thesis well the school of architecture is a long chapter because it is a school where we study suffer and and stay up late but you just need to have all the passion and the strength to continue your studies as you wish Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,177.868,188.432,and for my graduation project ah I started thinking about a topic that I wanted to be of course original and so um I mean out of the ordinary Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,188.432,203.827,So I wanted to do ah the repurposing of an oil rig because the oil platforms in the sea they do they exploit the deposit and continue to extract oil and when the well empties they take their supplies and the things that are valuable and leave Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,203.827,206.471,Um so they leave the oil rig empty Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,207.478,213.874,So I was thinking of repurposing this oil rig and I started looking for a rig in Tunisia where can I find one Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,213.874,219.878,I kept searching then I found a rig It is an oil field called Ashtart and it is operated by SEREPT and OMV Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,219.878,225.233,It is a field that has a lot of history very old and which will soon come to an end of operation Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,225.233,235.558,So I said to myself why don't I go to SEREPT and tell them like any student who wants to see the site where he will intervene about my project Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,235.558,242.077,and of course I was thinking that when I would go to SEREPT everyone would come and say You are very welcome Dhouha Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,243.252,244.246,thank God you are here Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,245.309,251.443,Um I entered SEREPT and I was given a bagde and I went from one office to another Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,251.443,264.390,please I would like to introduce myself My name is Dhouha Boukadi I am an architecture student and I want to do my graduation thesis on The repurposing of an oil rig into an energy self sufficient luxury hotel Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,266.170,268.046,Well I didn't say it this way but anyway Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,268.046,276.690,In short ah I kept going from one office to another and each one told me This is not possible No you cannot go to the platform We cannot give the plans Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,277.925,285.998,By the end of the afternoon someone came to me and said Look Dhouha I will give you an advice Only the CEO of SEREPT can help you with this Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,285.998,286.919,I said Ok where is he Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,286.919,289.859,He said On the last floor but don't say I told you All right Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,290.871,291.256,I went up Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,292.935,300.582,ah when ah I just got to the ah the CEO's office I talked with his secretary who was a blonde woman Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,302.524,303.536,it was it's true Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,304.230,318.325,and um I I explained to her a little about what an architecture student could do uh at SEREPT and why I want the CEO of of SEREPT Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,318.325,332.620,So I told her Listen I still have 3 months can you give me an appointment for half an hour to an hour to speak with the CEO and explain to him then he decides whether I go to the plateform or not Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,332.620,335.190,She said Pardon are you a student Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,335.190,335.805,I said yes Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,335.805,336.975,Of architecture Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,336.975,337.719,I said yes Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,337.719,345.752,She said Excuse me ah but the CEO of the SEREPT sometimes doesn't meet ah engineers let alone a student and of architecture Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,346.943,351.697,I told her look give me a sheet of paper and a pen and let me write a request for an appointment Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,351.697,354.283,Mr CEO of SEREPT Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,355.779,369.215,Ah she gave me a sheet of paper and pen and I wrote the request for an appointment I came down the stairs and frankly I cried because I felt like ah I had spent my day doing nothing and had not accomplished anything and I felt that she would never call me Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,371.108,375.496,Then I decided ah to go up again and I did Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,375.496,379.674,Actually that's what life is it goes up and down and you have to know how to rise again Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,379.674,380.718,I went up the stairs Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,386.156,387.149,I went up the stairs Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,388.117,395.959,and ran into people in the meeting room well they were gathering their things because it was the end of the day I told them For God's sake where is this CEO of SEREPT who doesn't want to meet anyone Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,398.188,401.888,A voice coming from the back of the room said Yes please what do you want Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,401.888,402.848,It was him Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,405.184,412.612,I said Sir ah well I explained the project I wanted to do and he told me Look girl within a week Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,413.719,417.531,you will have a training and in 10 days you will be on the platform Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,417.531,422.820,For the training he told us to put on a helmet and hold the ramp for the discipline not too much Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,424.650,426.686,Ah I did my project Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,426.686,428.250,It received an award Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,428.250,430.416,I obtained my graduation thesis Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,430.416,441.206,Ah SEREPT was there and we also wanted throughout the part where I had to have plans or advices ah ah other information Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,443.321,446.874,The second incident I'm going to talk about because I will only talk about this incident huh Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,446.874,450.698,the second incident ah happened to me in Libya yes in Libya Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,450.698,456.946,Libya is a country that I love because Libya is close and there are so many similarities that make you feel comfortable Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,456.946,461.659,but there are a lot of differences and there is everything to learn and everything to do again Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,461.659,472.572,So ah among a lot of people who went to Libya I went and registered I registered as ah an architect who could ah participate in projects there Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,472.572,478.812,So there are lots of companies and our embassy in Tripoli is trying to introduce these companies into the Libyan market Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,478.812,485.664,So after 7 months and a week of waiting for an appointment with the Minister of housing and utilities of Libya I received a call Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,485.664,489.652,I was told that I had to be at the embassy on Thursday at 8am Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,489.652,502.790,You cannot imagine how I slept on Wednesday night In fact I did't sleep I stayed up all night dreaming and seeing the countries cities buildings and ports that I would build and thinking with hope if they would give me Bab al Aziziya to work on the way I want Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,508.305,511.039,I arrived I was the first to arrive there Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,511.039,517.377,As soon as I arrived Mohamed the ambassadors clerk said Dhouha why did you come today Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,519.313,520.389,I came to donate blood Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,522.096,529.281,No I said Didn't you tell me that today we have ah an appointment with housing and utilities and we will go and the Tunisian companies Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,529.281,535.665,He said No today we are going with the Libyan Minister of Transportation will you go Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,535.665,536.604,I said Let' go Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,537.556,543.278,I went and found myself at a lecture on pouring asphalt in the desert Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,544.702,556.590,Then they did a tour desk and I also found myself with men of a certain age level and caliber and Tunisian companies who have done ah long paved roads from here Benghazi Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,556.590,557.830,I don't know well there is not Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,557.830,563.040,but they achieved many things These are people who really have a very very interesting portfolios Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,563.040,565.895,We reached the desk tour and um Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,566.809,570.596,ah I felt like they were a little gloating when it was my turn to talk Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,571.637,573.507,I said Well Mr Minister Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,574.575,590.654,my name is Dhouha and I noticed something I noticed that ah when your students leave schools you have many schools on the highways on the highways on because they have many roads that are very wide so cars speed up Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,590.654,593.476,I told him children are exposed to a real danger Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,593.476,612.820,why don't you make bridges that are not concrete but metal and now you are a country that we will make changes You can change them If one day you changed schools or so change the bridge and they will become not only a place of a place for crossing but also a place of life where they can also wait for their parents in complete safety Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,612.820,625.487,You can also add a screen where they can see some quotes or smileys when they enter school in the morning like smile study well don't make too much noise don't laugh and some things like that Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,627.279,637.554,Also in order for the situation of each school to improve you can make advertising posters and each school puts them up for rent and the money will be devoted to organizing that school a little and so on Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,637.554,640.289,and that is a little sustainable Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,640.289,645.057,He said I really liked your vision What do you think if we meet in 10 days and you come up with a project Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,645.057,653.279,I ran back to Tunisia and had 8 concepts and I kept waiting for a phone call for a month then two months until I met with the minister and showed him the project Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,655.814,656.906,and he liked the concept Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,663.437,671.011,This perception took so long to become ah a contract and this contract to become hiring and hiring to become a contract within the framework of international cooperation Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,671.011,677.184,but I took a long time to prepare the documents and I also brought with me a Tunisian company and old men as well who accomplished many things Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,677.184,683.023,I suggested that they make these metal bridges and we install them in Libya together Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,683.023,684.059,They said Okay Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,684.059,691.646,So soon in November we signed the contract and soon there will be the bridges that I drew and dreamed of one day and they come true Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,698.687,706.738,What came what what I came to tell you today is not the many achievements I have made because I don't have accomplishments and I'm far from being a success story Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,706.738,710.102,but I'm someone who wants to try to do things Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,710.102,721.259,and I make a lot of mistakes fall again and again stumble stand up and raise myself up and I try to fly and see opportunities and what I can do Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,721.259,732.926,You have to be positive you have sometimes one click an invitation a business card you gave to someone or an email or a conversation with someone next to you on the plane although this is not very polite can change your life Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,732.926,738.793,So don't hesitate dare improvise do what you want and do it with a lot of passion Obstacles_what_obstacles_Dhouha_Boukadi_at_TEDxCarthageWomen,738.793,739.376,Thank you The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,9.708,13.308,So ah my name is Belkis Anane Ah I'm from Jerba like you The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,13.308,20.195,Uh this place is very dear to me because I studied here at the college and at the Ibn Arafa high school known as far be it from you The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,20.195,26.043,Ah I used ah to pass by here every morning and get something to drink from Hamdan my foster father The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,26.043,29.980,In this place like everyone else I attended all the kindergarten parties here The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,29.980,32.307,So ah I'm so happy to be here today The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,33.380,37.032,Ah the title of my TED Talk is The Harmony in Chaos The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,37.032,42.922,Ah harmony is insijam and chaos is fawdha so I'm going to talk about chaos The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,42.922,49.197,and talk ah specifically about the chaos theory which is a theorem in mathematics The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,49.197,52.728,Ah I study maths I study pure mathematics The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,52.728,55.828,So I interpret many things in my life with a lot of mathematics The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,55.828,58.734,Ah this theory of chaos The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,62.067,67.888,ah we explain with it the systems that are non linear or dynamic or actually the systems that have random behavior The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,67.888,75.410,When it comes to the future for me the future is very random so I can't explain it with mathematics so the chaos theory is what explains it The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,75.410,80.120,It's equation is Xt1KXt1 Xt The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,80.120,83.794,Ah Xt1 is the future and Xt is the present The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,83.794,88.321,Of course it is more complex than this but this is its simplified version The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,89.637,99.420,So here it is it's an equation I mean that suggests that anything you do today in your life or even don't do will change your whole life one day The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,101.563,114.249,So ah who am I My story began when ah I was 15 years old I went to Douz and I was just like you now sitting in a chair and watching people who came to talk about their stories and one of those people inspired me a lot The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,114.249,118.124,and I was very influenced by him so ah I returned home wanting to change The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,118.124,123.310,Sometimes you reach a stage in your life ah where you don't care if you buy more consume more The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,123.310,126.144,or show more and you start to keep everything you live to yourself The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,126.144,129.989,want to know more and want to become a better person than you were yesterday The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,129.989,135.841,So that was my X0 you know where the curve ah begins at each X0 curve The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,135.841,143.473,Usually the X0 of each person ah is the moment ah of his birth but we never decide when we will be born or whether we want to come or not The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,143.473,147.730,So there is always a moment of rebirth in which we decide to change or start living The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,147.730,151.469,So ah I experienced this feeling when I was 15 years old so what did I do The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,151.469,159.077,I went back home and surfed the Internet day and night looking for opportunities wanting to go out and volunteer and do new things The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,159.077,163.267,Well now there are many things but 6 years ago there wasn't The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,163.267,169.855,So I found African Leadership Academy which is an academy in South Africa the one above is South Africa The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,169.855,184.526,This academy takes ah from each country on the African continent two or three top students and gathers 100 people in South Africa where they study for 2 years during which they pass the American baccalaureate exam ah and the English as well The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,184.526,189.603,learn a lot about entrepreneurship volunteer work and such things and then they go to their universities The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,189.603,191.836,So ah it is a pre university The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,191.836,196.695,It generally takes 3rd year of high school or baccalaureate students and it doesn't matter if they did not pass the baccalaureate since they will repeat it The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,196.695,200.161,At that time I was studying in the first year of high school and I applied The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,200.161,203.486,I went for the interview ah and I was accepted The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,203.486,213.606,My mistake was that I thought that at that age and with a first year of secondary school level of knowledge I would handle let's say a preparatory level school The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,213.606,215.208,I went The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,215.208,218.781,Of course my going was not easy because first my mother didn't accept that at all in the beginning The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,218.781,220.910,We had several family meetings The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,220.910,228.602,My father made me sign a piece of paper promising him that I would return and would not run away I undersigned will go back to tunisia The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,228.602,233.550,So um yes they allowed me to go I went and I was 16 years old then The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,233.550,240.081,I went ah thinking that I would be able to handle it since I was accepted but that didn't happen at all The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,240.081,241.796,and I failed miserably The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,242.398,247.509,South Africa is not a country like anyone imagines South Africa is the world's capital of rape The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,247.509,252.320,ah ranks second in crime after Bangkok and if you go out alone for 2 meters you may not return The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,252.320,261.045,75% of girls in high school age from 14 to 17 years old are infected with AIDS that is 3 out of every 4 so let alone the rate among adults The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,261.045,267.404,So when I went ah I was a little shocked because ah I found it like a prison I mean a military regime The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,267.404,275.706,You cannot go out You go out once a month When you go out the guards take you ah and after 1 am you cannot leave your room to someone elses room and you cannot breathe the air in the garden The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,275.706,279.400,So I found myself in a military barracks where they were training us as if we were The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,280.198,281.192,I don't know what The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,281.192,289.656,So ah ah I could have overcame all of that if my study was good but I was lost and didn't understand anything of what we were studying The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,289.656,296.191,I took French and English classes and easy things and stayed away from science because my level didn't enable me to study with them The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,296.191,301.644,apart from being ah robbed ah uh when I was leaving the bank with all my money The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,301.644,305.207,ah I sat on the sidewalk waiting for the bus of 8 o'clock to take me home The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,305.207,309.499,Ah many bad things happened ah in South Africa throughout the year The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,309.499,313.104,When March came ah I said enough is enough I went to the director The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,313.104,319.083,and told him Look I don't like to lose Since I started a fight to lose it I arm wrestled with my parents and came here The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,319.083,321.035,I went against the current and came here The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,321.035,329.184,but I will take a break I will return to Tunisia for 3 years to study the baccalaureate and I will return here with determination and carry on ah the 2nd year of preparatory school The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,329.184,331.902,He said Go ahead do what you want I have confidence in you The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,331.902,334.258,So I went back to Tunisia The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,334.258,340.639,At the first time I went abroad ah unlike the people and at the second time I decided to return unlike the people The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,340.639,348.156,When I returned to Tunisia ah people didn't believe that I had decided to interrupt my studies and return Even my friends in South Africa didn't believe that The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,348.156,349.776,Everyone was saying that I was expelled The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,349.776,357.425,Wow our people's imagination becomes vast when we want to think about why someone returned from abroad So I heard several stories about why I was expelled The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,357.425,362.758,Ah I didn't care much about them I was busy with a new struggle with life The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,362.758,368.660,When I came back I thought of I had many ideas at that age and I follow them The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,368.660,372.984,I thought ah of skipping a year I would not ah study in the second year The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,372.984,378.303,I thought of this idea in August so in August I studied the second year of secondary education program The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,378.303,381.672,I went ah to the regional administration obtained approval sat for the tests The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,381.672,385.755,passed them and I began studying in the 3rd year in mathematics I had already entered later than the rest of people The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,386.865,392.427,I was happy that I achieved an accomplishment in my life and I went against the flow again and skipped a year The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,392.427,397.697,I started studying in the 3rd year in mathematics and of course ah I passed the exam with the minimum so that I succeeded ah The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,397.697,406.879,In my first ah mathematics exam ah I received the first mark in ascending order so it was the worst ah mark in a non mathematical language I got 325 The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,406.879,408.651,So I fell into severe depression The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,409.432,412.028,I was holding myself accountable I was like Belkis The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,412.578,422.030,what are you doing in your life You left came back and finally you skipped a year after your average was 18 and 19 and your photos were ah in the newspapers but now you are the last in the class The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,422.030,425.581,I started to mess up because I felt that studying is no longer my thing and it no longer loves me The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,425.581,430.405,I can no longer bear to sit in a classroom where I was the top and I was answering questions and now see my friends answering while I don't understand anything The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,430.405,432.122,I could no longer bear getting the lowest mark The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,432.122,433.361,so I moved away The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,433.361,435.797,messed up and got into a severe depression The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,436.474,440.248,but like in every struggle one shouldn't back down The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,440.248,447.437,So ah I adopted the chaos ah theory The chaos theory suggests that every little thing you do will change everything for you The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,447.437,457.425,So in those 2 years the 3rd year and the baccalaureate I used to lock myself for 5 or 10 minutes a day trying to work on myself and not on others and education The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,457.425,460.127,You can do a lot in 5 minutes a day The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,460.127,468.618,You can read books in them you can ah write you can ah learn from people and listen to them I watched many videos on YouTube and many TED Talks The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,468.618,476.521,So ah in those 2 years I worked on myself because I was waiting for a better Xt1 and because I wanted to fix what I had done The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,476.521,480.815,So ah after 2 years of those 3 I passed the baccalaureate in mathematics The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,480.815,489.265,I succeeded and I got the first mark again but in descending ah order this time I got ah the highest mark ah in the high school in the baccalaureate in mathematics The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,489.265,491.730,Within two years I didn't only get the highest mark The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,491.730,493.150,but I worked hard on myself The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,493.150,494.785,regained my father and mothers trust in me The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,494.785,496.673,ah I learned to draw with charcoal The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,496.673,501.076,ah I created a blog which has now 4000 views ah I began writing poetry The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,501.076,505.012,ah and I learned ah I began playing music and I performed ah my first piece The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,505.012,512.361,So ah things like secluding yourself and staying away from people for 5 minutes a day and saying to yourself I have something missing I want to work on myself The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,512.361,515.812,those 5 or 10 minutes will pay off greatly after 2 years The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,515.812,522.194,Your friend who revises 5 minutes before you every time or stays up 5 minutes after you wanting to study more The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,522.194,527.469,there is a gap like this between you a gap of only 5 minutes a day but after 10 years he will be here and you will still be here The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,527.469,531.916,and his t1 will be far away and your t will be exactly the same as your t1 The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,531.916,538.486,So after 2 years that isolation depression and failure took me far actually The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,538.486,542.096,because I became a being who doesn't regret any crazy decision made The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,542.096,546.245,On the contrary whenever I face a matter I go against the flow The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,546.245,549.816,Ah I now have confidence in what I write confidence in art The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,549.816,555.038,and ah confidence in the things that come from me not from the outside or that life give to me The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,556.160,560.778,So ah I also served as uh the African Union ah Ambassador in Australia The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,560.778,577.181,I went to conferences but then after 2014 I decided to no longer go to conferences because I felt that they take us and pay for us 5 star hotels to talk about poverty and how to reduce it so I found that there is a great contradiction so I abandoned that and focused on myself The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,577.181,579.978,So of course what is Belkis going to do after the baccalaureate The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,579.978,584.350,She will ah travel to South Africa I went back to South Africa The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,586.365,588.320,Ah that was my graduation The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,588.320,595.190,When I returned to South Africa I again had to study two whole years in one year since in the first year I did nothing The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,595.190,602.449,So in one year I studied two years of mathematics and two years of physics ah I worked ah I worked I gave my colleagues who were studying with me private lessons I worked as a training center teacher The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,602.449,607.775,ah a photographer ah I did many things I drew and I took care of my blog The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,607.775,613.150,Ah it was one of the best years of my life because I was alone a lot focused and worked on myself The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,613.150,618.676,obtained the American and British baccalaureates and got a scholarship from Northwestern University The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,618.676,624.397,one of the best universities in the world mathematics and now I study mathematics there and live in Chicago The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,624.397,626.773,ah and I study pure mathematics The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,626.773,633.852,So yes what I want to say from my experience is that ah it's okay to go ah against the current The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,633.852,639.385,it's okay if people laugh at you or mock you because you returned or went or messed up your life The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,639.385,650.694,it's okay try chaos theory if you have confidence in yourself it will make you achieve something very good It's okay to take 5 or 10 minutes a day for yourself After 10 years you will be playing an instrument more than your friends drawing things The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,650.694,653.629,doing things that people don't know and speaking a language more than them The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,654.759,659.078,So in the theory there is also the K coefficient which is which is of course a very complex coefficient The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,659.078,661.048,but I will ah explain it my way The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,661.048,664.077,I will explain it with something very cliché which is self confidence The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,664.077,667.357,Of course self confidence helps us in many things The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,667.357,672.240,and its traditional definition is well known but I will give a new definition The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,672.240,676.949,Ah I will give 3 definitions of self confidence The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,678.210,681.550,There is superficial confidence which is superficial The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,681.550,686.324,What is this superficial confidence Like me speaking in front of you now and you don't know how I feel within The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,686.324,689.032,I may appear to have great confidence in myself but you don't know what I have within The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,689.032,695.103,So this confidence is related to how a person speaks and what he shows to people This is the superficial level to which many people reach and stop The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,695.103,704.855,The next level is life confidence which is the confidence that you gain from your life like your family is wonderful you have a wonderful job and the things life gives you that make you have great confidence in yourself The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,704.855,708.807,and this is the depth at which most people stop and get stuck The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,708.807,720.703,When a crisis occurred in 2009 there were people in America who lost their jobs so they threw themselves out of windows Why Because you took all your value from your job your position your partner and your family The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,720.703,734.777,when you lose that thing you will be lost as happened to me when I was no longer Belkis who gets 18 and became Belkis who gets 3 and when I was no longer Belkis of South Africa and became Belkis who returned because she was expelled so I lost all my value but what remained then Belkis remained The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,734.777,743.698,So I worked on that I worked on the empty bubble from which all the peels had been removed and which I had colored with my achievements which eventually left me The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,743.698,745.403,So what is left to the end The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,745.403,758.733,We have ah pure confidence which is ah the level that I will not say I have reached because I'm not a success story I'm just a student who is still in the midst of the battle and I'm not like the people who came and spoke today and achieved concrete things The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,758.733,760.443,So pure confidence The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,761.140,766.501,I ah understood pure confidence ah uh when I watched Iron Man The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,766.501,774.045,Ah what did Iron Man say in the movie He said ah You can take away my house all my tricks and toys but one thing you can't take away I am Iron Man The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,774.045,778.661,So what did he say You can take my house and all I have but I will remain Iron man The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,778.661,786.588,So when they take away your job your 18 or take ah you went abroad and they took away your scholarship what is left of you is what you have to work on The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,786.588,790.165,because that is what will fight with you when life will confront you The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,790.165,792.056,So improvise think The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,792.056,793.174,ah love yourselves The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,793.174,794.094,and love each other The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,794.094,803.435,I know this is cliché but yourselves are what will support you that is try to build a transparent and pure and honest relationship with yourselves especially one that resembles you The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,803.435,810.664,When you go against the flow and people mock you and laugh at you after 5 and 6 years you will be the ones who will laugh at them The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,810.664,813.100,so try to come out of your external bubble The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,813.100,815.907,I hope you move away The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,815.907,816.869,I can't go back The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,817.457,823.378,move away superficial confidence and reach the pure one I can't tell you to find the iron man in you The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,823.378,827.627,because in maths possibilities are limitless not everyone has an iron man inside of him The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,827.627,830.120,Some people their failure increases their success The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,830.120,838.368,and some people a failure leads them to another failure I will not lie to you as in human development and tell you to look for the iron man inside you Not all of us are iron men and I'm not an iron man The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,838.368,849.611,but I'm working and I want to build something that resembles me and gift it to myself because every person deserves to give ah hismelf a chance So ah I hope you have the courage ah to gift yourselves The_harmony_in_chaos_Belkis_Anane_TEDxDjerba,849.611,850.315,Thank you so much We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,9.329,9.756,Wow We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,11.834,13.333,Hello everyone ah We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,13.333,17.637,Ah I am Mohamed Ali Ben Haji the CEO of Le Pro Worldwide We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,17.637,24.242,ah Le Pro which is among event company ah and based in Tunisia We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,24.242,29.935,and we have a branch in Germany and a branch in France and praise be to God we are doing well We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,29.935,38.740,I'll try to speak ah about the big block which is 28 years old 49 years old ah which is my age We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,38.740,46.505,which I divide in general ah let's say into 3 ah or 4 major ah stages We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,46.505,61.285,The first stage which I see as the strongest stage in our lives and I think in the life of everyone present here is from birth to the age of 6 years where you wake up eat sleep and play and you don't have any concern We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,61.285,65.672,and you have fun enjoy very much and everything falls on your parents and all is good We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,65.672,70.668,The second stage is the stage in which we begin to enter and understand the world We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,70.668,77.657,which I think is in ah the primary secondary and university stages We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,77.657,92.995,Then you graduate after university and of course you will work but I want to talk a little about this stage because there are two things that caught my attention and I think everyone as well especially the older generations which is that uh the 6th year of primary school and the baccalaureate year were frightening for everyone We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,92.995,100.159,from your birth until you grow up and that tension begins and you hear 6th year 6th year 6th year and then you pass the 6th year and you face the baccalaureate We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,100.159,102.823,We passed the 6th year and the baccalaureate thank God We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,102.823,106.346,After the baccalaureate ah I kept thinking about what I would do We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,106.346,111.324,Ah technical math training ah I wanted to do aviation mechanics We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,111.324,116.087,ah but I didn't choose it because aviation mechanics requires to pass by the military academy We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,116.087,121.978,while my skills are more ah in my hands and I draw and ah like artistic things more We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,121.978,125.984,By chance I saw a poster on which PAO is written We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,125.984,128.936,which stands for Computer Aided Advertising We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,128.936,136.207,so I got into that what's ah um the most important thing is that my dad is from Bab El Jazira and I'm from Hammam Lif We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,136.207,140.436,so when I told him that I would major in graphic design ah he said Are you serious We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,140.436,141.711,My son We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,142.467,143.899,is going to major in graphic design We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,143.899,150.812,Anyway eventually ah I chose it and my mother encouraged me and I studied for 2 years We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,150.812,155.748,fast 2 years Ah in addition I was doing training in everything related to electronics We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,155.748,163.602,Ah I used to wake up in the morning and take the train at 5 am then return home at 11 pm but uh I really loved this I loved doing this uh We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,163.602,166.091,I used to wake up in the morning very happy and enjoying myself We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,167.347,177.074,I finished these two years ah and I was the top Ah some agencies picked me to do internships ah with them I had internships I started doing internships We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,177.074,186.433,In these internships uh everyone knows that when companies in general find a hard working intern they go full throttle and put pressure on him We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,186.433,188.816,He can still do more give him We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,188.816,196.981,but they don't realize that He can still do more when it is said to someone who loves his job will only be a plus for him We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,196.981,203.071,because one day they will ask for that person and say that they need him We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,203.071,208.359,I reached after ah a period of almost 4 years I worked for free for 2 years We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,208.359,210.869,and over the other 2 years I was payed 125000 I think We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,210.869,214.685,A peas sandwich I work and I don't go out and it's always like this We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,214.685,226.731,After these 4 years I really found myself ah in in how to put it in a position where the people all the agencies in Tunisia were wanting me for freelance We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,226.731,228.215,And the money began We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,228.215,229.965,and what a beautiful thing freelance is man We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,229.965,234.173,He calls you and tells you Come in An hour I'm an hourly employee We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,234.173,239.577,after an hour I take my bill pass it on receive the money and then leave You have the cash and there is no ruler above you no declaration nor anything We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,239.577,242.076,If there is someone here who is subject to taxes I feel sorry for him We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,242.076,249.808,Anyway ah um the money really increased and I begin ah the first thing like any young person what can I do We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,249.808,251.940,What's the first thing you would think of You would think of a car We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,251.940,255.565,Anyway I bought a car and I was happy with it and I enjoyed it We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,255.565,266.337,One day while I was returning home I was playing music and enjoying myself thinking about what I would do and planning saying that I will do this and that We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,267.638,271.289,and an Isuzu hit me from behind at 130 leaving me in a wreck We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,272.295,274.483,and turning my future into glass We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,274.483,276.987,In this accident I died and came back to life for real We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,276.987,286.174,Ah my vertebrae moved from their places ah ah and it was possible for me to live disabled for the rest of my life but thank God God gave me another chance We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,286.174,290.986,But it left its mark on me and made me rethink of life differently We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,290.986,295.571,I started to think that in this life you have to live one day at a time We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,295.571,307.494,You have you really have to be ah among the people who live in the moment and you have to thrive in that thing ah in in in what you do We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,307.494,312.758,So I started doing that but I was suffering from a major disability which was my body We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,312.758,314.472,I was no longer able to do anything with my body We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,314.472,317.616,The doctor told me that I would never be able to do sports We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,317.616,319.179,I used to practice boxing We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,319.179,323.062,fly run play basketball and everything then We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,323.062,329.440,I found that when I move a little I feel pain ah ah and can't do anything We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,330.564,331.874,I got depressed We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,331.874,336.640,and I was like I had entered a trip telling myself I lost my body what will I do now while I was such and such We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,336.640,346.911,My body began to weaken my body began to weaken and I began to get fatter to the point that I began to wear those shirts you know worn that are of this length like this to cover everything that sadly I still have some We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,347.674,355.333,Anyway I kept getting fatter and fatter for 6 years until my weight reached approximately 140 or 142 kilos We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,356.362,362.396,Except that in this period of 6 years given the expertise I have I worked in big companies in Tunisia We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,362.396,374.537,I used to enter and stay in an office I was in the positions of consulting development and I was that is I worked more as business manager and production director in GWT United ah We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,374.537,377.127,and many well known companies that are in Tunisia We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,378.483,393.529,Ah one time one day I had taken corticosteroids ah and I wasn't knowing it was the first time I had taken then my boss made me angry so I had a serious fight with him When I returned home my head hurt so bad at night We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,393.529,399.083,What is the problem What is the problem I went ah I went to the clinic and they measured my blood pressure and it was 22 We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,399.083,406.015,so I will not dwell ah it turned out that I was hypertensive as the doctor said hypertensive and I started to enter the diabetes trip We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,408.032,414.779,I checked again One day I stood in front of the mirror What are you doing I said to myself We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,414.779,415.827,What are you doing We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,416.480,418.197,What's next You gained weight We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,418.197,419.130,what's next We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,419.130,423.550,I said to myself I must definitely go back to exercising We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,423.550,425.857,As if I was dying This is not a life We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,425.857,430.466,I would rather die with denial than live like this I was sinking more and more We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,430.466,433.050,Well I began to walk little by little We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,433.050,434.097,I go for walking We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,435.325,440.575,I do so for 15 or 20 minutes my back hurts I stop actually my daughter knows well how I stand We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,440.575,446.565,ah and I move a little I was doing like that little by little until I started to run for 5 minutes out of an hour We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,446.565,449.607,then I started to practise sports for 3 hours We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,449.607,451.813,When I started doing so for 3 hours I no longer had pain or anything We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,451.813,453.058,and I became fine again We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,453.058,454.152,Well I was surprised We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,454.152,455.883,I went to the doctor We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,455.883,461.507,and told him that I run and do things and I don't feel pain that's it I no longer feel anything We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,461.507,474.626,He told me Honestly well done Dali great job but when I told you that you cannot it is not because you cannot but because I saw that it is very very very difficult for you to be able to do so We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,474.626,476.906,This requires great determination and a lot of things We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,476.906,479.543,I said Well but I was able praise be to God We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,479.543,484.875,Well you will meet this type of doctors or dorctor or people often in your life We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,484.875,490.401,In fact they are the ones who tell you that it is impossible no matter what happens with all due respect my brother we will talk We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,492.046,499.010,Anyway seriously we will find such people in our lives who will tell you This is impossible this was a disease We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,499.010,501.135,and he said impossible but I overcame it We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,501.135,509.357,Moreover even the hypertension is over that God Today they canceled my hypertensive medication oh hypertension since maybe ah 4 months We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,509.357,516.183,Suddenly ah you learn that life is really about fulfillment We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,516.183,520.850,You must give this body that God created its due value We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,521.929,526.150,and pamper it because when you pamper it it works wonders We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,526.150,528.985,and by pampering it it becomes creative We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,528.985,536.133,You start doing things and you are not afraid of anything anymore because you reached reached death and did everything then you will find yourself creating things We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,537.156,538.392,and not afraid of anything We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,538.392,542.025,For me failure makes you learn that is you fall down We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,543.175,544.175,and get up again We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,544.175,551.794,Believe me any failure is nothing but a lesson in life that makes you respond to it and rise again We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,551.794,559.940,In the midst of all this ah I started ah working thank God and I started ah to create and so on I created an aluminum profiles We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,559.940,564.740,of course because I had previously worked in multinational companies and I saw that they do basic things We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,564.740,567.986,I thought of leaving and working as a dealer so I left and became a dealer We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,567.986,577.199,From dealer again in the classic so I decided to create something new beyond the classic We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,577.199,580.046,I started working from here in Tunisia I created profiles We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,581.057,583.142,and I developed them We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,583.142,585.426,One day I decided to go to Paris We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,586.442,592.493,I went to Paris to Vescom which is the best hall for this thing the the the stands and so We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,592.493,612.089,I started ah and said to myself Come on Dali there is a market and so knowing that just to show the people I was working with that I did not steal anything and that I came to you here to Paris and if you intend to do something to me here I am in front of you We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,612.089,616.119,and here is the story and you are here and so on show me what you can do We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,616.119,621.799,Their potential client came to them and told them Be careful that person is Tunisian do not go to him We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,621.799,635.263,Well out of curiosity after that person left and came to me and I was tired because there's something I didn't mention in Tunisia uh I made my friend who is actually a sign maker do this we took the Isuzu that had just come out of the leasing We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,635.263,636.568,and filled it with goods We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,636.568,639.498,We set off from Tunisia to Paris We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,639.498,641.194,and arrived in Paris at night We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,641.194,647.820,That night we installed the stands and started You can understand how tired we got during a period of I don't know how much anyway We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,649.015,652.917,I was talking to that person as if I was ignoring him because I was so tired We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,652.917,657.992,In fact I swear uh he was talking and I was like Listen okay come on Ok uff okay so We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,657.992,660.697,He said Tell me what is the price of a lightweight cassin We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,660.697,662.223,I did a quick calculation We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,662.223,664.093,and told him that its price is 1280000 We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,665.714,667.291,He said Isn't it expensive We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,667.291,670.580,I told him ah What would I say It's not expensive it's I mean We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,671.729,675.508,anyway that was my first time I had no experience in contacting foreigners We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,675.508,678.170,Suddenly he told me I will come back We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,678.170,682.854,He went and ate something and then came back and said Honestly I fell madly in love with your profiles We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,684.192,691.118,Actually it made me happy I thanked him very much and started to become cool and you know when Tunisians get cool I had kaak warka so I brought him some and took a good care of him We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,691.766,694.941,He ate some and enjoyed it There was something in that kaak warka We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,694.941,710.115,He said Okay ah listen I want to work with you Give me a price here I saw your profiles and we will find anyway I won't dwell eventually we agreed on a price of 980000 We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,710.115,711.774,But for him it was 980 We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,711.774,714.224,I said 980 and I meant in dinars We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,715.226,717.000,but that person then thought it was in euros We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,717.000,719.478,When he sent me the letter of credit it was in euros We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,719.478,721.018,Who here specializes in finance We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,723.442,729.947,Anyway thanks to God ah because of this person who is now ah a friend for real We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,729.947,740.883,ah thanks to him I did what is necessary for my company I developed it and went ah and I decided to exist in Germany and export my profiles to Germany We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,740.883,745.157,I also opened a branch in Paris and began exporting this in Paris We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,745.157,749.838,Apart from that of course we didn't do events in Paris but I exported my profiles We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,749.838,759.383,I cannot describe the happiness I feel when I walk through malls in Germany and see my supports placed in the facades We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,759.383,761.231,It is a truly joyful thing We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,761.231,768.860,Then I said now is the time for business but a business in which I do things my way We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,768.860,772.133,We got into events we have developed events We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,772.133,776.330,Actually I don't know if any of you are ah our clients We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,776.330,785.128,but they will certainly understand and they will know that every client that comes to us sometimes one says to me Listen Dali I have a budget of x amount and I'm going to do ah an event We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,786.475,787.196,Yes We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,787.196,788.777,you are going to do an event We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,788.777,790.028,but about what We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,790.028,792.491,He will say that he has a problem in such and such and such We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,792.491,794.407,Who is your target Why I mean We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,795.679,798.426,He says What does the target have to do with it so I tell him No you have to tell me the target We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,798.426,800.099,why you are doing it We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,800.099,802.140,and what your problem really is We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,803.151,805.306,so that I can give you what you need We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,805.306,810.226,Sometimes I tell him No forget about it why are you going to have an event do ah an open day instead We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,810.226,814.053,or do trades or ah uff anything We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,814.053,822.762,Well I find myself consulting where clients sometimes work with us just for the consulting and not for anything else We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,822.762,828.197,and in consulting you do things in your own way like TEDx today We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,828.197,838.735,When Omaima and I were talking she told me that she loves TEDx and showed me ah the ones that took place in Sfax ah and in America I told her that we will present a better TEDx than all of these God willing We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,838.735,843.096,I swear this is what I told them and God willing where is Omaima I told you no We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,843.096,850.162,So ah we really need to get out of copy paste We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,850.162,851.761,This is what's in my mind We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,851.761,856.511,Do what is on your mind believe in yourself and God willing you will succeed We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,856.511,861.232,Considering my experience and a while ago we said that failure is no failure seriously We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,861.232,874.928,for me any fall I even reached I didn't tell you about the let's say the failures because I reached the bottom and came up again several times and actually all my friends tell me Dali we see you fall sell everything and you start again We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,874.928,878.997,that's because nothing really beats that feeling We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,878.997,882.594,to fall and start over Actually when you buy a car why do you buy it speed We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,882.594,885.698,People who love ah adrenaline We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,885.698,890.832,love acceleration not speed Um in fact one does not buy a car to keep speeding up vroom We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,891.599,894.414,rather he buys a car to accelerate We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,894.414,904.994,For me the accelerations are those falling and getting up and falling and getting up Of course every fall depends on the type of the mattress you prepare either permaflex or directly on the concrete We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,905.978,912.458,Anyway what I want to say is that you really have ah ah to make out of failure We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,912.458,917.247,ah um things you learn from specially don't make mistakes We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,917.247,920.879,believe in yourself believe in what you have We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,920.879,924.129,and say I can do everything everything and I have nothing to lose We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,924.129,925.613,I have nothing to lose We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,925.613,928.015,Go for anything and any test and any whatever it is We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,929.306,939.445,and learn If ah if ah you fail if you succeed if ah you don't succeed or if ah something goes wrong seriously that will take you up and you will certainly become an important thing one day We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,940.654,942.037,I'm thrilled to be among you We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,942.037,946.312,Ah this is the story of ah 49 years of age We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,947.128,952.354,although I said it in ah I think I exceeded but I tried to summarize a lot We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,952.354,953.558,Ah so We_live_until_we_die_and_we_dont_live_while_I_am_dead_inside_Mohamed_Ali_Ben_Hadji_TEDxUniversityofCarthage,954.739,957.859,you were welcome Thank you I'm delighted Thank you