Our Battle of the Speakers Contest for Years 7 -12 took place on Wednesday 31st of August, 2024 at the College Auditorium. The theme this year was 'Free Palestine'.
The contest saw 25 students taking part and the panel of judges had a difficult task to judge the best of the speakers. The quality of speakers this year was extremely high and worthy of praise. Some speakers were even able to move members of the audience to tears with their emotionally-laden speeches.
The guest speaker – Ms Aseel Tebeileh spoke of the current situation in Palestine and in her candid tone expressed the reality of the war occurring and what needed to be done to end the humanity crisis.
Students spoke about Palestine, Palestinians, historical context and reality before us, our roles and responsibilities and what it truly means to stand with Palestine.
The feedback so far has been very heart-warming and positive as students and staff expressed great satisfaction and joy that this event was timely and gave everyone the chance to be expressive, self-reflect and introspect.
Top three speakers in the Years 7 – 9 category are:
- Winner – Mohaned Dao of Year 8 Leap.**
- Runner up – Tasnim Al Masri also of Year 8 Leap.**
- Outstanding speakers who got the commendation award – Muneeb Malik of Year 7 Leap and Fatima Bilal of Year 7G4.**
Top three speakers in the Years 10 – 12 category are:
- Winner – Afra Shehzad of Year 11C.**
- Runner up – Areeba Bilal from Year 12.**
- Outstanding speaker achieving the commendation award – Ayesha Malik of Year 10G3.**
Our heartiest congratulations to the following students who were equally remarkable and made their mark in this year’s Battle of the Speakers Contest:
Category 1:
- Maheen Maozam 7L
- Amaya Israr 7L
- Aasiya Elbotaty 7L
- Nour Al Arab 7G3
- Eshaal Rizwan 7G3
- Zoha Haroon 7G4
Category 2:
- Muawia Ibrahim 8B2
- Zacharia A 8L
- Muhammad Sohaib 8L
- Abdulgader Abdusalam 8B2
Category 3:
- Amani Wadood 8L
- Arshia Shahid 8K
- Zainab Mohammad 8G3
- Aleeza Chaudry 9G3
Category 4:
- Israa Baykara 10G4
- Namrah Siddiqui 11A
- Zainab Moola 11A
- Amaar Hamida 11A
My special thanks to Mr Haroon Patel and his team from the Humanities Department for your support and assistance and not forgetting my hardworking team from the English Department who stood by me to ensure the program was successful. Above all – I must thank Mr Osama Akkad from the SSD Team for being a great Master of Ceremony for this event.