Hala Dasouqi is a 23 year old Muslim woman from Amman, Jordan. She got involved in URI in 2005 and has been active in voluntary and peace-oriented activities since then. She is a psychology major senior student from Jordan University and a Minor in Journalism at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire through a scholarship sponsored by the US State Department. Hala has worked as a website content manager, a multi-cultural radio show hostess and a freelance creative director. She is currently interning with Al-Rashid Addiction center and psychiatry Hospital and Jordan River Foundation. She is a passionate musician that started playing the guitar and singing at the age of 14 in her sister’s band, until she started performing songs about local social and political and women status independently in various settings – orphan houses, addiction centers and concerts- She had also performed at URI’s Tenth Anniversary Celebrations in Amman in 2010 As a URI Youth Ambassador in 2011 Hala wants to utilise artistic talents to inspire decision makers toward change. By uniting peacemaking and entertainment she wants to show the world what visions, solutions and suggestions those who are talented have to offer. Hala believes that the Media’s hunger for rich content and young people’s self-motivation for exposure are the secret ingredients for her project to succeed.
