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AWARDS

These are all of Yasseen's awards. You can find all of his achievements after the awards slides.

HONORABLE MENTION AWARD AT DISNEY PREMIER PROGRAM (2017)

BEST PLAY PEOPLE'S CHOICE (AUNT LEILA, SHORT+SWEET 2021)

Yasseen is a part of the 10 from the 37,000 worldwide attending the Premiere Program to win the Honorable Mention Award.

Yasseen and his teammate Jihane win the people's choice category at the Short+Sweet Theatre Dubai for their play Aunt Leila which speaks about the Beirut explosion.

RUNNER UP BEST PLAY PEOPLE'S CHOICE AND SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL AWARD (MAMMA MIA, SHORT+SWEET 2022)

THE BEST INCORPORATION AWARD, UAS FILM FESTIVAL (2022)

Yasseen won 2 awards for his direction in Mamma Mia! at Short+Sweet Theatre 2022. It takes such a person not to just win runners-up in the people's choice category but to win the festival's spirit award which says so much more than any other award.

Yasseen wins Best Incorporation Idea at the UAS FF for the outstanding thought in the shortfilm he did with his teammates.

"WHO IS THE MOST TALENTED?"ACTING PRIZE AED 5,000 WITH AL ARABIA 99 FM RADIO STATION (2019)

Yasseen is invited for an interview on the no.1 radio station in the country, UAE as he has won the best talent contest for his excellence in acting.

A FEW OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY AT UAS.

September 2022- present

The International Thespian Society is an honor society for high school and middle school theatre students. It is a division of the Educational Theatre Association. Yasseen is the president of the global society that was founded in 1929.

CHIEF EDITOR OF UAS YEARBOOK 2022-2023

September 2022- present

A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a type of book published annually. One use is to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school. Yasseen lead the team by overseeing all aspects of the Yearbook and spreads!

AL-FUTTAIM MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS INTERNSHIP

August 2022

Yasseen got hands-on media work experience and got to know how internal and external communications work at his internship at one of the most progressive businesses based out of Dubai -- Al-Futtaim.

UAS MEDIA PRODUCTION INTERNSHIP

February 2022-June 2022

As Yasseens school began to see his talent in Media, they offered him a media internship at school where he would handle school photos and videos (Graduation, Prom) and social media.

TENDER HEARTS LONG-TERM VOLUNTEERING SERVICE (100 HRS)

July 2022

Tender Hearts is a center in the UAE for those with learning disabilities. Yasseen volunteered to help and support them for a month!

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (FULL-LENGTH, DIRECTORIAL DEBUT)

May 2021- Sep 2021

Yasseen's Theatrical Directorial debut of SILO took place at the Junction Theatre. It had over 38+ cast/crew members. And was sold out on the closing night! (He also produced the trailer), It was a major success.

CITY OF STARS THE MUSICAL "A STAGE ADAPTAION FROM LA LA LAND"

Sep 2021

Yasseen's stage musical adaopattion based on the story of the musical "La La Land" 

AUNT LEILA (BEST PLAY) (SHORT+SWEET 2021)

Jan 2021-March 2021

Yasseen's play Aunt Leila, that speaks about the Beirut explosion, wins the people's choice at the Short+Sweet Theatre Festival in 2021

ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF GREENROOM

September 2019- present

Greenroom is the first youth-theatre group in the UAE and it was founded by Yasseen and 2 others.

DIRECTOR/EDITOR OF THE UAS BREAKFAST CLUB PODCAST/SHOW.

September 2019 - present

The official Podcast/Announcement show at UAS was handed to Yasseen after his large commitment in 2019.

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