Translator: Merna Fared Reviewer: Zakia Usama
HI, my name is Dima, I’m preparing a doctorate of analytical chemistry.
I am a chess judge and a guitarist.
People always say to me that I’m a hard worker because of these things.
and you’re passionate about learning and knowledge. this is so right.
If I go back with the time, Dima was just a hurry, emotional and hasty,
all her decisions are based on her feelings without planning or thinking,
earned me the nickname Tiry meaning “fly” when i was young.
Because of every time i kick the ball
Shouted about loudly “fly” one day, the ball flew
and stucked into a lap post and here my nickname came from
my life was full of sports like baskeball, volleyball
tennis, swimming and biking for this reason my time was full of
training, champions, traveling, matches
winnig, losing, tie and passion
i was hearing lots of comments like any girl play a sport
some of them made me lough and others made me lough a lot.
One comment was: “She came when we won or not..”
Another was: “we lost the championship.”
What made me lough The most was when someone said:
“Dima, who will marry you while you’re running after the ball”
Well, those things had no effect on me.
on the contrary, I wished from who was saying these comments
be with me in one of my training
and feel what i really feel.
This thing last tell I finished my high school
it was time of crossroad, we all had this experience
when i was in high school i couldn’t suits my time between my classes and sport
I made my decision
specifically, the family has chosen the classes, that what should to be
choosen, and becaus i was curious
to know how the elements are compound and interact atoms together
for creating a compound, for that i studied analytical chemistry
what happened, that day after day
the life had started to change and me also
the lough what was on my face started to fade away
life is cruel and situations are hard and the war had been started
i can remember the Christmas of 2014\2015 i brought a pen and a paper and i wrote
my name is Dima and i have 8 subjects for graduating
they’re super hard and i don’t have work to fix my broken guitar
and i don’t have close friends, i’m alone, weak and sad
i wrote also ” what is the solution?”
how can the person build herself from zero ?
to be specific from under the zero, how?
i considered that i want to be more intelligent
so i went to a chess room, when you go to
a chess room in age of twenties, it’s weird
it’s a sport like any one
you have to start it at 5 or 7 like Maximum
but i started at 25 years old
when i went to the room, i found another thing, the chess board for me
it was re-flexing the life, every thing is organized, but there are unlimited of adds
every piece has its purpose its meaning
and every square has its moves, later and number
every thing is organized like life there are lots of possibilities
but believe me, nothing is un organized
first thing i wanted to learn from chess it was the patience
when i watched a player was thinking for more than 20 min to make one move
over 20 mins just for a move
and i’m a rush girl, i was closing my hands behind me while i’m playing
for learning to be patient, to be clam and thinking in a strategy
another thing that i learned from the chess that nothing is impossible
when i saw a five year old kid, he was sitting on 3 chairs just to see the board
this kid could win the old man of his fifties, for that nothing is impossible
the chess has learned me dreaming
when i noticed that is the pawn can move up and be a queen
on the occasion of this take queen (minister), i want to say
this piece could queen, girls don’t let boys
say to that it could minister the queen it’s the most important piece
the chess has learned me lots of things that influenced in my life, but what i
really like about it, it doesn’t have a rival
the other gamer and me are playing on the board like the real life
there is no rival
the game starts in peace and ends in peace
chess has a positive effect in my life because i see into it the real life
the girl who couldn’t graduate
now she is going to start a new fight with PHD
the girl who starts playing chess in old age, now she is a judge
i remember very well when a international judge told me
" your exam paper of judging i still keep it in my office archive”
now, i try with all the passion and honestly
Share this experience with all trainer and trained
kids. teenager, youth and special the women
i want to say i have founded my passion and i hold with it
have you found your passion, yet?
you can found it in a song, music you play it or a dance
we can found small details all around us
i want to say to all, search about your passion and hold it
because success it is a good friend
thanks.
(clapping)