Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Edgar Degas once said, Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
Assalamualaikum and a very good morning to all of you. I hoe it!ll be a good morning,
because I got u early and washed my face esecially for this.
"he oint, though, is that I am Abdul #afay $iddi%ui & and I am 'asfiya $heikh & and we
are here to conduct (outh $ark "I"A#$ )*+, & "eaching and Insiring "alented Artists
and #ovel $eakers, which is brought to you by -.DE, the ama/ing acronym of the
-ommittee .rgani/ing Diverse Events.
'e start this event with the recitation of the holy 0uran, the book which, I %uote, 1has
the ability to break hard hearts and heal broken ones.1 I ask 2222222222222222 to
recite a few verses of our holy Book.
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3a/akAllah 222222222.
4akistan!s national anthem is ranked among the to in the world, which is fitting, after all
& a beautiful anthem for a beautiful country. I re%uest you all to stand u as a mark of
resect to our country and its national anthem.
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(the following sentence said in a single breath) .kay, so now, we officially begin our
official event with the official atron of -.DE officially coming over to us on the stage
we!ve officially set u to say the official words of the official introduction to you all5 $ir
6hurram, the stage is yours.
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"hank you, sir, for that illuminating introduction.
7oving on, now, there!s a video about the events that!ll take lace today to watch here,
8ust so you guys know what you!re getting yourselves into. And they worked really hard
on this, you know. Don!t blink, okay9
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-:A4, 4E.4:E.
#ow, allow us to introduce you to our sonsors; <nites $tates Education =oundation
4akistan, -ity =7 >?, .4E# 6arachi, and @abib <niversity, of which <$E=4 and @abib
<niversity would like a few minutes of your time.
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"hank you, guys.
'e!re sick of talking, so now let!s 8ust get down to the good arts; the events.
Declamatrics ).*, the declamation cometition of your dreams, not least because of the
2222222 tablet that!ll go to the winner. =our humorous and four serious toics in both
English and <rdu.
#eAt, 6alam&e&"amseel, our dramatic dialogue cometition that!ll hoefully bring out the
actor in you. A chance for you to eAercise all your thees and thous erfectly. =irst ri/e is
three tickets to drama erformances by recogni/ed councils.
:ast, but definitely very, very far from the least, Akkasi. A hotograhy cometition that
deends more on the ersective of the hotograher than anything else. 'inner gets a
digital hoto frame.
$o, without further ado, I ask #ida 3amal, the in&charge of Akkasi, to come u and
eAlain the rules and rocedures of Akkasi, ac%uaint you all with our resected 8udges
for the event, and to guide all our budding hotograhers to their resective arena.
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$ameer Ahmad 6han, resonsible for Declamatrics ).*, will take the stage to eAlain the
guidelines of the event, and to introduce our esteemed 8udges to you. 'e wish all the
seakers here today best of luck.
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"he first round of Declamatrics ).* is officially at its end. 'ow, you guys were ama/ing.
#ow, we have something fun in store for... the audience5 @ave you eole heard of the
game show 7inute "o 'in It9 A one&minute timer is set, and you have to comlete a
task within those siAty seconds. 'ell, while the to B seakers are decided, we!re going
to be relicating it right now on our own stage here with 2222222222 conducting the
rounds.
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@oe it was an entertaining segment for you all5 #ow, we hold in our hands what you all
have been waiting for & the decision from the 8udges for Cound .ne of Declamatrics ).*.
"he to five seakers are as follows;
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22222222222222 from 2222222222222222
22222222222222 from 2222222222222222
22222222222222 from 2222222222222222
And, lastly, 22222222222222 from 2222222222222222
-ongratulations5 .ur throats are hoarse, and now a refreshment break is in order. -ould
you all lease move to the -.DE lounge for the break9
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I trust you!ve had an en8oyable break. #ow that you!re all back, we can get on with the
second round of Declamatrics ).*. Best of luck to our seaker %uinitet, and, to %uote "he
@unger Dames, may the odds be ever in your favor5
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A line drawn to signify the end of Declamatrics ).*. #ow, we!re a little ravenous from all
that announcing, and listening to us has robably made you hungry as well. 4ersonally, I
could eat a horse, so, well, on to lunch5 In about half an hour, there!s going to be a
3amaat for boys so they can ray. Arrangements have also been made for rayers for
girls. En route to the -.DE lounge now5
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'e hoe you ingested as much as you could without the fear of indigestion. In other
news, our neAt event, 6alam&e&"amseel, is about to begin.
6iran Idris, resonsible for 6alam&e&"amseel, will introduce to you the honored 8udges
for and the rules ertaining to this event.
In Seven Ages of Man, 'illiam $hakeseare has written, 1All the world!s a stageE And all
the men and women merely layersE "hey have their eAits and their entrancesE And one
man in his time lays many artsE @is acts being seven ages.1 :et Act + of 6alam&e&
"amseel begin5
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EAeunt all the actors. 'ell done, that was an ama/ing 8ob. I hoe our hotograhers
have done their 8obs well too5
It certainly has been a busy, hectic day, so lease bear with us for a little more time5
AleAander the Dreat said, 1I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for
living well.1 I re%uest the headmistress of our A :evel section, Dr Ca/ia, to address the
audience.
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"hank you, Dr Ca/ia.
I now lead the resence of our rincial, the esteemed Dr Dha/ala, on stage for an
address.
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"hank you, Dr Dha/ala.
Deorge 3ean #athan has said, 1An actor without a laywright is like a hole without a
doughnut.1 "he metahorical laywrights for today were the members of -.DE, without
whose efforts, this event would not have been ossible. Allow us to call on stage for the
4resident!s address and for the vote of thanks, the 4resident of -.DE himself, the @ead
Boy of Deneration!s $chool and a brilliant organi/er, .mer =aroo% Ahmed.
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"he moment of truth & the time for results5 D<# D<# D<###. #erves, crossed fingers,
and baited breath, eole. I ask Dr Ca/ia to come u on stage and give the ri/es to the
winners of 6alam&e&"amseel.
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"he results of Akkasi neAt5 I re%uest 7s $adia Ashar, the coordinator of the A :evel
section, to honor the winners of Akkasi with their ri/es.
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Aaaand now, the results of Declamatrics ).*5 7ay the best man win. .r woman, really,
we wouldn!t dream of being seAist. 7s </ma $hakeel, our . :evel headmistress, is
re%uested to hand out the ri/es to the winners.
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A @<DE shout out to all the winners, congratulations5 "o those who didn!t eAactly get the
result they wanted, better luck neAt time. As De8an $to8anovic said, 1"he game itself is
bigger than the winning.1 And thank you for being such an ama/ing audience5
3a/akAllah, and Allah@afi/.