Adnan is a curious, hopeful human from Jerusalem, now living in Los Angeles. On a mission to bring people together through tech, AI, dialogue, and entrepreneurship.

As a lecturer at UCLA, Adnan teaches “Design Entrepreneurship for Peace and Impact,” empowering students to harness technology for social good. He has been part of the executive board at Tech2Peace for six years, contributing to the collaborative team efforts that transformed the organization from its early stages with very limited funding into a multimillion-dollar initiative that fosters tech and dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians.

Adnan founded the PeaceTech Affinity Group with ALLMEP, uniting 20 CEOs focused on peacebuilding by engaging Palestinians and Israelis through tech education, entrepreneurship, job placement, and dialogue within a shared high-tech ecosystem.

Adnan is currently a Member at OpenAI Forum, and Member at Council on Tech and Social Cohesion.

Ex-director and host at Beitna channel that makes stories about wonderful Palestinians and Israelis showing the humanity on each side.

A fellow at the Beerman Foundation and an awardee of Billions Acts of Peace, Adnan recently presented the Youth AI Policy at the Global Nobel Peace Summit, emphasizing the urgent need for AI training and AI ethics, continuing his journey to unite communities through technology..