22nd February – Crossfire : Debating Competition 2023

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7th Inter- School Crossfire Debating Competition “CROSSFIRE” was organized this year by The Young Vision – UAE’s Leading Youth Magazine and hosted by IMT Business School, Dubai on 22nd February 2023 at Dubai Campus.

The competition aimed to promote the public-speaking skills and develop an effective platform for intellectual interaction of students from various schools. This year 25 Schools are competing from across the UAE, between 100 students were in attendance to compete with each other. The topic for this year’s debate is Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom”. The teams before us will be arguing for and against the topic.

Heartiest Congratulations to the Winners of Crossfire 2023.

Team CodeSchool NameMember 1Member 2
CR-AF-109Al Shola Private SchoolLama KamelDuaa Nashat Alkafawin
CR-NG-219The Bloomington AcademyIsrat RahmanNavera Asif
CR-NG-206Dubai National School- Al Barsha – GirlsKawkab Mohammad Al AshrafiLayan Saad Mohammad Al Abed

Finalist Team from Affirmative & Negative Team.

Affirmative Teams

Team CodeSchool NameMember 1Member 2
CR-AF-109Al Shola Private SchoolLama KamelDuaa Nashat Alkafawin
CR-AF-108Al Zuhour Private SchoolRodaina Adel HelmyOmar Ridwan
CR-AF-119St. Mary’s Catholic School, DubaiRachelmaria PadayattyVanuja Wenusara Kumarasiri
CR-AF-117Pristine Private SchoolFatima ZahraAbeer Asif Abu Bakar Kayser
CR-AF-106Al Wahda Private School – GirlsNajla AlzaabiMahra Alshamsi
CR-AF-113Dubai National School- Al Barsha – GirlsYara Nedal EnnabNoor Fares Qasem Ahmad

Negative Teams

Team CodeSchool NameMember 1Member 2
CR-NG-201New World Private SchoolAhmed Hani Salah OmarYousef Mohammed Ali
CR-NG-204Pristine Private SchoolGidev FernandoAlan Palayoor Francis
CR-NG-206Dubai National School- Al Barsha – GirlsKawkab Mohammad Al AshrafiLayan Saad Mohammad Al Abed
CR-NG-216Al Kamal American International School, Al AzraAdam Moussa ElmahdyAmir Hussain Mohd Asif
CR-NG-219The Bloomington AcademyIsrat RahmanNavera Asif
CR-NG-220St. Mary’s Catholic School, DubaiAshlyn Regina D’souzaDamian Maxwell Pledger