Omar Samra - عمر سمره
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✊🏻 Climate Action | Equality | Refugees | Space Exploration 🏔🌊 Serial Adventurer 👨🚀 Analogue Astronaut 🎢 Founder @wildguanabana 🎥 Beyond the Raging Sea
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Joined December 2008
Over the years, I've mastered endurance. My work now is surrender. It seems that what once helped me survive is now what I need to unlearn. Endurance got me here. But surrender is what will take me further. If you’ve ever confused survival with momentum, this might speak to
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Fear isn’t the enemy. It’s the compass. https://t.co/B7rGjbfXZj
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In Mongolia I was suddenly promoted. My new title? Yak Commander. Here’s what happened →
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I boarded a train to Mongolia. Got off as a rock star. 🎸 One minute I’m helping strangers with their luggage… The next, I’m walking through a screaming crowd because my “strangers” were Mongolia’s most famous band. No guitar skills. Best commute ever. 📖 I Joined a
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My Substack published this morning at 8:08am, every Wednesday.. and this time, about the day I got fired. Subscribe if you like what you read, and let me know your thoughts . Thank you! https://t.co/AfR6t80XbP
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Climbed Everest ✅ was still clueless on what to do next 🤷🏽♂️ My third Substack “Lost, Found, and Lost Again?” Is a light reflection into the mess of uncertainty. https://t.co/sxLcETeYgw
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My second substack - Where I hide my pain - is out. I’d love for you to read it and let me know your thoughts 🙏🏼🤍 https://t.co/kUGUeSjBhT
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Finally, after months of hesitation, I’ve started a Substack. If you’re on the platform, I’d love for you to subscribe. If not, you can still read my first post here. The intention is to create a space for raw, honest reflections on life, grief, growth, and the things we often
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Meet your commencement speakers! Omar Samra ’00—adventurer & entrepreneur—will inspire undergraduates with his journey of resilience. Azza El-Shinnawy ’90, ’94—tech innovator—will share insights on AI & digital transformation at the graduate ceremony. #AUCDriven #MakingAUCProud
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My film Beyond the Raging Sea launches today in NYC cinemas (26/04 - 02/05) and in LA (May 3 to 9). If anyone is in town, I'd love if you came out to watch it. I'll be there for the first 3 days of each US city for a Q&A after the movie. The film recounts my adventure
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Hi Omar!👋 @munrofilms @MarcoDeMonaco
#BeyondTheRagingSea dives into extreme athletes Omar Nour & Omar Samra, as they accept a 3,000-mile Atlantic Ocean crossing by rowboat🚣♀️ No assistance, no stopping. Take the journey at select ODEON Cinemas tomorrow📲 https://t.co/6fLwJr5hnf
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"You don't need to worry about progressing slowly. You need to worry about climbing the wrong mountain." -@JamesClear
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The build up to the Herero-Nama genocide in Namibia, perpetrated by Germany started on 12 January 1904. The absurdity of Germany, on 12 January 2024, rejecting genocide charges against Israel and warning about the “political instrumentalisation of the charge” is not lost on us.
There's something hard for us, children of the colonised, to articulate because the world is upside down. Europe and its descendants, can't differentiate between principle and episode. This is why Germany (and much of Europe) is doomed to be genocidal. Here is what I mean. 🧵
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Dear @POTUS, I hope by now this letter has made it to your desk. It is soundly and thoughtfully written. There is a growing credibility gap between this administration’s stated core values vs actions, having a depressive effect on organizing and support around the upcoming
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A Call for The Resignation of Julia Hartley-Brewer - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/EUvrROf2Sd via @Change
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A Call for The Resignation of Julia Hartley-Brewer
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Israel: Egypt is solely responsible for aid not being delivered to Gaza Common Sense: What about using Gaza’s 45km sea border?
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On behalf of 3yr old Ahmed, I say to those with influence > Please find your empathy. Your compassion?! It's dismaying to hear how so many overlook the horrors hitting children in #Gaza Get those Israeli children home; & stop killing thousands in Gaza. Please. Stop.
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This video got deleted on Instagram and TikTok, let’s see if X care more about the truth
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