x²-8x+7=0. Multiply both sides by 0, you'll get nothing, quitting isn't an option. Plug in 1, you'll get a relatively simple solution, sometimes simplicity can be a good thing. In the end, 7 remains the last solution. I see 7 as the solution to the equation of my life, a simple number that can put to peace my life's mystery.
7 represents Cristiano Ronaldo. As a young child, I wanted to be like him, proudly wearing the white jersey of Real Madrid. As I turned 5, I joined my first soccer team and 2 years later, I was the one with the captain's armband. I recall one time when I wore a pair of jeans with football boots at school ; the same day, curious, my teachers asked : "Ahmed, who do you want to be when you grow up?", I answered (as always) : "the next Ronaldo". Eight years later, a knee injury added a glance of negativity, revealing that -8x in the equation.
7 is also my favorite number. Choose a number from 1 to 10, you have a 68% chance of taking 7. It's the only prime number preceding a cube. 7 got me in astrology too ; it represents Neptune and the seven sisters, a cluster that is 444 light years away. Looking at the sky, at dawn, was a simple way of savoring my early years of life, dreaming of becoming the future Armstrong of space, discovering new worlds, black holes and the universe's mysteries like in Interstellar.
7 also represents the number of scripts I wrote, weird right? I see that as a sign because cinema was the only thing that got me up through my trauma. After my surgery, I got a notebook, little did I know that this item will soon become the realm of my imagination. I wrote mostly stories to clear out my regrets - one deals with a young girls' journey to reclaiming her football career after an injury - and some superheroes stories too... The little Ahmed went from a Ronaldo to a Tarantino wish ; a new passion that got me into various journeys.
Searching for a spot to shoot a movie, I found myself 7 hours from my home-city. Arriving in Ait Baha was like seeing the City of God in Blade Runner - the streets were dark, lamps were rare and only the wealthy had access to electricity. The lack of basic amenities was humbling and an eye opener. I used to see cinema as the catalyst to my creativity, but, honestly, it's this experience that truly filled my notebook - every solution found its place on a page.
My solution isn't a numerical value, but it has a name : EcoZen. It's a project that might not save the universe, but I'm aiming for the stars. One day, I want to see every household on Earth enlighten ; I want to create a bridge between cultures and energy innovations. I want to create an organization that produces electricity in a really subtle way, at a household level, without changing the life's equation of landscapes. For example, putting an alternator in a water pipeline can be a relatively simple solution to the equation, but that equation does have an infinite amount of them, and I'm the sum of all those solutions, noted S={EcoZen} (for EcoZen ∈ ℕ*).
Creating EcoCare and debating about global energetic disparities in MUN gave me an approximate value of 6.99 to the equation, but, no matter how much I try, it will never hit 7, not with my current knowledge honestly. Finding its solution might take some time, and a lot of coffee, but, standing at the intersection of my past and my future, I now realize that my life has always been that way. From chasing a dream of becoming the next Cristiano Ronaldo to the next Armstrong and Tarantino, I've always tried to find solutions in others. Now, I plan to create the next Ahmed Amine. I aspire to become the author of change, the storyteller of impact, and the hero of my destiny.
7 represents Cristiano Ronaldo. As a young child, I wanted to be like him, proudly wearing the white jersey of Real Madrid. As I turned 5, I joined my first soccer team and 2 years later, I was the one with the captain's armband. I recall one time when I wore a pair of jeans with football boots at school ; the same day, curious, my teachers asked : "Ahmed, who do you want to be when you grow up?", I answered (as always) : "the next Ronaldo". Eight years later, a knee injury added a glance of negativity, revealing that -8x in the equation.
7 is also my favorite number. Choose a number from 1 to 10, you have a 68% chance of taking 7. It's the only prime number preceding a cube. 7 got me in astrology too ; it represents Neptune and the seven sisters, a cluster that is 444 light years away. Looking at the sky, at dawn, was a simple way of savoring my early years of life, dreaming of becoming the future Armstrong of space, discovering new worlds, black holes and the universe's mysteries like in Interstellar.
7 also represents the number of scripts I wrote, weird right? I see that as a sign because cinema was the only thing that got me up through my trauma. After my surgery, I got a notebook, little did I know that this item will soon become the realm of my imagination. I wrote mostly stories to clear out my regrets - one deals with a young girls' journey to reclaiming her football career after an injury - and some superheroes stories too... The little Ahmed went from a Ronaldo to a Tarantino wish ; a new passion that got me into various journeys.
Searching for a spot to shoot a movie, I found myself 7 hours from my home-city. Arriving in Ait Baha was like seeing the City of God in Blade Runner - the streets were dark, lamps were rare and only the wealthy had access to electricity. The lack of basic amenities was humbling and an eye opener. I used to see cinema as the catalyst to my creativity, but, honestly, it's this experience that truly filled my notebook - every solution found its place on a page.
My solution isn't a numerical value, but it has a name : EcoZen. It's a project that might not save the universe, but I'm aiming for the stars. One day, I want to see every household on Earth enlighten ; I want to create a bridge between cultures and energy innovations. I want to create an organization that produces electricity in a really subtle way, at a household level, without changing the life's equation of landscapes. For example, putting an alternator in a water pipeline can be a relatively simple solution to the equation, but that equation does have an infinite amount of them, and I'm the sum of all those solutions, noted S={EcoZen} (for EcoZen ∈ ℕ*).
Creating EcoCare and debating about global energetic disparities in MUN gave me an approximate value of 6.99 to the equation, but, no matter how much I try, it will never hit 7, not with my current knowledge honestly. Finding its solution might take some time, and a lot of coffee, but, standing at the intersection of my past and my future, I now realize that my life has always been that way. From chasing a dream of becoming the next Cristiano Ronaldo to the next Armstrong and Tarantino, I've always tried to find solutions in others. Now, I plan to create the next Ahmed Amine. I aspire to become the author of change, the storyteller of impact, and the hero of my destiny.
