BTL Participants by Year

2008

Eliane AOUN, Lebanon

Hiba AS-MASRI, Jordan

Ali AWARKE, Lebanon

Randa GHANTOUS, Israel

Karim GHAWI, Jordan

Ehab Ghosheh, Israel

Faris JABER, Jordan

Qais MOUSA, Palestinian Territories

Rand SAFI, Palestinian Territories

Samar SALEH, Syria

Jalal SIREES, Syria

Lina SOUFAN, Palestinian Territories

Edwar TARZI, Syria

2009

Bana AASSY, Israel

Lora ABAZA, Syria

Yara ABOU FAKHER, Syria

Zaid AL-NASSIR, Jordan

Bashar AL-SAWAFTAH, Jordan

Nadia EL MALT, Lebanon

Ahmad EZERY, Israel

Iya GHASSIB, Jordan

Irene GHATTAS, Palestinian Territories

Majd IWIDAT, Palestinian Territories

Nael ROBY, Israel

Hussein YOUNEISS, Lebanon

2010

Khalil ABDALHADI, Palestinian Territories

Ali ALBANKI, Bahrain

Batool ALHEJAIRI, Bahrain

Ghada ALMUHANNA, Saudi Arabia

Ghazi ALSHEHABI, Bahrain

Nadia ALTAEI, Oman

Baha ATTAALLAH, Palestinian Territories

Amr BENNIS, Libya

Houda GHENIM, Algeria

Elie NASSAR, Lebanon

Ayah RABAH, Palestinian Territories

Nour SALIBA, Lebanon

2011

Hadeel AL HADDAD, Bahrain

Sariah AL MIDANI, Syria

Abdelatif EL YAACOUB, Lebanon

Sally EL-HAK, Egypt

Maisa FARID, Morocco

Oussama GHAJJOU, Morocco

Lana NAJJAR, Israel

Hind RAHMOUN, Algeria

Roua SEGHAIER, Tunisia

Jhonny YAACOUB, Lebanon

Maha ZIDAN, Israel

2012

Mohammed J.M. ALBAZ, Palestinian Territories

Amira ALI BOUAOUINA, Algeria

Salma Mohamed Mounir AMMAR, Egypt

Audrey CLEAVER-BARTHOLOMEW, USA

Alyssa COKINIS, USA

Rhowen DALRYMPLE, USA

Anastasia DYACHENKO, Russia

Billie FLAMING, USA

Ikram Cherifa GAGAOUA, Alegeria

Alexander GUBAREV, Russia

Lucy Biddle HELLER, USA

Ann HITT, USA

Sayed Ali Majed Jasim Alawi KADHEM, Bahrain

Hiba KAHOULI, Tunisia

Imane KASRAOUI, Morocco

Patricia KELLY, USA

Darya KOTOVA, Russia

Elena KUDRYAVKINA, Russia

Leonid KUZMENKO, Russia

Sofiko Labzhaniya, Russia

Isobel MCHATTIE, Canada

Hannah MESHULAM, USA

Jacob OET, USA

Lahoucine OUMANSOUR, Morocco

Annie RYDLAND, USA

Alexandra SAMARINA, Russia

Margarita SHCHLEGLOVA, Russia

Margaret Shultz, USA

Youssef SMAOUI, Tunisia

Tatyana SYATCHIKHINA, Russia

Danila TROFIMOV, Russia

Rawan N.M. YAGHI, Palestinian Territories

Fawzi Saleem ZGHYER, Palestinian Territories

Fares ZUBARI, Bahrain

2013

Intimaa ABUHELOU, Palestinian Territories

Cyrine AFRAOUI, Tunisia

Ahmed ALI, Bahrain

Tamim AL-KADASI, Yemen

Shahd AL-KAF, Saudia Arabia

Yaqeen ALKHANAIZI, Bahrain

Miranda ANTHONY, USA

Zoya ANYSHEVA, Russia

Yusra ARAFEH, Jordan

Yasmeen ATME, Israel

Elizabeth BECKMAN, USA

Salma BENOMARA, Morocco

Chris CAMACHO, USA

Alex CHOI, USA

Gracie COBB, USA

Inna DMITRIEVA, Russia

Evgeniya DROBOTUNM, Russia

Akram ELNAGDY, Egypt

Tala EL-ROZ, Kuwait

Ekaterina FILONOVA, Russia

Sara GOLDMAN, USA

Max GRANFIELD, USA

Ni’Shele JACKSON, USA

Isabella JIBILIAN, USA

Lily KAIRIS, USA

Alexander KHRISANOVA, Russia

Noah KIM, USA

Dmitry KRAVCHENKO, Russia

Victoria LARKINA, Russia

Selina LIU, USA

Olivia MARTIN, USA

Destiny MORRISON, USA

Caitlin PLATHE, USA

Ilyas SAMIG, Morocco

Jonathan SCOLAR, USA

Daria SMIRNOVA, Russia

Alec STECKHAN, USA

Elizabeth STILLINGHAGAN, USA

Heidi STOFER, USA

Maggie SULLIVAN, USA

Alina VEZHENINA, Russia

Sadie WALTON, USA

Mikhail ZAKHAROV, Russia

2014

Nada ABDELHAMID, Egypt

Kaotar AIT ALI, Morocco

Noora AL-DOSERI, Bahrain

Fatima ATMA, Israel

Imen BOUHESTIN, Tunisia

McKenna COON, USA

Muhannad DARAJ, Syria

Nicholas DATTA, USA

Jalal DLIMI, Morocco

Kirill DYSHLOVOI, Russia

Mustafa ELSHEIKH MUSTAFA, Sudan

Alissiia KHOROSHAVINA, Russia

Artem KONDRATEV, Russia

Iullia KOZLOVSKAIA, Russia

Kirill KUCHINSKII, Russia

Anastasiia KURGANOVA, Russia

Tatiana LEPKOVICH, Russia

Dani LIPMAN, USA

Johnny LORENZANA, USA

Kerry LUO, USA

Katrina MANRIQUE, Russia

Anton MESHKOV, Russia

Hannah MIAO, USA

Griffin NEAL, usa

Yazan OMARI, Jordan

Alena PIKSAEVA, Russia

Dana RADHI, Bahrain

Oksana SNELL, USA

Matias SOSA-WHEELOCK, USA

Megry TCHANGOULIAN, Lebanon

Jada THOMAS, USA

Alina VASILYEVA, Russia

Merna WAHBA, Egypt

Raina WELLMAN, USA

2015

Orwa ABU MUKH, Israel

Claire ADLER, USA

Melis AKBAS, Turkey

Hajir AL ZADJALI, Oman

Olivia ALGER, USA

Hussein AL-MSHTTAWI, Iraq

Sam ANTHONY, USA

Lianna ARAKELYAN, Armenia

Reem BADR, Egypt

Nur BASCI, Turkey

Shunu BAYDALAKOV, Russia

Karlyn BOENS, USA

Megan BOTT, USA

Iuliia CHERNOVA, Russia

Weston CLARK, USA

Margaret DAVEY, USA

Mohammed EL WAHABI, Morocco

Jayde FERNANDEZ, USA

Gwyneth FORSYTHE, USA

Maria GRIGORYEVA, Russia

Erica GUO, USA

Hanna HALL, USA

Avetis HARUTYUNYAN, Armenia

Narine HARUTYUNYAN, Armenia

Jenan HASAN, Bahrain

Melanie HERRMANN, USA

Allison HUANG, USA

Ahmad IBRAHIM, Pakistan

Mohammed IRFAN, Bangladesh

Daria IVANOVA, Russia

Somi JUN, USA

Olga KADOCHNIKOVA, Russia

Berfinsu KAZAKLI, Turkey

Busra KEVRAN, Turkey

Anna KONDRATYUK, Russia

Anastasia KRIZHANOVSKAYA, Russia

Ngawang LACHUNGPA BHUTIA, Russia

Anna LANCE, USA

Nada Makhlouf, Tunisia

Maya MEADOWS-CLAUSSEN, USA

Deryn MIERLAK, USA

Imthishal MOHAMED, Sri Lanka

Fathima MOHAMED ZAROOK, Sri Lanka

Alisa MOROZOVA, Russia

Grace MORSE, USA

Rana MOURTAJA, Palestinian Territories

Satyendra NAIR, India

Azamat OMURALIEV, Kyrgyzstan

Onur OZTEMIR, Turkey

Brandon PAHL, USA

Chiran PANDEY, Nepal

Zainab Nasim PASHA, Pakistan

Nicola PREUSS, USA

Amsel SALEEM, Pakistan

Sarah SALTZMAN, USA

Annika SCHLESINGER, USA

Meri SHARAOYAN, Armenia

Naomi SHILYANSKI, USA

Annabel SHU, USA

Elizaveta SHUTOVA, Russia

Mikhail SOKOLOV, Russia

Jamie SOLOMON, USA

Paul STANTON, USA

Jigyasa SUBEDI, Nepal

Jana TABET, Lebanon

Junnan TU, China

Sabina UMARZAKOVA, Kyrgyzstan

Jiayi WANG, China

Sydni Taj WELLS, USA

Madeleine YATES, USA

Mariam YEGHIAZARYAN, Armenia

2016

Aya Nader Moh’d ALBSOUL, Jordan

Mohammed Ameen Abed AL-HAJJAJ, Iraq

Nada Mohamed Nabil ALI, Egypt

Mohammad Nabil Said AL-KURD, Palestinian Territories

Lujain Ali Hasan Ali ALSAIBAI, Bahrain

Isaac BALL, USA

Islam Ben Ahmed BEN ABDELAZIZ, Tunisia

Anastasiia BESSONOVA, Russia

Imane BOUHAICHANA, Morocco

Camille CALDERA, USA

Vishwa CHITNIS, USA

Emily CLARKE, USA

Aziza EL HAJ SLEIMAN, Lebanon

Daria FEDOSEEVA, Russia

Yulia GAEVA, Russia

Mariia GALKINA, Russia

Siri GANNHOLM, USA

Amani HAMMAMI, Algeria

Ellen HUGGINS, USA

Ekaterina KARNAUKHOVA, Russia

Anastasiia KOMAROVA, Russia

Vitalii KUZNETSOV, Russia

Jennifer MARER, USA

Georgii MARTIROSIAN, Russia

Kyra MATSUDA, USA

Caitlin MCCORMICK, USA

Ian POWELL-PALM, USA

Artem SHESTOPALOV, Russia

Lily SICKLES, USA

Grace WALTERS, USA

Anastasiia ZHIGALOVA, Russia

2017

Mohammed ABDELSHAFY, Egypt

Walaa ALBAQALI, Bahrain

Vera ALEKSEEVA, Russia

Farah AL-REFAI, Jordan

Fares AMER, Jordan

Amelia ANTHONY, USA

Lina BAAZIZ, Algeria

Gerel BADAEVA, Russia

Yasmina BRAISH, USA

Maeve BRAMMER, USA

Darius CHRISTIANSEN, USA

Grace CLEMENT, USA

Michael DAVIS, USA

Emma EDWARDS, USA

Mariia FESENKO, Russia

Victoria GONG, USA

Jeff GU, USA

Abdelbaki HAMOUCHE, Algeria

Molouk HARP, USA

Haneen HLEIHIL, Israel

Olivia HOWE, USA

Sarah ISSEVER, USA

Sara KAO, USA

Ekaterina KUZOVIKHINA, Russia

ZinebLAADIOUI, Morocco

Fedor LARINOV, Russia

Yan LYUBIMOV, Russia

Nikita MALYSHEV, Russia

Asiya MOHAMMED, USA

Zain MURDOCK, USA

Fadel MUTHANA, USA

Christian NEAIMEH, Lebanon

Em ODESSER, USA

Hannah PAHS, USA

Houra Sara SADEGHI, USA

Tarik SHWAISH, Iraq

Evgeniia SOZANKOVA, Russia

Katrina STARBIRD, USA

Daria VINOGRADSKAYA, Russia

Deija VINSON, USA

Haneen ZAQOUT, Palestinian Territories

2018

Lydia ABEDEEN, USA

Ruba AHMED, Bahrain

Fatima ALARYANI, United Arab Emirates

Nataliia BABASHKINA, Russia

Sarah BENABDELLAH, Algeria

Alexander CANLAS, USA

Isabella CAYETANO, USA

Maria DUDENKOVA, USA

Zhanna DYAKONOVA, Russia

Sofia EFREMOVA, Russia

Doha EL JERRARI, Morocco

Abdelrahman ELTAGER, Egypt

Rastiyar HASHIM, Iraq

Ramez HAYEK, Palestinian Territories

Hanna HORN, Russia

Shri IYENGAR, USA

Kavya JAIN, USA

Charlie KELLEY-PEGG, USA

Julia LARKIN, USA

Sara MAKAHLEH, Jordan

Michael MCCARTHY, USA

Logan METZGER, USA

Sofya MOKROUSOVA, Russia

Gili NAGGAR, Israel

Ivan PEL, Russia

Aleksandr RAMZAI, Russia

Jack REDING, USA

Kaila ROBERTSON, USA

Sofia SCHUMAKER, USA

Tanya SHEHAB, Lebanon

Ameed SHEHAYEB, Lebanon

Alice SILVA, USA

Pavel STASHCHUK, Russia

Sophie SWAN, USA

Angelina TARLOVSKAIA, Russia

Halima ZHAGBIB, Algeria

2019

Abdullah ABDOUHASHIM, USA

Zeina ABOUSHAAR, USA

Rakan ABUTAYEH, Jordan

Helan AHMED, Iraq

Ruba AHMED-ABDELMUTALAB, USA

Prabigyan ARYAL, Nepal

Camille ALEXANDRE, USA

Alexis ANIKE, USA

Sita CONDE, USA

Calvin DEWITTE, USA

Jesse DICKERSIN, USA

Ruishan DING, China

Haroon EHSAN 

Khulan ERDENECHIMEG, Mongolia

Liaa FERNANDEZ, USA

Sehen Kilkush GAMHEWA, Sri Lanka

Jocelyn GAO, USA

Ulvi GITALIYEV, Georgia

Kendyl GREEN, USA

Ana GRIGALASHVILI, Georgia

Quan HARRIS-HOLLEY, USA

Ella HEDER, USA

Daria Aleksandraovna IANCHIK, Russia

Isabella JIANG, USA

Banupriya KADIRGAMASAMY, Sri Lanka

Dana Daniyarovna KANAFINA, Kazakhstan

Emma KAPLON, USA

Anastasiya KAVERINA, Russia

Jana Mahmoud KHALED, Lebanon

Sierra LINDSEY-BISCELLO, USA

Qianhui MA, China

Maryam MIRILI, Azerbaijan

Nadine MOHAMED, Egypt

Elise MONSANTO, USA

Madeline MULLER, USA

Sankalpita MULLICK, India

Ayah MUSTAFA, USA

Bella NOUMBA, USA

Imaan PATEL, USA, India

Vitoria PEREZ, USA

Paridhi PURI, India

Diana QING, USA

A’ssia RAI, USA

Saffiyah SACKOR, USA

Nagham SAFWAT, Egypt

Yonus SAHADAT 

Mariam SAMKHARADZE, Georgia

Lia SCHARNAU, USA

Aren SEDRAKYAN, Armenia

Ayesha SHAIKH, Pakistan

Sabine SHEHAB, Lebanon

Jasmine SHRESTHA, Nepal

Fiona SIEVERT, USA

Aidan SPURGETIS, USA

Asparukh Nurzhanuly SULTAN-MURAT, Kazakhstan

Nane VARDANYAN, Armenia

Mary-Kate WILSON, USA

Gracie ZHANG, USA

Abdumalik Akmatovich ZHUSUPOV, Kyrgyzstan

2020

Nafira AHMAD, Bangladesh 

Tekle Alavidze, Georgia 

Shadi ALI, Iraq 

Huseyn ALILI, Azerbaijan 

Aisha ALNAQBI, United Arab Emirates 

Maryam ALWAN, USA 

Zahara ANVER, Sri Lanka 

Achref BENNANI, Tunisia 

Nour El Houda BERKANE, Algeria  

Shurouq BUSTANJI, Jordan 

Ian CAVANAUGH, USA 

David CHEN, USA 

Miguel Betran CUESTA, USA  

John FREDERICKSON, USA 

Caroline GAO, USA 

Paris GITOBU, USA 

Hana HAFEEZ, USA 

Farah HAJIZADA, Azerbaijan  

Ethan Ji-hoon HAN  

Zainab HASAN, Pakistan   

Arshveen HORA, India 

Samira HOSSAIN, Bangladesh 

Omar IBRAHIM, Egypt 

Hesandi JAYASEKARA, Sri Lanka 

Amir KABALAN, Lebanon 

Mariam KHAN, USA  

Aleksandre KHUNDZAKISHVILI, Georgia  

Roman KOLISHENKO, Ukraine  

Kevin Stanley KONG, USA  

Pavlo KOROL, Ukraine 

Fiona KUBALAK, USA 

Harper Layne KUCIK, USA  

Catie KUEHL, USA 

Celine KRAITEM, Lebanon  

Quinn LANDER, USA 

Danju Zoe LIU, USA 

Serafima LITVINENKO, Russia 

Noureen MAHMOUD, Egypt 

Norma Mohamad MAKKI, USA  

Rebekah MITCHELL, USA 

Debkanya MITRA, USA 

Haroun MOUDEN, Morocco  

Ibaa Hadj MESSAOUD, Morocco    

Vardaan PANDEY, India 

Libby RIGGS, USA 

Madeleine RUSSELL, USA 

Judy SAAFEIN, USA 

Samandar SAMANDAROV, Tajikistan 

Drew SHINOZAKI, USA 

Elizabeth SHVARTS, USA 

Zelda SIEGEL, USA 

Danielle Marie SIPP, USA  

Anya Jacqueline TANG, USA  

Ruth Catherine THOMAS, USA 

Eleanor WARD, USA 

Finn Otis YETPLÉ, USA 

Clara YUSTE-GOLOB, USA & Spain 

Sahar ZAR, Tunisia 

Ulana ZHUSSIP, Kazakhstan 

Adan ZIA, Pakistan 

Matthew Daiqing ZHANG, USA 

2021

Mona ABD EL-GAWAD, Egypt

Mohammad AL ADDASI, Jordan

Ghala ALNAQBI, UAE

Bailey ANDERSON-KITA, USA

Tara AWATE, India

Andrew BARBER, USA

Sansar BATBAYAR, Mongolia

Nina BALLERSTEDT, USA

Varvara BORDYUG, Ukraine

Grace CHAN, USA

Leyun CHENG, China

Aleksandr CHOBANYAN, Armenia

Anuva CHOWDHURY, Bangladesh/USA

Kathryn DAEMICKE, USA

Anna DAI-LIU, USA

Ayezah DAR, USA

Adele DONOVAN, USA

Christopher EID, Lebanon

Alle FAEQ, Iraq

Anna FOX, USA

Basant GERGES, Egypt

Brianna GONZALEZ ULLOA, USA

Mariam GULEDANI, Georgia

Arshiya HUSAIN, Pakistan

Yashaswi JAISHY, USA

Claire JIANG, USA

Emily JONES, USA

Charlotte JUDKINS, USA

Andrew KANG, USA

Mariia KARACHEVA, Russia

Khalida KHAIRI 

Courtney KIM, USA

Victoria KISHOIYIAN, USA

Elizaveta KUKAVA, Georgia

Victory LADIPO, USA

Natalia LASHLEY, USA

Aneesah LAWRENCE, USA

Tenuun LKHAGVADORJ, Mongolia

Zainab LODI, Pakistan

Spencer MADSEN, USA

Maude MALONE, USA

Ariya MASHIYAT, Bangladesh

Aliyeva MEHRIBAN, Azerbaijan

Bi Bi Aisha MURADI

Rudaina MUSTANSIR, Bangladesh 

Reina NAJJAR, Lebanon

Azizakhon NAZAROVA, Tajikistan

Roza NICHIRVAN, Iraq

Kaden NZARO, USA

Amalou OASSOU, Morocco

Ife OLATONA, USA

Joanna PETERS, USA

Ayman RAAKIN HAQUE, Bangladesh/USA

Niloufar RASOULI 

Emily RIGHTER, USA

Maia ROOTHAAN, USA

Anna SAFRONOVA, Russia

Joe SAWMA, Lebanon

Kritheeshwar SENTITCUMARAN, Sri Lanka

Ulyana SIROTKINA, Russia

Caeleigh STAMPER, USA

Neptune STEVENS, USA

Haritha SUGATHADASA, Sri Lanka

Anxing SHEN, China

Janina SHIVDASANI, India

Shue Ying Lauren TAN, USA

Sara TANNOUS, Lebanon

Abigail TENENBAUM, USA

Daiana USSENKHAN, Kazakhstan

Isabella VALENZUELA, USA

Luke WILLIS, USA

Alma YAAFOURI, Lebanon

Charlotte YEUNG, USA

Aruzhan ZHANABATYROVA, Kazakhstan

Sophia ZHAO, USA

Vivian ZHU, USA

Luka ZUKHUBAIA, Georgia

2022

Angela Hassan ABD ELKHALEK, Lebanon

Hooria AKHGAR, Afghanistan

Miral Ibrahim ALMUASHER, Jordan

Ifsat Jerin APSARA, Bangladesh

Anel AZHIBAYEVA, Kazakhstan

Sophiko DATUASHVILI, Georgia

Daniel Ayman EL-DANAF, Lebanon

Julia FINKE, USA

Charlie HALL, USA

Sova Sarkawt HAMA HUSSEIN, Iraq

Oleksandra HOROPAKHA, Ukraine

Cennuo HU, Ukraine

Adele JOHNSTON, USA

Marita Tateos JOULFAYAN, Lebanon

Aarush JOSHI, USA

Ghida KAWTHARANI, Lebanon

Zuyena KEHKASHA, Bangladesh

Vahan MANISAJIAN, Armenia

Ramzi Zaid MASANNAT, Jordan

Jaylen McCULLOUGH, USA

Ekaterine METREVELI, Georgia

Omar Mahmoud MNFY, Egypt

Dana Nagah MOUSA, Egypt

Divansshi MUKUNTHAN, Sri Lanka

Sara Tarek NAJIA, Lebanon

Iryna Oleksandrivna NESCHOTNA, Ukraine

Oleksandra NIKANOVA, Ukraine

Doktor Dominika OLEKSZANDRIVNA, Ukraine

Deju OLUWADIMIMU, USA

Onur OZTEMIR, Turkey

Tetiana PAVLINA, Ukraine

Vasilisa POLISHCHUCK, Russia

Hamid REZAEE, Afghanistan

Kate ROWBERRY, USA

Aleksandra RUZAVINA, Russia

Khrystyna SAIKO, Ukraine

Atoulloh SALIMOV, Tajikistan

Abdulrahman Sabir SULAIMAN, Iraq

Tsovinar TADEVOSYAN, Armenia

Tara VUPHAM, USA

Jessica WANG, USA

2023

Lina ALIMIZADA, Afghanistan

Roshmi DASGUPTA, India

Tanatsiwa DUBE, Zimbabwe

Sahil GANDHI, USA

Elizabeth HSU, USA

Ankita JAIKUMAR, USA

Miguel KATTOUAH, Lebanon

Shalom LIVINGSTON, Ghana

Uzayer MASUD, Bangladesh

Shamiso NYONI, Zimbabwe

Brynne O’HARE, USA

Nina PERCHANI, Pakistan

Azima QUYUM, Bangladesh

Narges RASOULI, Afghanistan 

Sofia RASTELLI, USA

Cyril SACKEY, Ghana 

Alex SHILKROT, USA

Asma SULTANI, Afghanistan

Inis TAGBOR, Ghana

Aleena TAHIR, Pakistan

Amari TAYLOR, USA

Isabella VICARI, USA

Farwa WAFAYEE, Afghanistan

Mia WALKER, USA

Ava WONG, USA

Emma WONG, USA
 

 

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