Middle East Gala Ceremony 2013

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Shereen Mitwalli

Host

Shereen Mitwalli formally trained in TV presenting & acting at The Sydney Academy for Film & Television and the New York Film Academy.

Her peerless expertise, exceptional-wit and congenial persona make her a benchmark for her field. Companies, institutions, brands and event planners loyally keep Shereen on their rolodex.

Commanding a substantial audience with her energy and enthusiasm, Shereen has hosted many prestigious international and local events for the likes of Rolls Royce, Grazia Middle East and receiving raving feedback. She has interviewed established names both on and off camera including Sir Richard Branson, Actor; Gerard Butler, Quincy Jones and various members of the UAE Royal Family.

With exciting projects coming up in 2013 including her very own TV show, as well as her debut as a lead into the world of cinema. In November 2012 she was awarded ‘Best Actress’ in Middle East by international judges for 48-hour movie entry ‘Dead End’ directed by Naim Zaboura.

Shereen continues to represent Arab women on a more global scale along with being the Kiva Ambassador for the Middle East. As the Middle East Ambassador, Shereen passionately supports a charity called Kiva (www.kiva.org), a non-profit charity platform lending money to entrepreneurs in third world countries who don't have easy access to finance institutions like the western world. As an entrepreneur herself, Shereen firmly believes in supporting others wanting to pursue a dream of self-support instead of being dependent.

Nitin Mirani

Comedian

Nitin Mirani is a Dubai based International comedian who performs extensively for organisations and large-scale events at venues around the world. In 2010 he launched his solo show Komic Sutra, attracting rave reviews wherever it played. In 2009 he was chosen to play the role of the Kashmiri taxi driver in the award-winning film ‘City of Life’ directed by Ali Mostafa.

Over the last 12 months the man who What’s On Dubai called ‘The King of U.A.E comedy’, has earned a number of high profile awards and plaudits including nomination for ‘Best Personality’ at the 2012 Best in Dubai Awards, being named as ‘One of the Funniest People of 2012’ by Rolling Stone M.E, making the 2013 Ahlan! ‘Hot 100 List’ and winning the 2013 ‘Face of the Year’ at the Ahlan Masala Awards.

To date Mirani has performed with some of comedy’s biggest names including Eddie Griffin, Maz Jobrani, Max Amini, Ava Vidal, Papa CJ, Vidur Kapur, Nemr Abou Nassar, Aron Kader and Dean Obeidallah to name a few and frequently appears on TV and radio wherever he performs.