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Ayah Bdeir
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Ayah Bdeir

Lebanese-Canadian entrepreneur, inventor, and interactive artist

Ayah Bdeir (Arabic: آية بدير; born 1982 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Lebanese-Syrian-Canadian entrepreneur, inventor, and innovator. She is the inventor of littleBits, a company that produces modular electronics kits for education and prototyping, and that was acquired by Sphero in 2019.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Ayah Bdeir (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1982.1

About

She is also the co-founder of Daleel Thawra, a directory of protests, initiatives, donations for the Lebanese Revolution.

Bdeir is also known for her contributions to the Maker Movement, advocacy for open-source hardware, and her promotion of gender-neutrality in STEAM education. She co-founded the Open Hardware Summit and has been recognized as a TED Senior Fellow.

Bdeir was named one of BBC's 100 Most Influential Women, has appeared on the covers of The New York Times Magazine, WIRED and the Wall Street Journal. Her inventions are included in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and she holds over a dozen patents.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ayah Bdeir, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedAmerican University of Beirut3
  • Date not recordedMassachusetts Institute of Technology3

Career

Occupation: engineer, designer, entrepreneur.5

Personal life

  • Born1982, Montreal6
  • CitizenshipCanada, Lebanon7

Awards

  • 2019BBC 100 Women8 9

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