Ted Speaker, Writer, Engineer and Activist for the Middle East

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Miriam is a Ted speaker, activist, and technologist. At 19, Miriam was the youngest teacher at Stanford University, teaching a class on virtual reality, in the Computer Science Department.

Miriam Haart stars in the award-nominated top 10 hit series, ‘My Unorthodox Life’ on Netflix. Miriam is a founder, speaker, writer and activist with more than 400K followers across her platforms, recently featured on Time Out Mag for her work. Her podcast, Faking It, has gained significant popularity.

Her latest Ted talk, “The SITT Test: Are You Really Thinking Freely?”, focuses on modern society’s shift towards fundamentalist thinking drawing from her own experience growing up in an ultra-Religious community and her studies at Stanford.

Her content involves Jewish and Middle Eastern Activism, politics, female-tech leadership, and motivation. Miriam was a lecturer and graduate in Computer Science from Stanford University. She taught a class on Virtual Reality Development. Miriam has built over 10 iOS apps, some of which she’s won awards for.

Miriam is an iCenter Fellow Recipient in Middle Eastern Studies. As well as a recipient of the Z-Fellowship and the Tel Aviv Institute Fellowship.  

Latest Writings

Miriam has written on Extremism, Middle Eastern Politics, Antisemitism in America, Technology and more

Pride or prejudice? Antisemitism in queer spaces


Why I’m anti anti-Zionism


A Rainbow and It’s Ephemeral Beauty


Hear her speak.

From Tedx to Fortune 500s, Miriam talks about rising extremism, antisemitism, and technology

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“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring”

—Marilyn Monroe