I started

programming

at age 9 and won many competitions and tournaments since. I studied

Computer & Communication Engineering

.
I was ranked

top coder in Lebanon and in Middle East/North Africa

.

I've done many talks,

coached startups

, judged, and

mentored

at various events.
I've worked with over 350 clients.

I currently have my own company

XTND

which developed as soon as I finished college.
We do

websites, mobile apps, e-commerce, custom software, etc.

.
A very big part of the local market is directly or indirectly related to my work.

You can check a couple of my other startups as well:
www.moviegoers.me
www.lebanesebands.com

I started my professional career when sold my first project at 13.
I worked as a tech co-host on Voix Du Liban (sot lebnen) radio for few years after.
In high school, I did my school's

website

(was the first school in Lebanon to have a website).

Some of the most notable talks I've done are at BLOM Shabeb,

Facebook Developer Network

,

Yalla Startup Weekend

, amongst many others.


Some interviews:

• An Nahar
  From 11-Year Old Website Developer to Business Owner
• Al Ektisad
  One of the first web programmers in Lebanon, Roy Naufal shares his success story
• LebMetal
  Interview with Roy Naufal
  
• Other interviews:
  Ra2ed ,
  Audience Magazine (UK),
  MetalHammer (UK),
  Al Hayat,
  Nahar El Shabeb,
  Al Manatek,
  TimeOut Beirut,
  Orbit,
  ART,
  Future TV,
  Tele Liban,
  Zein TV,
  MTV,
  Radio One,
  Voice of Lebanon Radio, etc.

I have great interest in

roadtrips, outdoors, & adventures

. I do many activities & sports such as parkour, freerunning, biking, snowboarding, skiing, hiking, etc.
I also have a passion for photography & filmography, so with time, I built a huge archive of footage.

Whenever I posted something online, I got asked "is this in Lebanon? where is this? etc.", specially that many of the places we adventured to are relatively unknown.

So that's how the idea for

Roydtrip

(roadtrip play on words) came up, knowing that, most of the online blogs with "suggested places to visit" do not show enough information about any of the locations they share.

So today, it is an on-going online project with a map covering Lebanon with different videos, pictures, and full description of places in Lebanon we venture to.

You can visit the website here: www.roydtrip.com.

Check out some videos:
Rankin Island,
Snowboarding in Lebanon,
200km South to North drive,

I started playing music in high school. I picked up bass as an instrument after a friend introduced me to it.
I fell in love with bass as soon as I picked it up the first time, specially that guitar never really captivated me.

In high school, I formed a metal band (Blood Ink) that lasted for about 11 years before it reorganized into another band (Ink26) that lasted 2 years. Then, the other members' interests shifted elsewhere and caused the band to become inactive.

I currently am experimenting with a new musical project.

Here are few videos from my music work:
Blood Ink - Skull Crusher,
Blood Ink - Album Teaser,
Blood Ink - Drayke,
Ink26 - Renegade

Through the music & band lifestyle, I got interested in events as there was a big lack locally, and I felt the need to start organizing my own.
From small events, this developed into huge scale events gathering up to 1500 people with international artists.
This hobby developed professionally under the name Rockring, which some people joked and called Royring!
I've organized over 40 concerts, some of the most known being:

• HAIL! (all-star international band with members from Megadeth, Slayer Sepultura, Judas Priest, & Overkill)
• Global Battle of the Bands (to which I am the official license holder in Lebanon) - international battle with 25 countries
• Summer Fusion Festival
• Back to the Roots Metal concert

HAIL! considered Lebanon as one of their best concerts ever played and considered my team & I as one of the best organizers they've worked with.
This got me an interview with one of the biggest international Metal magazines: Metal Hammer - it was the first time Lebanon got acclaimed internationally for high scale metal concerts.
You can read the interviews here: page 1, page 2

Some videos: - HAIL! - Territory (Sepultura Cover),
- Summer Fusion 2017 trailer,
- Summer Fusion - Jack Haddad, House of the Rising Sun