A poet at heart, when he was just a six and a half year old little boy, Amir was secretly tortured, sexually assaulted and terrorized nearly to death by two radical Islamists in Qatar for being the son of a Sudanese-American father and professor. It took him many years to regain his freedom in living by first being able to write and speak about his origin story followed by embracing timeless resilient leadership development practices.

Nowadays, also known as the newly emerging soul singer, guitar slinger and songwriter, Drima Starlight, he is at last learning to sing about it as seen on TED.com in his talk.

Nearly two decades ago in 2007, after he began to share his learnings, art and experiences with inquisitive close friends and colleagues, requests for him to teach his researched values-based methods and strategies grew.

Despite some initial doubts, and in response to increasing demands on his time and mental bandwith, he eventually founded AssertiveU beginning in 2014. Described by WIRED as a "formidable speaker" and by a celebrity musician as being "like a 300-year old sage who is wise beyond his years," Amir a.k.a. Drima has shared the stage with presidents and prime ministers as well as Nobel Peace and Literature Prize laureates all of whom deeply affirm human rights, potential and liberty for all. Today, AssertiveU is here to guide bright leaders like you too artfully, rapidly and effectively to make a greater difference.

As AssertiveU's "Chief Freedom Advocate" and narrative strategist, and with the guidance of Evelyn Skye Blaise as partner and advisor, Amir Ahmad Nasr has globally coached leaders and pioneered facilitation methods that resolve stubborn issues where others failed. He has been instrumental to innovative Fortune 500 executives and teams, founder-led billion dollar and $100 million brands, Inc. 500 and Forbes 30 Under 30 founders as well as NY Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling authors, Grammy and Emmy recognized storytellers, and diverse aspiring and renowned speakers, coaches and consultants. As a result, they are all more skilled in the art of courageously truthful narrative strategy and world-building.

"A man of the world" who has traveled as a writer to dozens of countries, he actively merges the best and most proven of timeless Eastern and Western philosophies and practices to serve you with greater understanding and versatility. His earlier literary, intelligence and investigative journalism work, as a spiritual humanist and heterodox free thinker, attracted glowing praise from a diverse global audience and influential readership that includes White House officials, intelligence officers, military leaders, Academy and Emmy Award-winning Hollywood personalities, Marvel and Disney storytellers, celebrated entrepreneurs, Ivy League academics and tech investors, and fellow artists, activists and entrepreneurs.

He has been featured in dozens of media outlets in over 13 languages telling stories about spirituality, human flourishing, our new sci-fi present and better alternative models of reality that free you to thrive. He has also been interviewed in the Emmy Award-winning documentary film Live Your Quest with Jack Canfield, Lisa Nichols, Rev. Michael Beckwith of Agape and Tom Bilyeu of Impact Theory. Most of all, Ken Wilber, the philosopher of consciousness featured in the original Matrix trilogy movies, described Amir's debut memoir as an author at the age of 26 as "important and significant... especially at this time in our history... This is the right message, at the right time, from the right person.

When he is not coaching by day, he is at work on his poetic debut visual concept album and one-man play by night. A deep listener and insightful comedic artist whose values are transcendence, musicality and conviction, he coaches leaders who are conscious reality creators and experts in their fields just like you to face their foremost fears as well as powerfully find, clarify and amplify their true voice and values and be in their element.