Margaret Dongfang

Founder @SandbookAI built on a @Harvard mind | Diplomat for sovereign AI repping @01AI_Yi MENA by @kaifulee | Trained @FletcherSchool in global tech statecraft

[Margaret Dongfang @ming186771]

Aim. Shoot. Adjust. Repeat.
That’s startup life.

Excited to share that Sandbook has joined the TikTok x Blossom SME Empowerment Program.

Grateful to build alongside sharp founders — all aiming at moving targets, all still pulling the trigger.

@tiktok_us @BlossomAccel

[Margaret Dongfang @ming186771]

Ever since I arrived in Saudi, my reading palette didn’t get the memo — it became the memo.
Hemingway, Rumi, Woolf… all now in Saudi Green.

ألوان قراءتي أصبحت تنطق بلون الأرض التي أحببتها

[Margaret Dongfang @ming186771]

This week we ran a workshop with the amazing teachers at @Ajialunaedu.

They explored our AI game engine — not as straightforward as ChatGPT, but it learns with you.

And where AI stumbles? That’s where we stretch its creative edge.

📸 Here’s a glimpse of what they built 👇

[Margaret Dongfang @ming186771]

A proud milestone 🚀

Kids now spend over an hour per session on Sandbook—not because they have to, but because they want to.

Watching them own the stage today—confidently presenting and asking “Any questions?” with a grin—was everything.

Big shoutout to @sekintschools 🧡

[Sandbook.ai @SandbookAI]

Sandbook is not just launching—it’s being showcased as a flagship at @GESSeducation
An AI engine born from real classrooms, now reshaping how students learn, feel, and thrive.

[Margaret Dongfang @ming186771]

Incredible energy at the @SchoolexpoSa in Riyadh 🇸🇦
Met dozens of top schools — visionary educators ready to rewire learning. @SchoolsRiyadh @sekintschools @EtonHouseGroup

With Sandbook, knowledge isn’t crammed.
It’s hacked. Through play. Through joy. Through curiosity.

[Margaret Dongfang @ming186771]

If you haven’t been to the Islamic Biennale in Jeddah, I really recommend it.

One line from the Qur’an stayed with me: “all that is in between.”

Maybe it’s not just about the heavens and the earth, or beginning and end.
Maybe it’s about the space where we grow. The becoming.

[Margaret Dongfang @ming186771]

Always funny when people say, kids are too young to understand that.
Give them the right words, the right story—watch them get it.
BBC’s little philosophy animations are such a gem. Who am I? What is fair? Our place in nature? All in a way kids just... get.

Highly recommend.

[Margaret Dongfang @ming186771]

Spent my 28th on Margaret Island, where the Danube flows and courage lingers—like the craftsman of the Chain Bridge, daring to stake everything on his work. Here’s to a new year, and a life as bold as ever.

[Margaret Dongfang @ming186771]

Learned a Saudi proverb today: ‘مالك الا ولد يقرا’—‘You’ll get back a child who can read.’ It speaks volumes about the Saudi preference for end-to-end solutions: trust, completion, and care are at the core of this approach. Truly an insightful cultural perspective.

[Margaret Dongfang @ming186771]

Imagine further down the pipeline: law students immersed in multimedia case studies.

My personal favorite? With the suspenseful beats of Agatha Christie in the background, I can speed through court material 10x faster, haha. 🎧📚

[Olivia Moore @omooretweets]

I uploaded 200 pages of raw court documents to NotebookLM.

It created a true crime podcast that is better than 90% of what's out there now...

And ends with the hosts debating the ethics of the genre 🤯

[Margaret Dongfang @ming186771]

Every day here in Saudi, I’m bathed in “Mashallah” 😂

[Margaret Dongfang @ming186771]

Outside the stadium where #CristianoRonaldo played, these ladies asked if I had a boyfriend. When I said no, they told me to let him know he’s incredibly lucky when I do.

I don’t think I even have this level of expressiveness - welcome to a modern Saudi!

[Margaret Dongfang @ming186771]

@MattVidPro The struggles of calculating forces and trajectories in physics class are now a thing of the past. I envy students of the future...

[Margaret Dongfang @ming186771]

@fluxtheorist Talking to ‘literature lovers’ who only mention Siddhartha says it all. one’s real depths lie in those lesser-known works.
Naming classics is easy, but internalizing their essence? No prompted chat with GPT can ‘crash course’ that. You’ve got to read the hardcover, dust and all.

[Margaret Dongfang @ming186771]

Witnessing my digital birth at GAIN Summit, stroke by stroke.
Call it minimalism that's drained expressionism's palette dry.
Impressively, a blend of multiple LoRAs, hijab-compatible :)
AI artists with humanity at the core.
#AIArt #GAINSummit #DigitalExpressionism #TechMeetsArt