{"id":126778,"date":"2021-05-12T13:43:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T11:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=126778"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:37","slug":"eur-student-nizar-el-manouzi-to-become-new-face-of-popular-tv-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/05\/12\/eur-student-nizar-el-manouzi-to-become-new-face-of-popular-tv-show\/","title":{"rendered":"EUR student Nizar El Manouzi to become new face of popular TV show"},"content":{"rendered":"

EUR student and former University Council member Nizar El Manouzi will be the new face of Het Klokhuis<\/em>, a popular Dutch educational TV show for children. He was chosen from three thousand candidates. The first episode of the educational children\u2019s programme to be presented by the 24-year-old Rotterdammer will be broadcast on 20 May.<\/p>\n

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Nizar tijdens de opnames van zijn eerste Klokhuis.<\/span><\/p>

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Het Klokhuis, a long-running staple of Dutch TV since 1988, explains science and other phenomena to children in an entertaining way. Nizar told EM<\/em> on the phone that he was \u2018tremendously happy\u2019 to be going on this new adventure. \u201cIt basically combines everything I\u2019ve been doing in the lead-up to this: lots of things that are fun, socially relevant and<\/em> educational. I can\u2019t believe I\u2019ve been chosen to pass these things on to the younger generation! I really didn\u2019t expect to be chosen. When my mother heard the news, she was so glad she shed a few tears.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cyborgs<\/h2>

Nizar applied for the position by submitting an item on cyborgs. \u201cThey are half human, half technology. People tend to think of robots when they hear the word, but cyborgs can also be people with a hearing aid, or a pacemaker.\u201d<\/p>\n

So why was he chosen from three thousand candidates? \u201cI think it\u2019s because of my positivity, my energy, the passion with which I tell stories. I\u2019ve always been very interested in the people around me. And I\u2019m versatile.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s true \u2013 Nizar really is versatile. He is an actor who has appeared in, among other things, the TV show\u00a0Mocro Maffia<\/em>, the film\u00a0Catacombe<\/em>\u00a0and more recently, the educational show produced by EUR,\u00a0Casa Loco<\/em>. He is also doing several degrees simultaneously: Medicine, Philosophy and two master\u2019s degrees in Healthcare Management and Media & Creative Industries. Two years ago he served on the University Council. So how is he going to combine all that with presenting Het Klokhuis<\/em>? \u201cI do a lot of things at the same time. For now, I\u2019ve put Medicine on the back burner. And I really do enjoy all of it, even studying and writing theses. But yes, it does get stressful sometimes, and sometimes I have to burn the midnight oil,\u201d he admits.<\/p>\n

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How would Nizar leave this machine?<\/span><\/p>

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Nizar will be one of four Het Klokhuis<\/em> presenters. By now he has recorded his first episode. \u201cIt was bizarre. It was about g-forces. That may sound pretty abstract, but it turned out I had to go on rollercoasters and into a centrifuge. I thought they\u2019d give me an easy item to get the hang of it, but I ended up feeling incredibly dizzy and nauseous, and then I had to go on presenting!\u201d<\/p>\n

Nizar is not telling us whether he fainted or threw up. \u201cIf you want to find out, just watch the episode!\u201d It will be broadcast by NTR on NPO 3 on Thursday, 20 May.<\/p>\n\n\t

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