The 2013-2015 Legislative Fellows Program (LFP-NA) brings emerging leaders from Egypt, Libya and Tunisia to the United States for an intensive one month fellowships designed to broaden their professional expertise.  Fellows are placed in nonprofit organizations and government offices in Washington, D.C., to learn first-hand how issues in their fields are addressed in the United States. While deepening their understanding of American society, visiting participants also build a broad network of American colleagues and the other visiting Fellows.

Key Facts of about the LFP MENA program

24 Fellows will be selected from three countries (8 each from Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt) to participate in a month-long, fellowship experience in U.S. Congressional offices, federal agencies, advocacy groups, and grassroots organizations. 

How To Apply:

Students must complete the pre-application online, and send it back to AMIDEAST to the e-mail address provided below by no later than November 30th.

To be eligible, you must:

• Be a citizen or permanent resident of Libya.
• Born between July 1,1996 and August 1, 1998 to meet the age requirement.
• Be enrolled in high school at the time of application
• Have the equivalent of a B average or better, without any failing grades.
• Have not completed more than 11 years of primary education nor received a high school diploma by the start of the program.
• Demonstrate sufficient English language ability to speak and study in English, with a minimum SLEP score of 46*.
• Meet the U.S. visa eligibility requirement.

Note: American citizens are not eligible

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AMIDEAST, the largest American provider of English language training in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has partnered with World Learning/SIT Graduate Institute—a U.S.-based global leader in teacher education—to launch a unique certificate program for teachers of English. Representing over 100 years’ experience in education, the two prestigious nonprofit organizations have joined forces to meet the growing demand in the Arab world for quality training in English language teaching and provide current and future teachers the first such American-accredited program available throughout the region.

Program Summary

Launched in 2011, the Arab Women’s Entrepreneurship Project (AWEP) is helping women to overcome barriers to their effective participation in the regional economy by providing access to training, mentoring, and other forms of support that enhance the chances that women participants in its programs will succeed as they start a new business or expand an existing one. By focusing on women from underserved backgrounds, the project seeks to help a greater number of the region’s women to realize their entrepreneurial goals and thereby enhance the region’s economic potential. Funding from Citi Foundation has enabled AWEP to offer training rounds in Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, and the U.A.E.

Program Summary

Through the Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP), Egyptian teachers are helping American youth meet the challenges of learning Arabic while enriching the students’ understanding of the region. For three years beginning in 2008, AMIDEAST has worked as a subcontractor to American Councils for International Education to recruit the Egyptian teachers, who spend a year teaching Arabic language and culture for an academic year at primary and secondary schools across the United States. The program, which is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State, is also designed to provide the Egyptian teachers with opportunities to learn more about U.S. teaching methodologies, culture, and society, as well as to improve their English language proficiency.

YES SCHOLARS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO:

• Live with an American family
• Study at a U.S. high school
• Participate in a youth leadership training program
• Experience U.S. culture and society first hand
• Improve their English
• Make new friends
• Represent as Bahrain cultural ambassadors to the USA

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

حقول الدراسة المتوفرة لقادة الغد
  العام الدراسي 2011-2012

فيما يلي الاختصاصات الوحيدة المتوفرة  لطلاب بعثات قادة الغد بدئا من العام الدراسي 2010-2011. إن الاختصاصات مجدولة حسب كل جامعة.

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