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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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.

الجامعة الآميركية في بيروت                       الاختصاصات المتوفرة لقادة الغد (باستثناءالمتقدمين الليبيين والإسرائيليين)

شهادات بكالوريوس في الآداب في

مبادرة الشراكة الشرق أوسطية
 التابعة لوزارة الخارجية الأميركية

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برنامج بعثات قادة الغد

يسر مبادرة الشراكة الشرق الأوسطية (MEPI ) التابعة لوزارة الخارجية الأميركية وأميديست أن تعلنا عن البدء بقبول طلبات الترشبح لبرنامج بعثات قادة الغد للعام الحالي. إن برنامج بعثات قادة الغد هو  موجه لطلاب السنة الأخيرة من المرحلة الثانوية المتحمسين في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا من ذوي الدخل المحدود.

يوفر البرنامج بعثات جامعية لمدة أربعة أعوام وفرص تدريب في مؤسسات مختارة للدراسة العليا في الشرق الأوسط للطلاب الذين يملكون مؤهلات قيادية.

Program Summary

Launched in 2009, the Abraham Lincoln Incentive Grants Program invests in bright, needy Palestinian students with the potential to compete successfully for scholarships to pursue undergraduate studies in the United States. The program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and the Consulate General in Jerusalem, is the first of its kind in Palestine to provide direct assistance to students who would not otherwise consider U.S. study due to the significant preparatory expenses that are involved to become competitive applicants for U.S. college and university admissions and scholarships.

Announced on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, who came from humble roots yet rose to become one of the greatest U.S. presidents, the grants program evokes Lincoln’s spirit of hard work, self-reliance, and hope as inspiration to these potential future Palestinian leaders.

Main Goals

A Palestinian student works on his essay writing skills during a workshop organized by AMIDEAST as part of the Abraham Lincoln Incentive Grants Program.

• Invest in the future of young Palestinians

• Assist promising, academically qualified but economically challenged Palestinian students

• Enable a larger pool of capable young Palestinian men and women from the West Bank and Gaza to compete along with students in other countries for the opportunity to further their academic training in the United States of America