Stories and Opportunities

The below article was written by Yasmine El Baggari, a Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program alumna recruited by Amideast Morocco. 

Experiencing a new culture can be absolutely life changing. For Dr. Sattam Halaseh, who was recruited by Amideast for a scholarship from the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program in 2008, participating in cultural exchange impacted his entire life trajectory.

In early April, the YES Consortium held its second global Virtual Alumni Leaders Training (VALT) for more than 50 alumni of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program! VALT provided an opportunity for this select group of former exchange students, now back in their home countries, to further develop their leadership and communication skills, as well as network with their fellow alumni.

Are you looking for scholarship opportunities to pursue your master's degree in a STEM-related, Education, or Healthcare field next starting in Fall 2020? The Al Ghurair Open Learning Scholars Program (OLSP) is now receiving applications from bright Arab students for over 30 online master's degree programs at Arizona State University (ASU). 

Unite the World – an initiative started by Amideast-supported YES program alumni in Tunisia – is seeking contributions for a new online magazine called Terminal One. You're invited to join this new endeavor!

Are you an alumnus/a of a US Government funded exchange program? Do you have a story to tell? Now is your chance! Some of your fellow USG alumni won a Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund grant to run an exciting new event - the IExChange 2020 - and you're invited to apply to be a speaker! More information is included below from the organizers, and you can find all the details on the IExChange 2020 website.

From the organizers:

To celebrate International Education Week (IEW), Amideast is proud to host a special global webinar - Student to Staff: How International Education Can Become a Career. Join us on Wednesday, November 20th starting at 10:30am EST!

This special IEW webinar will feature three Amideast program alumni who are now working to support students on many programs through Amideast headquarters.  Read their brief bios below and follow the Zoom link to register for the event! Feel free to share this far and wide - everyone is invited.

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) at the US Department of State supports a huge number of international students and visitors to and from the US every year, and Amideast is proud to help administer several of those programs in the MENA region. Amideast is especially proud that some of the students and alumni from those programs have been featured in a the ECA podcast 22.33!

Photo: Access Alumni who volunteered to help create the graduation event pose with the English Language Programs Manager, Mr. David Lazaro. 

What do you know about the Hope Fund program? Inside Higher Education recently profiled this innovative program administered by Amideast in an online publication, where you can learn about some of the fascinating experiences and inspiring stories of the Hope Fund scholars and alumni. 

Including...

... Ibrahim Mohammed, who grew up as a Palestinian refugee and is now pursuing a PhD in mechanical engineering...