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This spring, our Jordan office is pleased to be hosting 30 students onsite, including undergraduates enrolled in our regular semester program as well as teenagers participating in the U.S. Department of State’s National Strategic Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) and the Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program. Customized program sponsors are also heading back to the region in the coming months. This summer and fall, we’re expecting students on the ground in all our current program sites: Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, and the UAE.

SARA EL DALLAL, UAE 

Cairo, Egypt — This year’s graduation recognizes 81 men and women from Upper Egypt and their 17 businesses following their successful completion of the program, which was funded by Citi Foundation and designed and implemented by Amideast. The ceremony will take place on March 26, 2022, in Cairo.

Kuwait City, Kuwait—The Stem for Kids program aims to support Kuwait’s National Development Plan and the New Kuwait 2035 Vision by focusing on enhancing youth educational, scientific and critical thinking skills. The focus of the program is on ‘All Things Science”.

• Amideast/UAE, Boeing, and Pure Minds Education join hands to launch the STEM Pioneers Program.  
• The collaborative effort will support more than 180 students ages 13–15 years on aerospace engineering-focused STEM activities.  
• The program will train 30 educators in the application of STEM activities in their schools.  
• The program aligns with the UAE government’s educational reforms as well as national strategies such as the Advanced Sciences Agenda and the Fourth Industrial Revolution Strategy. 

EGYPT

Khaled Ahmed graduated from the Qena STEM School, where he was the founder of its physics and math clubs and served as president of the student union.

The launch took place at Amideast’s Cairo office and was attended by, among others, Boeing Middle East, Turkey and Africa President Mr. Kuljit Ghata-Aura, U.S. Ambassador to Egypt H.E. Jonathan R. Cohen, Egypt’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research H.E. Dr. Khalid Atef Abdul Ghaffar, and Amideast Vice President for Field Operations Mr. James T. Grabowski.

Khaled Abunijaila, a registered refugee from Gaza City, attended the private Rosary Sisters school through high school, where he maintained an outstanding academic record and continuously ranked at the top of his class.

Students completed their undergraduate degrees this year and last year (when no graduation ceremony was held due to Covid-19), in the special programs at five universities: Ain Shams, Alexandria, Assiut, Cairo, and Mansoura Universities. The scholarship promotes the full inclusion of people with disabilities, and 5% of graduating students have a disability.

The new Sawiris Distinction Scholarship will fund undergraduate studies for 40 outstanding Egyptian public school graduates at leading Egyptian public and private universities. The fully-funded scholarship provides an outstanding academic experience for students in various important fields to support the future of the Egyptian economy, which qualifies them to obtain competitive job opportunities after graduation.