Alumni Implementer: Muhammad Waseem Alhusami
ADG Activity Description: Muhammad Waseem Alhusami attended the Prosci Change Management Certification Program in Riyadh, KSA. This three-day experiential learning program teaches how to apply a holistic change management methodology and toolset, including the Prosci ADKAR® Model, to a real project. Alhusami learned to effectively assess, analyze, plan, design, develop & execute a change management strategy and plan more effectively in his current position as an Organizational Development Manager in Saudi Arabia. In addition to the training, he is now certified in the Prosci's Change Management methodology. With these tools, Alhusami plans to implement incremental and radical changes in his workplace by building and customizing a change management strategy and developing change management plans for communications, sponsorship, coaching, and training. Alhusami will also deliver some lectures about the principles he learned during the course to his executive and management teams. |
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ADG Activity Description: Basima Abdulrahman is a structural engineer by trade but took advantage of the ADG opportunity to get an advanced LEED AP designation certification, with a focus on building design and construction. She attended the technical training course offered by Everblue in Washington, DC. She was then able to prepare and take the LEED AP BD+C exam. With this specialized certification in hand, Abdulrahman is now working to introduce the concept of Green Building design to Iraq by adapting LEED rating systems. Green building design has been Abdulrahman’s area of focus and she is looking for ways to bring it to Iraq and join the worldwide movements to switch to resource efficient buildings. Basima Abdulrahman has founded KESK, the first initiative established to offer green design consulting services for high-performance and sustainable buildings. Her private work includes developing courses and materials for students and professionals on green building design strategies and impacts. |
ADG Activity Description: Dina Siniora is an experienced business consultant who specializes in sustainability. Her Fulbright experience allowed her to combine her passion for science with an MBA degree, focused on sustainable business practices, at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. Empowered by her 2015 Fulbright Alumni Development Grant, Siniora honed her leadership skills as the only Middle Eastern fellow represented at the 2016 StartingBloc Institute. StartingBloc is a social innovation fellowship that educates, inspires and connects emerging leaders to drive social innovation across sectors. At the Institute, Sinoria collaborated with experienced change makers who inspired her to consider new possibilities for Palestinian sustainability. Based on the business frameworks she learned at StartingBloc, she is interested in establishing a local organization that caters to disadvantaged people in the West Bank. Siniora is grateful for her alumni development grant experience as she continues to encourage social entrepreneurialism in local businesses, nonviolent social change in the Arab world, and sustainable humanitarianism in the West Bank with the support of the StartingBloc and the Fulbright program. |
ADG Activity Description: Keltouma Guerch works for the Moroccan Ministry of Education as a teacher of English at the CPGE Center (Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles d’Ingénieurs) in Oujda, Morocco and is a strong advocate for cross-cultural education. Guerch, with the help of the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, studied in an Intensive English Language Program (ILEP) and conducted PhD research on Colonial Women’s Writings at Kent State University. The Fulbright Alumni Grant enabled her to return to Kent State to collaborate with her U.S. counterparts in the field of Education, to present her work on Education and the Fulbright program’s impact in Morocco, and to share some sections of her PhD dissertation on women travelers’ narratives. She also spoke on the unique value of multilingualism in Moroccan education. Guerch utilized her grant to mend cultural understandings between the U.S. and Morocco and also enjoyed reconnecting with what she describes as her second family in Kent, Ohio. |
ADG Activity Description: Ahmed Alzubaidi is the Deputy Director General with the Iraqi General Secretariat for Council of Ministers. Through the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, Alzubaidi studied Global Health Leadership at New York University. Through the 2016 Fulbright Alumni Development Grant, Alzubaidi had the opportunity to learn from other leadership experts and to present his training program at the Arab Administrative Development Organization in Cairo, Egypt. From his experiences on the Iraqi Council of Ministers, Alzubaidi led a training program that helped prepare leaders to manage internal conflict within their organizations. Alzubaidi left the conference with a nuanced perspective on a leader’s role when confronting crises. He gained better “insight in estimating the impacts of government regulatory reforms on recovery from national and regional economic crises.” Thanks in part to the Fulbright program, Alzubaidi is prepared to be an exemplar of leadership for Iraq’s future. |
ADG Activity Description: Dr. Samer Al-Ratrout is a Professor of Architecture at the American University of Madaba in Madaba, Jordan. He is specifically focused on the research and technology surrounding local heritage sites. The Fulbright Foreign Student Program allowed Al-Ratrout to pursue his passion at Texas A&M University where he studied, researched and tested advances in the art of virtual heritage recording. In 2013, he was awarded a Fulbright Alumni Development Grant to begin an ongoing collaborative investigation with Professor Robert Warden on erosion at the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas. In addition to compiling volumetric data for the Alamo’s preservation, Al-Ratrout learned preservation techniques via photometric software that he shares with his architecture students and the Jordanian Department of Antiquities. This initiative worked to preserve an American historical site’s integrity and helped to encourage a better future for Jordanian heritage. |
ADG Activity Description: Doaa Baumi is a teacher at Al-Azhar University and an advocate for interfaith dialogue. She discovered the necessity for personal religious encounters when she studied at the University of Chicago under the Fulbright grant. Accepting an invitation to speak on behalf of Al-Azhar University, Baumi traveled to Spartanburg, South Carolina and led a week-long workshop with students in Wofford College’s Middle Eastern and North African Studies Program. The workshop built upon previous social media correspondence, further facilitating cultural exchanges and prompting “ethnographic research.” Baumi is grateful for the opportunity to share her culture with American students and plans to reciprocate Wofford’s hospitality by inviting American students to meet with Azharite students in Cairo, Egypt. |
Alumni Implementer: Marwa Waseem
Alumni Implementer: Basima Abdulrahman
Alumni Implementer: Dina Siniora
Alumni Implementer: Keltouma Guerch
Alumni Implementer: Ahmed Alzubaidi
Alumni Implementer: Samer Al-Ratrout
Alumni Implementer: Doaa Baumi
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