Karim Ghamrawi and Lea Habr, MEPI TLS students at LAU Byblos Campus, participated in Unilever’s Uniway competition where they presented their idea for an inclusive morning kit that promotes diversity, inclusion, and equity. The campaign aimed to involve women from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities, including women in STEM, disabled women, hijabi women, and children. The ...
Read More» By jarbuz | 8 May, 2023 | Topics: Art & Culture, Business, Culture, Events, Gender Issues, Near East & North Africa, Success Stories | Tags: alumni, Arab media, civil society, Entrepreneurship, leadership, MENA, Success Stories, Tomorrow's Leaders
Ashraf Sabkha, a 2015 graduate of the Tomorrow’s Leaders Undergraduate Program from the U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), recently became the first Libyan Knight-Hennesy Scholar at Stanford University. Under the Tomorrow’s Leaders scholarship, Sabkha received leadership training and support, graduating summa cum laude from the American University in Cairo with a ...
Read More» By jarbuz | 19 September, 2022 | Topics: Alumni, Business, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Education, Environment, Featured Event, Near East & North Africa, Study in the U.S., Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: alumni, Business, economic growth, Entrepreneurship, fellowship, leadership, Libya, MENA, Middle East, North Africa, Success Stories, Tomorrow's Leaders
Mohammad Aljilani participated in the MEPI Student Leaders Program (SLP) at Portland State University in the summer of 2019 where he studied conflict resolution, leadership, democracy, and U.S institutions. Mohammad believes in the power of diversity and describes the lessons learned with the Student Leaders Program as “a new lifestyle”. He shares that, “I have ...
Read More» By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 25 February, 2021 | Topics: Agriculture, Alumni, Business, Culture, Economic Issues, Featured Event, Government Offices, Near East & North Africa, News, Success Stories | Tags: AI, alumni, climate, Green, Jordan, Leaders, leadership, MENA, Middle East, Student Leaders, Success Stories, Sustainability
The MEPI-TL scholarship program helps to cultivate academic and leadership skills to underserved students in the MENA region. These students then use the knowledge and skills they gain to take leading roles in serving their community on many fronts, including academia, economy, civil society, policy, healthcare, research among others. One example of an inspiring TL ...
Read More» By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 21 October, 2020 | Topics: Alumni, Featured Event, Health Issues, Near East & North Africa, News, Policy, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S., U.S. & MEPI | Tags: alumni, Cancer Research, Civic Engagement, civil society, Entrepreneurship, fellowship, Georgetown, Health, Leaders, leadership, Lebanon, MENA, MEPI, Middle East, Policy, Scholarships, Success Stories, Tomorrow's Leaders
As young as eighteen years old, Danya Arayssi (SLP 2018, Lebanon) recognized many of her community’s challenges. Through accounts she heard about women being silenced by cultural norms, traditions, and values, Danya knew that her passion lied in empowering women. Danya explains, “They are silenced to denounce a continuous yet traumatic daily abuse and human ...
Read More» By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 8 October, 2020 | Topics: Alumni, Culture, Education, Featured Event, Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, Near East & North Africa, News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: advocacy, alumni, Arab media, civil society, economic growth, Entrepreneurship, fellowship, Georgetown, leadership, Lebanon, MENA, Mental Health, MEPI, Middle East, Student Leaders, Success Stories, Youth
MEPI Tomorrow’s Leaders program has recently launched, for the first time, the “My TL story” contest across the top three leading universities in the Middle East; the Lebanese American University, The American University of Beirut and the American University of Cairo. The contest invited current TL undergraduate students to share their experiences during the TL ...
Read More» By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 22 September, 2020 | Topics: Alumni, Art & Culture, Education, Events, Featured Event, Near East & North Africa, Study in the U.S., Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: alumni, Entrepreneurship, LAU, Leaders, leadership, Lebanon, MENA, MEPI, Middle East, North Africa, Scholarships, Tomorrow's Leaders, Youth
Ghufran Ashor, a MEPI’s Tomorrow’s Leaders LAU alumna from Libya, graduated in Spring 2019 and began her search for the right post-graduation job. She sought a role that would serve purpose and allow her to make a difference. After an excessive job search, Ashor landed a job that matched her skills and aspirations perfectly. In ...
Read More» By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 3 September, 2020 | Topics: Alumni, Culture, Featured Event, Fundamental Freedoms, Gender Issues, Health Issues, Near East & North Africa, News, Scholarships and Exchanges | Tags: alumni, Arab media, BBC, civil society, COVID, COVID-19, Employment, LAU, Leaders, leadership, Libya, media, MENA, MEPI, Minorities, Tomorrow's Leaders, women
After participating in MEPI’s Student Leaders Program Mohammed Taoufik, felt compelled to find a solution to the high crime and drug rates that he saw in the youth in his community in Casablanca. He created a public awareness and support campaign to showcase the positive impact building a youth soccer field would have on the ...
Read More» By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 24 June, 2020 | Topics: Alumni, Featured Event, Near East & North Africa, News, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: alumni, civil society, drugs, Leaders, leadership, MENA, MEPI, Middle East, Morocco, North Africa, Student Leaders, Success Stories
The U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) program seeks nominations for potential participants in the MEPI Student Leaders Program scheduled to take place in summer 2019. The program will last from June 26 – July 31, 2019. This program is open to university students between the ages of 20 and 24. We seek ...
Read More» By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 10 October, 2018 | Topics: Events, News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: leadership, MENA, MEPI, Student Leaders, US
Duke University has welcomed 21 participants of the Leaders for Democracy Fellowship (LDF), a leadership development program organized through the U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative of the U.S. State Department. The program provides early- and mid-career professionals from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region with the opportunity to gain academic and practical experience ...
Read More» By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 14 August, 2018 | Topics: News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: Duke University, LDF, leadership, MEPI
