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
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
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
Nasser al-Tooblani graduated from MEPI’s Tomorrow’s Leaders program at LAU in the spring of 2020 with a BA in Psychology and received High Distinction. Suffering from diabetes since he was two years old, Nasser has consistently struggled with diabetes self-management throughout his life. In his capstone project « Bloom », Nasser came up with the ...
Read More» By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 21 September, 2020 | Topics: Alumni, Job Opportunities, Near East & North Africa, News, Scholarships and Exchanges, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: alumni, Arab media, Bahrain, Entrepreneurship, Health, Leaders, MENA, Mental Health, MEPI, Middle East, Success Stories, Tomorrow's Leaders
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
Your Excellency, Mr. President, esteemed guests, Here we are on our graduation day, on this happiest of all days. I’m sure we all have about a million thoughts that are rushing through our brains right now. Each one of us have a story that finally brought us here today and we can’t help but to ...
Read More» By kadah | 5 June, 2018 | Topics: News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: AUB, MEPI, Tomorrow's Leaders
President Jabbra, Vice President Salem, Ambassador Richard, distinguished guests, MEPI administration, fellow TLers and most importantly the class of 2018, we have made it! On this very special day, I would like to thank all of those who without them we would have not been here. A special gratitude goes to the previous MEPI administrations, ...
Read More» By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 4 June, 2018 | Topics: Featured Event, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: Graduation Speech, LAU, MEPI, Success Stories, Tomorrow's Leaders
