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 ...
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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
Salaam Halila, Tunisian MEPI TL Alumna from LAU, excelled as a communication major during the program and used the skills she acquired to create two successful awareness campaigns surrounding mental health and promoting cultural differences in Arab society. In March 2019, while in her junior year, Salaam launched “Bil Hawa Sawa” (We are all in ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 19 August, 2020 | Topics: Alumni, Culture, Education, Featured Event, Health Issues, Near East & North Africa, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: alumni, Campaign, LAU, Mental Health, MEPI, Middle East, North Africa, Stereotypes, Success Stories, Tunisia, women
MEPI Local grantee Lebanese Center for Active Citizenship (LCAC) successfully empowered and trained 100 refugee and Lebanese women to produce and sell high quality fishing nets. The program also trained the women on how to market their product and cut out middle men, further empowering these women economically in their communities. The women have been able to ...
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By lachinml | 24 February, 2020 | Topics: Business, Economic Issues, Gender Issues, Job Opportunities, News, Success Stories, Trade, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: Business, Commerce, economic growth, Entrepreneurship, Grants, Lebanon, MENA, MEPI, news, Success Stories, trade, Training, women
Malika was born and brought up in Midelt, a small town in the high plains of central Morocco. Without access to a school after her primary years, Malika was unable to continue her education and began studying sewing, as it did not require fluency in French. After a year of professional training in sewing in Tangier, Malika undertook an internship and ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 4 April, 2017 | Topics: Job Opportunities, Near East & North Africa, News, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: Entrepreneurship, MEPI, Success Stories, women
Hajar Addani grew up in Khouribga City and El Jadida, Morocco where she studied computer science in college and excelled in her program. In 2015, Hajar was accepted to the US Diversity Visa Lottery Program—a program that grants eligible candidates a chance to legally immigrate to the United States to live and work. Hajar believed that the opportunity would be life changing ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 4 April, 2017 | Topics: Economic Issues, Featured Event, Gender Issues, Job Opportunities, Near East & North Africa, News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: Entrepreneurship, MEPI, Morocco, Success Stories, women
Farah Souimtou is an expert tailor who for years dreamed of opening her own business. After earning a diploma in tailoring from a private tailoring school in Safi in 2004, she remained on as a trainer for 12 more years. Now at age 32 and the mother of a four year old son, Farah wants to build something on her ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 4 April, 2017 | Topics: Economic Issues, Featured Event, Job Opportunities, Near East & North Africa, News, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: Entrepreneurship, MEPI, Morocco, Success Stories, women
Hayat Bachak is a 26-year-old kinesiotherapist from El Jadida, Morocco—and now also an entrepreneur, running her own clinic to help patients of all ages manage pain, facilitate recovery, and prevent disease. The youngest of seven children, Hayat graduated with a degree in Kinesiotherapy from the Institute of Technology and Auxiliary and Multi-Purpose Nurses (ITIAP) in El Jadida in 2013. While in school, Hayat ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 3 April, 2017 | Topics: Featured Event, Gender Issues, Job Opportunities, Near East & North Africa, News, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: MEPI, Morocco, Success Stories, women
On March 22, 2017 the MEPI Administrator attended the training session which was conducted by Nisaa FM in cooperation with Bank of Palestine and funded by MEPI through a local grant entitled “Aswaq “on marketing skills. Several Women Entrepreneurs from all over West Bank participated and were able to present their small business ideas and ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 3 April, 2017 | Topics: Events, Gender Issues, Near East & North Africa, News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: Entrepreneurship, Marketing, MEPI, Training, West Bank, women
On February 2, MEPI attended advocacy training in Ramallah as part of the MEPI-funded Internews Network project, Supporting Civic Engagement and National Dialogue through Independent Palestinian Media. The project works with local civil society organizations, journalists and media to establish strong, independent media that includes a diversity of voices, supports inclusive political processes, and incorporates ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 1 March, 2017 | Topics: Events, Featured Event, Near East & North Africa, News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: Civic Engagement, civil society, dialogue, drugs, journalism, media, MENA, MEPI, Middle East, North Africa, women
