U.A.E. Embassy - Cultural Division Newsletter
2017
Inside this issue: UAE National Day 46 Flag Day UAE Students Forum 2017 Future Leaders Forum Students Achievements Excellent students and more ... Message From The Cultural Attaché
UAE National Day
Our Embassy celebrated UAE’s 46th National Day, hosted by Am- bassador Yousef Al Otaiba, highlighting how the UAE and US are “United in Prosperity” and working together to deepen trade and economic relations for the mutual benefit of UAE and USA
UAE Commemoration Day
Honoring our heroes who have given the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country in pursuit of securing peace and prosper- ity, Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba led diplomats and staff in a mo- ment of silence in observation of UAE Commemoration Day.
Flag Day
Diplomats and staff of our Embassy in Washington, DC celebrated Flag Day on 11/02/2017 by raising our flag, a symbol of unity, strength, loyalty and in honor of past and present leaders and citizens who sacrificed in the pursuit of peace and prosperity.
UAE Students’ Forum 2017
Our Embassy in Washington organized the 8th Annual UAE Students' Fo- rum, from November 23 to 25, 2017 in the presence of Sheikh Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed, Al Nhyan, Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed bin Zayed AL Nhyan, Sheikh Mohammed bin Tahnoon AL Nhyan, as well as Dr. Ahmed Bahloul the Minister of State for Higher Education, Sara Al Amiri the Min- ister of State for Advanced Science and Ohoud Al Roumi, Minister of State for Happiness .
Members of the World Youth Council
Students presented their experience as members of the youth council in the United States and other countries. Official Guests from the UAE
Customarily, during the Students Forum, our Embassy hosts nu- merous of officials from the government and different private sec- tors in the UAE. They provide opportunity to during the student’s forum as the students got the to meet with them from different public and private sectors, who provided job opportunities to our students through the job fair. The forum also encourages students to strive for educational achievement and develop perseverance .
UAE Students Forum 2017 Future Leaders Forum
The Future Leaders Forum was hosted in Los Angeles for the third year to bring Emirati students on the West Coast together. The high- level speaker was H. E. Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education. Ambassador Yousuf Al Otaiba Promoted to Rank of Minister Our Embassy supported & participated in Breast Cancer Awareness Student life in the United States Film
In October and November, the Cultural Division hosted Nahla Al Fahad to produce a video about student life in the United States in an effort to promote study abroad opportunities in the US. With the assistance of the Cultural Division, Ms. Al Fahad was able to visit univer- sities in three Metro areas to interview UAE students and display their lives as international students in the US. Ms. Al Fahad began in the DC area, where she met students Sultan Salem Almansoori and Mohamed Eissa Almehairbi, two undergradu- ates from American University; Khawla Hasan Alhebsi, a graduate student at George Mason University; Wafa Khamis Alnakhi, a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University; and Ab- duljaleel Saeed Alfaheem, an undergraduate from George Washington University.
She then traveled to Tempe, Arizona and was welcomed by students and staff at Ari- zona State University. There, she interviewed and filmed Abdulrahman Mohamed Al- madani, Mohamed Ebrahim AlNuwais, Abdulla Hamad Alshamsi and Hanan Sami Alhashmi. Her final stop was to the Los Angeles area, where she got to meet and film Meera Jamal Almidfa, a Master of Fine Arts student studying Directing from the American Film Institute. She had the opportunity to film Ms. Midfa and her team working on their thesis project. She also met with two PhD students studying Leadership: Ebtesam Ali Altenaiji from University of San Diego, who traveled to L.A. to help with the project, and Fatma Juma Alblooshi from Pepperdine University. She also visited the University of Southern California campus and interviewed Abdulla Jasem Alman- soori, a Masters degree student in Computer Science.
What do You Know about Ajman University?
Ajman University located in the Emirate of Ajman. The University was founded by His Highness Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi on July 17, 1988. The Univer- sity offers 28 accredited undergraduate programs and 11 graduate programs. The- se programs are offered through 8 colleges: College of Mass Communication and Humanities College of Dentistry College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences College of Engineering College of Information Technology College of Business Administration College of Law College of Education and Basic Sciences Unit of General Studies The university offers, for its students, community service opportunities, semi- nars and lectures as well as the opportunity to participate in competitions and earn awards. As an accredited University, it offers a broad range of academic pro- grams. For More Information: Please visit www.ajman.ac.ae Email: [email protected] The Cultural Division contributes قصص نجاح in Student’s Success Story Thuraiya Alhashmi
Thuraiya Alhashmi graduated the last summer from Tufts University, the Fletcher School of Law and Di- plomacy, with a master’s degree in International Business focusing on strategic mana gement and interna- tional consultancy.
The cultural Division helped Thuraiya to find a full time job in the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW) doing research related to gender, economic diversifica- tion, and technology.
The exposure she got by working with the institute has helped her grow a professional network in Washington and the Arab Gulf. We advice our students to take advantage of this opportunity to get internship or training program in the U.S. This kind of experi- ence can help students to enhance and strength the knowledge they learned in the classroom. قصص نجاح Success Story
Mohamed Alhosani
Mohamed Alhosani graduated from Oregon Tech in June 2017 with a degree in Renewable Energy- Electrical Engineering and minored in Applied Mathematics. He was chosen as the outstanding student of the Electrical Engineering class of 2017. Due to his active participation in the cam- pus life and determination, he was awarded as the most dedicated student Award.
Mohamed was also chosen as the winner of the President's Senior Cup for the College of Engineering, Technology, and Man- agement. He was also helped developing laboratory experiments for one of the electrical classes (Electricity and Magnetism with Transmission Lines), and presented at the ASEE Section Conference along with his advisor.
ألف مربوك اي محمد... Success Story قصص نجاح
Mohammad Khoori
Mohammad Khoori, Ministry of Education scholarship student. He graduated from Arizona State University in Spring 2017 Magna-Cum Laude with a degree in Entre- preneurship. Mohammad is the founder of Vendors.ae, a multi-vendor e-commerce service designed to assist small businesses in the United Arab Emirates. He is try- ing to help small enterprises in carrying out sales and ul- timately developing a stronger online presence.
Khoori came up with the startup idea while he was in Dubai. He realized that there is a great need for a platform like Vendors.ae.
Now that he achieved part of his goal, Mohammad is planning to announce other services to empower local businesses in the digital era and help their businesses accelerate. ألف مربوك اي محمد... Graduation —2017
Graduated Students Spring 2017 ألـــف مــــبروك
No. Student Name MAJOR Institution Name 1 Abdelrahim Mohamed Saleh Safar Criminology Wilkes University
2 Abdulla Ahmed Alsayegh Business Administration University of Tampa
3 Abdulla Darweesh Mohamed Alremeithi Law Case Western Reserve University
4 Abdulla Ibrahim Khamis Bin Desmal Economic and Finance Northeastern University - Boston
5 Abdulla Mohammed Aldhaheri Finance Michigan State University - East Lansing
6 Abdulla Mohammed Salem Aldhaheri Urban Planning Arizona State University - Tempe
7 Abdulla Nasser Aldarei Finance DePaul University
8 Abdulla Saif Abdulla AlShehhi Mechanical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park
9 Abdulla Salah Mohamed Khoory Marketing Suffolk University
10 Abdulla Sultan Aleryani Finance Michigan State University - East Lansing
11 Abdulla Zayed Almansoori Finance California State University - San Bernardino
12 Abdullah Mohamed Abdulla AlAmoodi Industrial Engineering University of South Florida -Tampa
13 Adil Younis Yousif Al Ansari Mechanical Engineering University of North Carolina - Charlotte
14 Ahmad Sadiq Ahmad Darwish Electrical Engineering University of Colorado - Denver
15 Ahmed Abdulla AlRomaithi Finance Southern Methodist University
16 Ahmed Mohamed Salem Aldhaheri Civil Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe
17 Ahmed Mohammed Saif AlKaabi Information Technology SW Collegiate Institute for the Deaf
18 Ahmed Mubarak Almessabi Mechanical Engineering Robert Morris University - Moon Township
19 Ahmed Saif Alneyadi Finance DePaul University
20 Ahmed Yousif Ahmed Alhammadi Business Administration Barry University - Miami Shores
21 Ali Abdulla Almansoori Finance University of Oregon
22 Ayesha Sehamuddin Hussain Galadari Psychology Northeastern University - Boston Graduated Students Spring 2017 ألـــف مــــبروك
No. Student Name MAJOR Institution Name 23 Eid Rashed Bakheet AlMansoori Translation University of Maryland - College Park
24 Fahad Jasem Mohamed Al Hosani Political Science University of Colorado - Denver
25 Fareed Abdul Rahman Mohamed Al Aulaqi Mechanical Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe
26 Fares Humaid Redha Alansari Banking and Finance San Jose State University
27 Fatheya Ali Sulaiman Al Sharji Law George Washington University
28 Fatima Murad Ali AlMazam Educational Leadership University of Florida
29 Ghanem Suhail Seddiq Alkhoori Finance Suffolk University
30 Hamad Jaffar Suhail Alketbi Business Administration University of Portland
31 Hamad Saeed Abduljalil Alfaheem Business Administration Suffolk University
32 Hamdan Mohamed Abdulla AlMarzooqi Chemical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park
33 Hamed Mohamed Alktebi Finance University of Oregon
34 Hamid Jasim Al Ali Mechanical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park
35 Hind Mohammed Yousuf Alboom International Relations Boston University
36 Khaled Abdul Majeed Al Zubaidi Mechanical Engineering Auburn University
37 Khalid Ali Alremeithi Finance George Washington University
38 Khalid Mohammed Aldhaheri Finance Pennsylvania State University - University Park
39 Khalifa Helal Aida Almazrouei Finance University of Oregon
40 Khamis Mugheer Alkhaili Finance Bentley University
41 Majid Eisa Mohamed AlNuaimi International Relations Boston University
42 Manea Mohammed Saif AL Kaabi Special Education SW Collegiate Institute for the Deaf
43 Mansoor Ibrahim Mohamed Aljanahi Mechanical Engineering Wentworth Institute of Technology
44 Mayadah Malallah Almansoori Political Science California State University - Northridge
45 Mohamed Abdalla Ibrahim Al Juwaied Business Administration Texas A & M University - Commerce Graduated Students Spring 2017 ألـــف مــــبروك
No. Student Name MAJOR Institution Name 46 Mohamed Abdulla Saleh Almenhali Chemical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology- Rochester
47 Mohamed Ahmed M. Alkarbi Engineering Science Tennessee Technological University
48 Mohamed Jasem Mohamed AlHosani Electrical Engineering Oregon Institute of Technology Medicine - Internal Medi- 49 Mohamed Yahya Mohamed Al Seiari Brown University cine 50 Mohammad Ali Obaid Ali Alhamly Economics Pace University - New York
51 Mohammad Talal Mir Khoori Entrepreneurship Arizona State University - Tempe
52 Mohammed Abdulla Aljaberi Economics University of Oregon
53 Mohammed Jamal Mohamed Ahmed Dentistry Boston University
54 Mohammed Matar Mohammed AL Mheiri Public Administration California State University - San Bernardino
55 Mohammed Rashed Alhamiri Finance University of Richmond
56 Mohammed Saleh Alameri Finance University of Oregon
57 Mohammed Suwaidan Alnuaimi Economics Michigan State University - East Lansing
58 Mubarak Jumaa Ibraheem Alhammadi Mechanical Engineering Gannon University
59 Nader Atiq Mubarak Khamis Bio Medical Engineering Cornell University
60 Noura Abduljabbar Mohamed Al-Ali Medicine - Surgery Cornell University
61 Nujoud Salem Al Eisaei Political Science Northeastern University - Boston
62 Omar Abdulaziz Almutawa International Studies Columbia University in the City of New York Medicine - Internal Medi- 63 Omar Mohammed AlShemeili Cornell University cine 64 Omar Musallam Mohd Juma Alrizaiqi Business Administration Barry University - Miami Shores Electrical and Electronics 65 Omar Zayed Bakheet AlMuharrami Northern Arizona University Engineering 66 Rashed Aadel Rashed Al Zaabi Engineering Management Missouri University of Science and Technology
67 Rasheed Ayed Muaid Alateibi Project Managment Northeastern University - Boston
68 Rashid Abdullatif Abdulla Al Mulla Finance Suffolk University Graduated Spring ألـــف مــــبروك 2017 No. Student Name MAJOR Institution Name 69 Saeed Ali Mohammed Almansoori Finance University of Oregon
70 Saeed Ali Aljaberi Finance Marquette University
71 Saeed Barqash Alameri Finance University of Oregon
72 Saeed Helal Aldhaheri Finance Bentley University
73 Saeed Matar Mohammed AlMheiri Public Administration California State University - San Bernardino
74 Saeed Saleh Mohammed Alblooshi Mechanical Engineering Florida Institute of Technology
75 Sahar Ahmed Almarzooqi Biology Pennsylvania State University - University Park
76 Saif Mohamed Mohamed Alnaqbi Civil Engineering Portland State University
77 Salim Ali Mohamed Almarzooqi Mechanical Engineering Wright State University
78 Samar Ahmed Al Marzooqi Biology Pennsylvania State University - University Park Indiana University - Purdue University - Fort 79 Sara Mohamadamin Abdulla AlHammadi Organizational Behavior Wayne 80 Sara Salahaldeen Aljanahi Mathematics University of Oregon
81 Shamsa Mohammed Abdulla Basaeed Public Policy University of Southern California
82 Shoaib Ahmad Mohamed Lengawe Finance University of Tampa
83 Shogue Mohammad Hassan Fardan Fashion Design The New School University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University- Daytona 84 Sulaiman Faisal Hussain AlMarzooqi Aviation Management Beach
85 Sultan Abdulla Juma Al Kaabi Banking and Finance Indiana State University - Terre Haute
86 Sultan Adel Mohamed Belshalat Finance Boston University
87 Sultan Yousef A. Alharmoodi Accounting University of Massachusetts - Boston
88 Tarek Jaber Saeed Almunthari Mechanical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park
89 Tarik Ibrahim Moosa Jamel Mechanical Engineering Colorado State University - Fort Collins
90 Thuraiya Hamad Mohamed Alhashmi International Business Tufts University
91 Yousef Ali Abdulla Al Mansoori Civil Engineering California State University - Northridge
92 Yousuf Mohammed Ahli Management University of San Diego Excellent Students GPA Greater Than 3.8
Sara Mualami Badria Almurshidi Sarah Alhosani Nahar AlBudoor
Ahmed Alyousuf Abdalla AlGhfeli Mohamed AlKhatib
Saeed Alameemi Abdullatif Alhashmi Abdulla JAlmansoori Excellent Students — GPA > 3.5
No Name Term MAJOR_E INST_NAME 1 Abdalla Faisal Abdulla Al-Ali Summer 2017 Mechanical Engineering Auburn University
2 Abdalla Mohamed Ahmed Saif AlGhfeli Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Florida Pennsylvania State University - University 3 Abdolrahim Mohammad Arjomand Summer 2017 Energy Engineering Park 4 Abdulla Ahmed Ali Alhosani Spring 2017 Accounting University of Tulsa
5 Abdulla Hamad Abdulla Alshamsi Spring 2017 Industrial Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University- 6 Abdulla Hassan Abdulrahim Abualhassan Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Daytona Beach 7 Abdulla Jasem Ahmed Almansoori Spring 2017 Computer Science University of Southern California
8 Abdulla Saood Mohamed Al Ameri Spring 2017 Chemical Engineering Colorado State University - Fort Collins
9 Abdulrahman Mohamed Almadani Spring 2017 Civil Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe Columbia University in the City of New 10 Adil Naushad Nour Hussain Spring 2017 Economic and Finance York 11 Ahmad Abdulla Habib AlYousuf Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado - Denver
12 Ahmad Najib Mohammad Saleh Ahmad Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe
13 Ahmed Mohammed Khamis AlKaabi Spring 2017 Educational Leadership University of Georgia
14 Ahmed Saleh Salem AlAmeri Spring 2017 Management Barry University - Miami Shores Rutgers - State University of New Jersey - 15 Ali Hussain Ali Muhmel Alhbabi Spring 2017 Political Science Newark 16 Amir Adnan Abdulghaffar Almaimani Spring 2017 Finance Boston College Infrastructure and Envi- 17 Amir Younis Alansari Spring 2017 University of North Carolina - Charlotte ronmental Systems 18 Ammar Hassan Hamdan AlZaabi Spring 2017 Civil Engineering University of Texas - Arlington
19 Amna Abdulla Nasser AlEaisaei Spring 2017 Educational Leadership Boston University
20 Badreyya Rashed Mohamed AlKhanbooli Spring 2017 Applied Linguistics University of Memphis
21 Badria Hasan Mohamed AlMurshidi Spring 2017 Environmental Science University of South Carolina - Columbia
22 Ebtesam Ali Saif AlTenaiji Spring 2017 Leadership University of San Diego
23 Eisa Abdalla Abdelrahim Alfahim Spring 2017 Finance Suffolk University
24 Eissa Mohamed Jamaan Omar Bamatraf Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina - Columbia
25 Fatima Hassan Ali Mohammed Spring 2017 Finance Kent State University - Kent Strategic Communica- Columbia University in the City of New 26 Fatima Mohammed Abdulrahim Alwari Spring 2017 tion York 27 Fatma Juma Abbas AlBlooshi Summer 2017 Leadership Pepperdine University
28 Ghadeir Darweish Mohamed Alkindi Spring 2017 English Literature Claremont Graduate University Excellent Students — GPA > 3.5
No Name Term MAJOR_E INST_NAME 29 Hamad Ahmed Jasim Mohamed Darwish Spring 2017 Pre-Business Colorado State University - Fort Collins 30 Hamad Jassim Saleh Ahmed Rashid Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado - Denver Pennsylvania State University - University 31 Hamad Mohammed Ali AlKhoori Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Park 32 Hanan Sami Abdulla Alsayed Alhashmi Spring 2017 Urban Planning Arizona State University - Tempe 33 Hassan Nabil Ali Mukhtar Alyousuf Spring 2017 Finance North Carolina State University - Raleigh 34 Humaid Sami Abdulaziz Alkhuwaiter Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina - Columbia Public and Global 35 Janan Taher Abdulghafour Al Khaja Spring 2017 University of California - San Diego Health 36 Jasem Abdulrahman Jasem AlZaabi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering New York University 37 Khaled Adel Ali M. Al Samri Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering Florida Institute of Technology 38 Khaled Mohammed Khalifa Aldarmaki Spring 2017 Banking and Finance University of Illinois - Chicago Missouri University of Science and Technol- 39 Khalid Khalid M. Saleh A. Anwahi Spring 2017 Nuclear Engineering ogy Environmental Engi- 40 Khalid Mohamed Ishaq Abushousha Spring 2017 Northern Arizona University neering Rochester Institute of Technology- Roches- 41 Khalifa Ali Mohamed Albeshr Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering ter Electrical & Computer 42 Khalifa Mohamed Ali Alhammadi Spring 2017 Oregon State University - Corvallis Engineering Early Childhood Educa- 43 Latifa Salem Alketbi Spring 2017 Florida State University tion 44 Lemya Saeed Khamis AlHmoudi Spring 2017 Special Education University of Kansas - Lawrence 45 Majid Ahmad Yaqoob Altamimi Spring 2017 Finance University of Tampa 46 Mansour Humaid Saif Saeed Alqemzi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Hartford 47 Mariam Saad Abdulla Saad Al Kobaisi Spring 2017 English Literature Binghamton University - SUNY 48 Marwan Essa Alnoaimi Spring 2017 Finance University of Colorado - Boulder Pennsylvania State University - University 49 Mohamed Abdulla Mohamed Alkamali Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering Park 50 Mohamed Ahmed Almusallam Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Portland State University
51 Mohamed Ramadan Alharmoody Spring 2017 Finance Arizona State University - Tempe Pennsylvania State University - University 52 Mohamed Redha Mohamed AlKhatib Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Park 53 Mohammad Hashim Omad Alhashemi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado - Boulder
54 Mohammad Humaid Alqutami Spring 2017 Industrial Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe
55 Mohammad Shafiq Abdulla Galadari Spring 2017 Chemical Engineering University of Washington - Seattle
56 Mohammed Saif Mohammed Alkalbani Spring 2017 Chemical Engineering University of Tulsa Excellent Students — GPA > 3.5
No Name Term MAJOR_E INST_NAME 57 Mohammed Tareq Sharaf Alnuaimi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Vermont
58 Mona Khameis Saif Alshamsi Spring 2017 English Literature Binghamton University - SUNY
59 Nael Akram Odeh Eid Spring 2017 Dentistry Boston University Communication Science 60 Nahar Khalid AlBudoor Spring 2017 University of Texas - Austin and Disorder 61 Naser Ahmed Saeed Altamimi Spring 2017 Finance Auburn University
62 Omar Ahmed Aidarous Alhabshi Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Colorado State University - Fort Collins
63 Omar Yaqub Yousif Al Ansari Spring 2017 Industrial Electronic Eng. Arizona State University - Tempe
64 Omer Hamed Ali Alsafi Alhashmi Spring 2017 Economics Arizona State University - Tempe
65 Osama Shaker AlBehandy Spring 2017 Law Loyola Marymount University
66 Rashed Essa Abdulfattah Al Mulla Spring 2017 Finance Northeastern University - Boston
67 Saad Ibrahim Saad Yaaqeib Summer 2017 Psychology University of Missouri - Columbia
68 Saeed Khalfan AlNuaimi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering Virginia Tech
69 Saif Ahmad Abdulla Almulla Alshehhi Spring 2017 Pre-Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe
70 Sara Abdulla Ahmed Aljanahi Spring 2017 Medicine - Dermatology Boston University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University- 71 Sara Abdulrahim Muallemi Spring 2017 Aviation Administration Prescott 72 Sara Salem Musabbeh AlKaabi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Alabama – Birmingham Sustainable Environmental 73 Sara Wesam Lootah Spring 2017 University of California - Davis Design 74 Sarah Mohamed Yousif Ali Alansari Spring 2017 Information Technology Arizona State University - Tempe
75 Sarah Salem Mohammed Alhosani Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Wright State University
76 Sarah Yousuf Abdulla Arif Spring 2017 Chemical Engineering San Jose State University Shahla Mohammed Habib Al 77 Spring 2017 Psychology University of Colorado - Denver Ghareeb 78 Wadha Hamad Salem AlHanaee Spring 2017 Public Administration Seton Hall University Pennsylvania State University - Universi- 79 Yousef Waheed Yousef Mohamed Spring 2017 Chemical Engineering ty Park
80 Yousif Mohamed Alansari Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe
Management Information Virginia Commonwealth University - 81 Yousif Yaqoub AlSharif AlHashemi Spring 2017 System Richmond