senior staff MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR AND PRESIDENT Opportunities to practice their conversational skills in a friendly, collaborative setting help these students in improve their English language proficiency.

Dear Friends, Message from the Chair and President...... 1 Few would disagree with the need to expand opportunities for education and training in the Middle East and North table of contents AMIDEAST Changes Lives ...... 2 2013 Highlights ...... 4 Africa, especially for the generation that is coming of age. However, the wisdom of pursuing this worthy objective Financial Statements...... 22 is too often eclipsed by the immediate concerns of a region caught in turmoil. Yet, as our new annual report — titled Donors and Sponsors...... 23 “Changing Lives” — highlights, education and training do transform lives for the better, as demonstrated by Training Partners ...... 23 individuals like… Senior Staff...... 25 Board of Directors...... 26 • Ghada, a young woman from Gaza grateful for multiple opportunities that have taken her Advisory Boards...... 27 “step by step” to high academic achievement Field and Project Offices...... 28 • Galal, a young man transformed by a youth engagement program in into a “confident” youth leader and “rising star” in his community • Safae, a young Moroccan woman who now has a job and feels empowered to “participate in positive change to build a better future,” thanks to a new employability training initiative An American nonprofit founded in 1951, AMIDEAST has a long ABOUT AMIDEAST and distinguished record as one of the primary U.S. organizations Their stories — and those of the more than 14,000 individuals in our programs that target the needs of youth and engaged in international education, training, and development women — tell us we’re on the right track, using our capabilities where they have the greatest impact. The challenge is assistance in the Middle East and North Africa. With 24 how to increase our ability to reach more individuals who are working to transform their lives. offices in 13 countries and over 650 dedicated professional staff, AMIDEAST provides programs and services to improve We are gratified that our efforts to lay the foundations for future initiatives are bearing fruit. For example, we are now educational opportunity and quality, strengthen local institutions, collaborating with Saudi Electric Services Polytechnic to staff and manage a modern training center in . and develop language and professional skills for success in Similarly, our new partnership with the Union for the Mediterranean now enables us to offer our Skills for Success® the global economy. program to advance the employability of young women in , Jordan, , , and .

Our work would not be possible without the interest and support of our donors and individuals like you. We thank AMIDEAST is dedicated to expanding opportunity through you for your past support and look forward to working together in the coming days and months. mission education and training, while strengthening mutual understanding and cooperation between Americans and Sincerely, the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa.

Mary W. Gray Theodore H. Kattouf Chair President and CEO

Changing Lives | 1 Jordanian alumni of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program plant trees to celebrate the program’s tenth anniversary. AMIDEASTchanges lives how By expanding educational opportunities By preparing individuals for jobs in the global economy By empowering youth and women By strengthening institutions By building cross-cultural understanding

OUR 2013 REACH Exchange and 1,700+ scholarship students Beneficiaries of youth 14,000+ empowerment initiatives Students and 61,000+ professionals trained Educational advising 144,000+ contacts 200,000+ Tests administered

wHERE Algeria Morocco Bahrain Oman Egypt Qatar Saudi Arabia Jordan Tunisia UAE Lebanon Palestine Yemen

2 | AMIDEAST annual report Changing Lives | 3 At Rhamna Skills I discovered civic engagement. That forced me to think about my contribution to my community and that, even as a young Advancing person, I have the opportunity to participate in positive change Employability to build a better future.”

— Safae Mehmad, build a better future for themselves and contribute Rhamna Skills trainee, Morocco to the country’s economic development. Five youth centers form the backbone of the OCP Skills Program. With AMIDEAST as managing Profile partner, the first of these facilities — Rhamna Skills Center — began operating in 2013. Based in Benguerir, in central Morocco, the center serves Life Skills Training Expands youth in the city as well as the broader Rhamna Access to Jobs province where Benguerir is located. Meet Safae Medmad, a young woman from The center features a training program designed Benguerir, a mid-sized city in Morocco’s interior. Like many recent college graduates in Morocco, Orientation day at the new Rhamna Skills Center in to meet the diverse needs of unemployed youth Benguerir, Morocco. looking to strengthen, expand, or just top off their she was frustrated that her degree wasn’t helping skill sets with specialized training and career her enter the country’s tight job market. It didn’t counseling. School dropouts, aspiring entrepreneurs, help either that the unemployment rate for graduates, The Middle East and North Africa is a region nonprofit managers, and those seeking to develop especially women, was among the highest in fraught with high unemployment, particularly particular vocational skills are typical students. the country. among youth. Young men and women are Job coaching and personal development are eager for the security and opportunity that a job emphasized, as are cultural and recreational Safae’s prospects changed when the new OCP provides, yet one out of four faces joblessness. activities that lead youth to become more Rhamna Skills Center opened. On her first day, Paradoxically, however, many companies cannot engaged in their communities and ultimately Safae joined other newcomers in a compulsory find enough qualified applicants. The problem: attain a higher quality of life. orientation session, an innovative feature of the few have the skills or know-how to meet the needs program that ensures that training meets the required in today’s job market. In 2013, Rhamna Skills Center, operating at near specific goals and needs of the student. capacity, trained some 600 youth. The impact is Enter AMIDEAST, helping to change lives, with an undeniable: the center expects to achieve a success Safae was placed in a track that emphasized initiative to provide innovative, targeted training rate of close to 70 percent, similar to the job career counseling and personal development, as coupled with career counseling. In collaboration placement rate achieved by Training for Success, well as training to strengthen her skills. In addition, with Morocco’s national phosphate company, a job skills program benefiting 600 recent graduates she took a course in civic engagement, one of an OCP Groupe, and its philanthropic arm, OCP that AMIDEAST implemented on behalf of OCP array of electives designed to broaden the Foundation, AMIDEAST is helping youth enter in 2011–12. perspectives and awaken the civic spirit of the job market with a major employability training Benguerir’s up-and-coming citizens. program in Morocco. The OCP Skills Program Elsewhere, AMIDEAST is managing a center empowers and supports youth living within OCP’s located in Laayoune, with plans to bring a center “My training benefited me greatly. I was able to geographic areas of operation, enabling them to online in Khouribga in 2014. develop competencies that will help me stand out in the job market [and] gain self-confidence. Today I am proud of my technical and personal abilities,” recalls Safae, who succeeded in finding employment as a web developer. Safae’s perspective on life also changed. “I discovered civic engagement. That pushed me to think about my personal contribution to my community and that, even as a young person, I have the opportunity to participate in positive change to build a better future.”

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Discovering a Ladder to Achievement

When Ghada Tafesh joined the English Access Microscholarship Program in 2010, little did she imagine how it would change her life. The determined teenager from Gaza thrived in the two-year program, improving her English well enough to qualify for the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program, which gave her the opportunity to spend a year of high school in Maryland. When she returned home with a dream of continuing her studies in the , AMIDEAST was there to help. Assisted by the Abraham Lincoln Incentive Grants program and the Diana Kamal Scholarship Search Fund (DKSSF), Ghada received a full scholarship to attend Wilson College in Pennsylvania.

All of these opportunities have taken me, step by step, toward what I am now.”

Wilson College’s liberal arts curriculum is allowing Ghada to pursue her passion for English literature, as well as her top priority: a career in the sciences, an arena in which EMPOWERING she shines brightly. With a double major in Biology and English, Ghada consistently makes the Dean’s List, won the Robert Shannon McElwain Prize as the college’s best student in mathematics, and participates in the highly selective NeXXT Program, a U.S. Ehsan proudly reads his essay during Department of State initiative for outstanding the launch of a new session of the young women in the STEM fields. Despite a English Access Microscholarship Program in Jordan. demanding academic load, she also makes YOUTH time for a variety of extracurricular activities that are building her self-confidence and nurturing a commitment to community service. AMIDEAST programs and services have changed the lives of youth across the region. Working with international, regional, and local partners, AMIDEAST helps thousands of young men and women master English — the global Ghada once believed that a bachelor’s language of academia and business — and hone cross-cultural competencies that are key to success in today’s degree was the furthest that she could go. global economy and technology-driven world. Youth become equipped to reap the benefits of new and challenging Today, she aspires to complete her Ph.D. academic, professional, and entrepreneurial opportunities; they discover how to engage in their communities and build a career that will enable her in positive and effective ways, with a focus on finding solutions that meet daily needs. Not least, by supporting to use her knowledge and benefit her diverse initiatives for underserved youth, AMIDEAST offers a ladder of educational and training opportunities community and broader society. “All of at critical stages along the path to personal and professional maturity, helping many deserving young men and these opportunities have taken me step-by- women pursue their aspirations for a better quality of life. step toward what I am now. I have gained many priceless skills, experiences, and relationships. All that I am — and all that I do and have done — would not be possible U.S. Ambassador Stuart E. Jones (center) is surrounded by enthusiastic without them.” Jordanian Access students.

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Laying the Foundations for Future Success Opening the Doors of Higher Education

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Members of the Competitive College Club in Egypt, joined by U.S. Ambassador Anne W. Patterson (center), celebrate their acceptances by U.S. colleges and universities. 4

Giving young people a chance to receive a college The U.S. Department of State Middle East Partnership degree is one of AMIDEAST’s hallmarks. By working Initiative (MEPI)’s Tomorrow’s Leaders Scholarship with key partners and mobilizing longstanding Program is yet another program in AMIDEAST’s tool networks in the region and the U.S. higher education chest, enabling 27 underserved students from Algeria, community, AMIDEAST is able to make the dreams Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Yemen to earn full of U.S. study come true for talented, deserving young for undergraduate study at the American men and women across the region. Several initiatives University of , American University of Cairo, and deserve mention. Lebanese American University. To date, more than 150 young men and women selected for their leadership EducationUSA centers that AMIDEAST manages on potential and outstanding academic achievement have Early intervention — a key youth pillar of AMIDEAST — underserved youth in these countries the opportunity behalf of the U.S. Department of State in Egypt, Lebanon, received Tomorrow’s Leaders scholarships. is changing lives of young people every day. English to master English through extensive language study at Morocco, Oman, Tunisia, and Yemen organized classes for young learners and summer camps develop AMIDEAST training centers. But the benefits to the Competitive College Clubs to help well-qualified Nearly 150 promising, academically qualified but capabilities that enable many youth to tap succes- participants went far beyond simply learning English. undergraduate applicants improve their admission financially challenged Palestinian youth also benefited sive educational and training opportunities that would They improved their leadership skills; they honed their and scholarship chances through in-depth group from AMIDEAST’s efforts to pave the way for promising otherwise be largely out of reach. The biggest of these information and communication technology (ICT) skills; application work and community service activities. students to change their lives with a college education. summer initiatives is Camp Discovery, a three-week and they developed a greater understanding of U.S. The result: 43 high school seniors succeeded in Its support of the Hope Fund as its presence on the program funded by the U.S. Consulate in society and culture. Approximately 24,225 youth have receiving admissions to undergraduate programs ground in Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine helped for at-risk Palestinian youth in refugee camps and other benefited from AMIDEAST-administered Access grants at U.S. colleges and universities, including needy make it possible for 10 deserving Palestinian men marginalized areas in the West Bank and Gaza. Camp since the program’s inception in 2004. but well-qualified students who were assisted by the and women from refugee backgrounds to receive Discovery marked its sixth summer in 2013, providing Opportunity Program to cover many of the expenses full scholarships for undergraduate study from U.S. 648 girls and boys fun-filled, learning-centered activities Access and Camp Discovery are clearly succeeding associated with the application process. colleges and universities. in an environment focused on English language training, in preparing youth to take advantage of student artistic expression, scientific discovery, community exchange and higher education opportunities. Access The Diana Kamal Scholarship Search Fund (DKSSF) In addition, AMIDEAST administered two U.S. service, team-building, and leadership development. students who develop English language proficiency opened the doors to U.S. undergraduate study for 16 Department of State programs for Palestinian youth: and cultural knowledge have significant advantages in deserving young men and women from Lebanon, the Abraham Lincoln Incentive Grants program, That same year, AMIDEAST implemented the English their ability to gain admission into the Kennedy-Lugar Morocco, Tunisia, and the West Bank/Gaza, who helping 44 students to defray the costs associated Access Microscholarship Program in Egypt, Jordan, Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program and to win were given full scholarships from Barnard, Mt. Holyoke, with the process of applying for U.S. study; and the Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Tunisia, the scholarships for higher education through the Diana and Williams Colleges; the University of Pennsylvania; American Palestinian Local University Scholarships West Bank/Gaza, and Yemen. This U.S. Department Kamal Scholarship Search Fund (DKSSF) and other and Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, Hawaii (A-PLUS) Program, enabling 82 students to receive of State-funded initiative provided nearly 9,000 initiatives supported by AMIDEAST. Pacific, Northeastern, Toledo, and Brigham Young scholarships for undergraduate study at local Palestinian Universities. This was a record number of placements universities. AMIDEAST material support additionally in a single year for the DKSSF, a fund established by helped A-PLUS students benefit from the practical AMIDEAST in 2006 to expand access to U.S. study professional skills training and professional internship CAPTION: An enriching curriculum is key to success, whether for these Egyptian students in the English Access Microscholarship Program (1-3), or young learners in summer camp in Oman (4). for deserving, talented youth in the region. opportunities that are part of the A-Plus Program.

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Fostering Youth Making a Difference

Building Bridges of Understanding Community Engagement Young and unemployed, Galal Al-Khader Al-Mansouri couldn’t see the way to a brighter future. He had completed a degree in business administration at Aden University, but faced poor job prospects like many youth in Yemen, where chronic unemployment is endemic. He felt powerless. PYCE’s success depends on a network of youth leaders who shoulder broad responsibilities. “You can say that I was a youth of the street. I was on the street doing nothing. I Youth in the Middle East and North Africa need opportunities was discouraged and even angry,” Galal to practice civic engagement as a way to learn social and recalls, looking back on his young life. But civic values that will give them a voice in their own future. This then he joined the Promoting Youth Civic is especially true in Yemen, where youth represent more than Engagement (PYCE) project. half of the population. Many simply feel excluded from public discourse and life. Since 2010, AMIDEAST has partnered with USAID to implement Promoting Youth Civic Engagement (PYCE), a program that enables youth to positively affect their Today, I feel more local communities through sports, recreational programs, In the decade since the U.S. reminiscent of their time as YES and other community-based engagement activities. PYCE confident. PYCE has Congress created the Kennedy- students. In 2013, these activities trains youth leaders to develop and implement activities that helped me become a Lugar Youth Exchange and Study The YES Program took on added impetus, as alumni encourage youth engagement. Youth are also taught to (YES) Program, youth exchanges changed my life celebrated the 10th anniversary identify and train other young people, thereby leveraging rising star.” have proven without a doubt that of the YES Program by organizing the program’s impact and sustainability. By working with a they change lives and build bridges in ways that can’t be community service initiatives that steering committee of civic leaders, young leaders are of understanding between the enabled them to have an impact encouraged to engage with moderate religious figures, United States and countries with put into words.“ close to home. A natural leader, Galal qualified to become educators, local council members, sports enthusiasts, and a member of the PYCE Peer Network, a mainly Muslim populations. With other community members. AMIDEAST’s support, this important — Hanan Abou Ali, YES Like many YES students, Hanan group of youth leaders who form the initiative has enabled more than alumna from Lebanon Abou Ali participated in community program’s backbone. Through hard With strong community support, AMIDEAST and its work, training, and taking on successive 2,000 boys and girls to spend a service during her year in Wisconsin. partners, Peace Players International (PPI) and the National year in the United States, living with After returning to Lebanon, she leadership responsibilities, he learned that Organization for the Development of Society (NODS), it is “possible to shape the future through a host family, attending a local high continued to be engaged through conduct PYCE activities in Aden, Marib, Lahej, and Sana’a. school, and experiencing everyday a variety of YES alumni activities. service to society and other youth.” As a In 2013, PYCE expanded activities into Abyan. PYCE’s work PYCE youth trainer, Galal is spearheading life in an American community. In 2013, AMIDEAST “The mission of YES students never ends. After coming is carried out in cooperation with the Ministries of Youth and assisted in the selection of 200 boys and girls from back home, students teach people about the American project workshops in his home governorate Sports Endowments and Guidance and Education and with of Abyan, a rural, primarily agrarian area. Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, society and people. Students also take the skills they governors’ offices and local councils. Qatar, Tunisia, the West Bank/Gaza, and Yemen, as gained while being on the program and implement them Galal is also developing partnerships well as in their pre-departure orientation and travel to in projects in their home countries. YES students become More than 200 PYCE-supported leaders provided civic the United States. active members in their societies,” she reflected on a with other organizations, such as a PYCE- engagement opportunities in 2013, serving as peer models supported youth center, as well as with local blog devoted to her YES experience. “The YES Program and participating in fostering locally-driven solutions, such The YES experience does not end with the conclusion of changed my life in ways can’t be put into words. I am government officials who support efforts to as maintaining schools and public spaces and supporting help youth in Abyan and Aden. “Today, I the exchange year. YES alumni organizations facilitated very thankful to have been able to be part of it. Thank installation of solar power systems to permit PYCE youth by AMIDEAST are gaining momentum, helping to ease you YES, thank you U.S., thank you all for believing in feel more confident,” he observes. “PYCE centers to function during electricity outages. These training, has helped me become a rising star. I am the transition to home and keeping the YES spirit alive me.” For Hanan, her experience was truly life changing. educational, community awareness, and recreational through community service, workshops, and other activities a respected trainer. I work with many activities benefited more than 3,000 at-risk youths. PYCE initiatives and, most importantly, I work has also encouraged female participation by designating with youth who were like me, on the streets female-only spaces and increasing activities for women and feeling frustrated. I let them know hard CAPTION CLOCKWISE: The YES experience never ends. Kuwaiti YES alumna Hadiya Al-Nasser visited her host brother (1) while and girls at the centers. Living up to its commitment to the Fatima Al-Qabandi, also from Kuwait, joined other YES alumni at their annual party for hospitalized children, and YES alumni in work pays off, and that if I can make it, development of female leaders, more than 40 percent of they can too.” Lebanon (3), Jordan (4,5), and Yemen (6) engaged in a variety of activities celebrating the YES 10th anniversary. all youth leaders are female; about half of the 4,800 youth trained so far are girls and young women.

10 | AMIDEAST annual report Changing Lives | 11 Participants in the 2013 AWEP training round in Lebanon.

Changing women’s The AWEP program helped me discover how to use my talents and succeed.” lives through entrepreneurship — Heba Reda Fahmy, Egypt

Participation of women in the labor market in with mentoring and other support. The training is Arab countries is among the lowest in the world, provided over a time frame long enough to permit regardless of their gains in education and in their participants to master the skills learned and begin societies at large. Entrepreneurship, however, to implement business plans. AWEP alumnae By the end of Year 2, these six women launched successful new ventures or grew is providing a means for many Arab women to continue to benefit from the AWEP support previously struggling enterprises in a diversity of areas after participating in AWEP. reach their potential by enabling them to realize network in all countries, once they graduate both personal and career goals, allowing them from the program. to support their families, and paving the way for them to contribute to their communities in impor- For women in the Arab world, where political, tant ways, all at the same time. economic, and regulatory conditions are already challenging, AWEP provides skills-building, For the second consecutive year, the Arab mentoring, and other support to help them Women’s Entrepreneurship Project (AWEP) — an overcome numerous hurdles — rigid regulatory AMIDEAST partnership with Citi Foundation — structures in their countries, limited avenues for advanced the economic empowerment of women financing, and not least, the uncertainties due to in the Arab world through entrepreneurship. The the current political situations in these countries. program was offered in Lebanon and Morocco, Work, family, and other gender-specific issues are following the success of an earlier training round also addressed. in those countries. Egypt and Jordan, both considered good fits for the AWEP model, As a result of the success of AWEP’s second year, Amina Majdi, Sanaa El Amine, Jouhaina Elawar, Intisar Al Khatib, Hoda Fouad, Linda Hallak, were added to the program. Citi Foundation and AMIDEAST agreed to offer a President of Early Childhood Owner of Two Founder of a President of an Owner of new round of training in 2014. This will bring the a Women’s Education Women’s Health Foods Arts & Music an Online In each of the four countries, 20 women were benefits of this groundbreaking initiative to nearly Artisan Specialist and Clothing Business in Education Marketing selected from large applicant pools, demonstrating 250 aspiring women entrepreneurs in all. Cooperative in School Founder Boutiques in Jordan Nonprofit in Business in a strong interest in, and need for, what AWEP Morocco in Lebanon Lebanon Egypt Jordan offers: basic business skills training combined

12 | AMIDEAST annual report Changing Lives | 13 Teachers in the PCELT program, such as this teacher in Jordan, practice delivering interactive lessons to real students as their peers observe in order to provide supportive feedback.

I am really a different teacher now” Making Better English Teachers — Zeinab Deymi-Gheriani, PCELT graduate, Tunisia

English is important as a gateway to opportunities Within a year, PCELT had certified 222 teachers for youth in the Middle East and North Africa. in eight countries, trained 22 PCELT trainers, and Realizing those opportunities, however, is a strengthened partnerships with local ministries A Transformative Experience problem because much of the region lacks and other educational entities with the common well-trained, certified teachers with the aim of upgrading English language teaching skills In its first year, the PCELT program earned praise from teachers capacity to advance their students’ English in the region. The launching phase, moreover, for its transformational impact. One trainee from Tunisia said it language proficiency. AMIDEAST has stepped enabled AMIDEAST to strengthen its own plainly: “PCELT was a turning point in my professional life as in with its new Professional Certificate in English capacity to deliver a rigorous, internationally a teacher.” Language Teaching (PCELT) program, a training recognized program region-wide. A pool of initiative to enable teachers to develop critically PCELT-licensed trainers was established, PCELT introduces methods and tools to enable teachers to needed pedagogical skills and expand the local assessors were trained on PCELT program significantly advance student learning. Its emphasis on an region’s pool of qualified English teachers. evaluation methodologies, and a comprehensive experiential approach offers trainees opportunities to observe, curriculum was adapted to the needs of analyze, experiment with, and adapt a broad range of new Through a partnership with World Learning/SIT MENA teachers. teaching practices to their own students’ needs and learning Graduate Institute and with support from the GE contexts. PCELT’s practice teaching component allows teachers Foundation, AMIDEAST launched PCELT in an As the year came to a close, planning was to apply their developing skills in an authentic classroom, extensive, six-country pilot in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, underway to expand PCELT in 2014, beginning while peers make observations to provide constructive and Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia in 2013. As word in Lebanon and Palestine (Gaza), with the supportive feedback. of the new program spread, other countries asked inclusion of PCELT in two new USAID-funded to offer it. The result was that PCELT was also projects in those countries. In addition, new U.S. “PCELT changed my way of thinking about teaching and made introduced in Lebanon, with funding from AMIDEAST’s embassy-funded courses were being planned in me a different teacher,” said a Cairo public school teacher. Lebanon Advisory Board, and in Yemen. Additional Tunisia, Yemen and the West Bank; and PCELT Her students benefited, too, coming alive and becoming more cohorts were trained with funding from the U.S. will be featured on several AMIDEAST public comfortable in English as they worked in small groups, engaged Experiential learning, such as this in-class in discussion, and acted out scenes in English — activities rarely embassies in Yemen and Egypt and the Consulate course calendars. training session in the West Bank, is an integral General in Jerusalem. part of the PCELT program. found in the teacher-centered classrooms typical across the region.

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Discovering New Creative leadership and Possibilities Helping liberal education…are the Future Leaders Iheb Guermazi first requirements for a hopeful watched with future for humankind. Fostering excitement as Make a Difference the Arab Spring these — leadership, learning, enveloped his country, Tunisia. AMIDEAST has been proud to administer In 2013, AMIDEAST administered the and empathy between cultures The young architect the prestigious Fulbright Foreign Student Fulbright Foreign Student Program in was hopeful that Program in the Middle East and North 13 countries — Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, — was and remains the the promise of Africa for nearly 45 years. As the Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Lebanon, Morocco, change would flagship educational platform of the Oman, Tunisia, UAE, West Bank/Gaza, purpose of the [Fulbright] open the doors U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright and Yemen — making it possible for program.” to new thinking Program recognizes young men and 354 grantees to pursue graduate about architecture and how it serves women who stand out for their academic study and research at colleges and Tunisia’s growing urban centers. However, achievements, leadership potential, universities across the United States, — J. William Fulbright the revolution also brought turmoil, and with and desire to make a difference in their and 211 nominees to be placed in U.S. it a dampening of job prospects in his field. fields. It provides these outstanding graduate programs. Over the years, A job offer took him to China for an “amazing” individuals the opportunity to pursue more than 2,000 deserving young men experience, but it was his decision to apply graduate study and research at leading and women have been awarded for the Fulbright Program that would have U.S. institutions of higher education. The Fulbright grants through programs the greatest impact. Fulbright program is also committed administered by AMIDEAST. Upon to promoting international cultural their return home, many of them have understanding and global citizenship become leaders in their communities Because of my Fulbright by broadening students’ understanding and their chosen fields, where they of the world, the United States, and have helped shape the future of the experience, I am thinking their own communities and societies. places they live. that, once back home, I can both teach and work.”

As a Fulbright student at the , Iheb pursued a Master’s of Science in the History and Theory of Architecture. His studies focused on the relevance of Western architecture with regard to the needs of the developing world. A summer fellowship spent at the Agha Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT/, included in his grant from the Fulbright program, enabled him to consider his research within the rich Islamic and Arab architectural traditions of Tunisia.

Iheb not only gained professional expertise Since 1970, AMIDEAST has been proud to administer the prestigious Fulbright Foreign Student Program for the from the Fulbright program. The experience of Middle East and North Africa. As the flagship program of the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright Program is studying in an open, collaborative academic intended for young men and women who stand out for their academic achievements, leadership potential, and environment, opened his eyes to exciting desire to make a difference in their fields, providing them the opportunity to pursue graduate study and research new possibilities. When he returns to Tunisia, at leading U.S. institutions of higher education. The Fulbright program is also committed to promoting internation- he hopes to bring with him the diversity of al cultural understanding and global citizenship by broadening students’ understanding of the world, the United knowledge and elements of the academic States, and their own societies. atmosphere that impressed him. “Because of my Fulbright experience, I am thinking In 2013, AMIDEAST administered the Fulbright Foreign Student Program for 13 countries — Algeria, Bahrain, that, once back home, I can both teach and Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Tunisia, the UAE, the West Bank/Gaza, and Yemen — work. By dealing with students, you can effect making it possible for 354 Fulbright grantees to pursue graduate study and research, and 211 nominees to be change. But it’s not only the information that placed in U.S. graduate programs. Over the years, more than 2,000 talented young men and women have I would bring back; it’s more than that, it’s Fulbrightreceived students Fulbright enjoy opportunities grants through to programs administered by AMIDEAST. Upon returning home, many have gone the educational process.” see nationalon to landmarksbecome leaders during the in theiran- communities and chosen fields, helping to shape the future of their societies. nual Fulbright reentry workshop, hosted by AMIDEAST in Washington, D.C.

16 | AMIDEAST annual report Changing Lives | 17 financials Students in an elementary school in the West Bank.

Improving Schools in the Building Capacity in Palestinian Building Capacity West Bank Higher Education AMIDEAST was pleased to be selected by AMIDEAST and the Open Society Foundations USAID to implement the School Support Program (OSF) have collaborated with USAID to implement (SSP), a four-year, $20 million initiative focused the Palestinian Faculty Development Program (PFDP) in Education on strengthening school leadership, teaching in order to increase capacity within the Palestinian quality, and community engagement in 50 higher education sector since 2005. In particular, Expanding access to quality education is critical to improving the lives of youth across schools in marginalized areas of the West Bank. the program addresses long-term issues of reform the Middle East and North Africa. This is no more so than in Palestine. To help do Additional measures, such as career guidance, in teaching and learning practices at colleges and life-skills training, and experiential learning, are universities in the West Bank and Gaza. As the something about it, AMIDEAST, in 2013, partnered with USAID, the Palestinian designed to overcome low student achievement program’s end drew near, the groundwork was laid Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MOEHE), and Open Society and strengthen student social competencies. for increasing the number of Centers of Teaching Excellence (CTEs) supported by PFDP, and for Foundations (OSF) to strengthen the capacity of K–12 and higher educational SSP’s first step, begun in summer 2013, was supporting an important series of policy institutions in the West Bank and Gaza. to undertake an intensive school assessment development roundtable seminars. process to identify the schools to be included in Reforming Basic Education In its first full year of operations, LTD progressed the program. This was followed by preparations AMIDEAST signed a grant agreement with Palestine in Palestine significantly. The program championed a new for district-wide events with parents, teachers, Polytechnic University (PPU) in 2013 to help the national policy to build the capacity of the students, and other community members, to be university build the capacity of its new CTE and train Launched in May 2012, the USAID-funded ministry’s National Institute for Education and organized after MOEHE approves the final PPU faculty in effective strategies for teaching and Leadership and Teacher Development (LTD) Training (NIET) and provided NIET technical school selection. learning. The establishment of a separate CTE at Program supports a national strategy of the support to deliver school-based in-service Palestine Technical University-Kadoorie — addition MOEHE to improve the quality of K–12 training to more than 400 under-qualified SSP also worked with MOEHE’s National to the two existing CTEs, one at An Najah National education. In the West Bank, LTD enhances teachers in mathematics, science, Arabic, English, Institute for Education and Training to lay the University and one at Bethlehem University — has policies, structures, and practices designed to and educational technology. It also supported groundwork for a 10-month intensive Leadership increased the number of centers supported through support school-based reforms and strengthen the (a) the development of a new national teacher Diploma Program to enable school principals to PFDP to four. performance of principals and teachers through training and licensing program aligned with 21st carry out the school improvement process that high-quality professional development. In Gaza, century learning skills; (b) the development and will be introduced during the course of the The roundtable seminars will engage senior decision LTD supports strategic reforms in pre-service delivery of leadership training for 88 principals program. Longer term, SSP will introduce other makers in exploring current issues in higher education teacher education in the college of education and equipped each one with a laptop computer; measures designed to enhance student and to help them make policy recommendations that at one of Palestine’s largest universities. Over and (c) the design and implementation in parental engagement and foster learning. inform the ministry’s reform of the sector. The first of its four-year lifespan, the program will target partnership with the University of Massachusetts Among these measures will be an upgrading of these, in 2013 in collaboration with the Accreditation some 300 public schools, benefiting more than at Amherst of an inquiry-based training of computer and science labs and libraries based and Quality Assurance Commission, focused on 50,000 students. trainers program at NIET for more than 50 on the results of a needs assessment. quality assurance in Palestinian higher education. teacher-educators.

18 | AMIDEAST annual report Changing Lives | 19 American students, such as these under- graduates in the Cairo program, gain valuable perspectives living and studying in the region.

Customizing the Experience Learning from One Another Creating Awareness & Understanding AMIDEAST assisted 10 U.S. institutions in the development AMIDEAST Education Abroad Programs provide and implementation of short-term education abroad a solid classroom-based academic program, OF THE ARAB WORLD programs in Jordan, Morocco, Oman, and the UAE in but what is transformative and life-changing for 2013. Through activities such as homestays, lectures, students are their firsthand experiences of Middle cross-cultural discussions, site visits to community Eastern and North African society made possible “My study abroad in Morocco was the most intriguing, absolutely challenging at organizations, service learning projects, and cultural by the program. In addition to opportunities to live excursions, more than 340 participating high school and with local families, two notable activities include times, and astonishing experience of my life. Every day was spent learning and college students gained invaluable life-changing insights the Language Partner program and Cultural experiencing something wonderfully unique.” that expanded their understanding of the region, and Dialogues sessions. fostered newfound connections with its citizens. In each host country, local students, young Programs, she added, “I can only hope to return soon By tailoring these short-term programs to meet sponsors’ professionals, and participants in AMIDEAST and make new experiences.” objectives, AMIDEAST meets a variety of needs and English language courses serve as language interests. Reflecting a rising interest in Arabic language partners for semester/academic year Education In 2013, 360 students enrolled in summer, semester, study at American universities, intensive language Abroad students. In a variety of extracurricular or full-year study options offered by AMIDEAST study is the focal point of several programs. Notably settings, Education Abroad students work with Education Abroad Programs in the Arab World, among them, two U.S. Department of State-funded host-country peers to practice language skills and earning credit for coursework in Modern Standard programs in Morocco and Oman advanced the build cross-cultural friendships. Language partners and Colloquial Arabic, as well as related area Arabic language proficiency of 114 secondary and are a core element of the Arabic language studies courses. Programs were offered in Egypt, post-secondary students. learning agenda of the programs. Jordan, and Morocco. Of note, the Area & Arabic Language Studies program in Amman, Jordan, Other customized programs enable participants to explore Students also participate in structured dialogue welcomed its largest group ever, including 12 students special topics. Students from Drew University in New sessions with carefully selected host country Student exploring Jordan’s Roman heritage from our new partners, Associated Colleges of the Jersey, for example, learned firsthand about globalization students. Held in both formal and informal settings, Midwest. However, the Egypt programs, which and migration patterns during a summer program in cultural dialogue sessions provide an opportunity In these words, Madinatou Diallo, a student at Mount resumed in 2012 following a two-semester hiatus that Rabat and northern Morocco, while engineering students for students to discuss cultural issues and interact Holyoke College in Massachusetts, reflects on the began during the January 25, 2011 Revolution, were from the University of Maryland deepened their with host country peers. By creating a “safe space” rewards of her experience in AMIDEAST’s Education suspended in July 2013 in response to the ongoing understanding of their discipline in a global context for both Education Abroad and host country Abroad Program in Morocco. Writing on Mosaic, political turmoil in that country. during a study tour in the UAE. Other college programs students to express their views and ask questions, the official blog of AMIDEAST Education Abroad focused on the Middle East dimension of peace and participants are able to broach topics that are not conflict resolution, maternal and child health, and the easily raised in day-to-day conversations, such as business culture of the Middle East and North Africa. identity, marriage, religion, and gender.

20 | AMIDEAST annual report Changing Lives | 21 financials Donors & Sponsors

Statement of Financial Position Donors & Sponsors September 30, 2013 (With Comparative Totals for 2012) We are deeply grateful for the support of our donors and program sponsors during 2013. It is through their generous Assets 2013 2012 contributions that we are able to fulfill our mission. Cash and cash equivalents $ 5,200,147 $ 4,118,874 Reimbursable expenditures under contracts and grants 4,768,214 5,403,600 CONTRIBUTIONS Receivables, net 2,049,259 2,815,405 $200,000+ Hanna Ayoub Mounir Douaidy Up to $999 Promises to give, net 854,489 92,943 Inventory, net 2,020,086 1,750,773 Moustafa Bissat ExxonMobil Candy Baker Prepaid expenses and other 1,670,061 1,161,423 Paul Boulos Ali Ghandour Judith Barnett Investments 13,618,375 12,627,539 $50,000–$74,999 Nabil Bustros Doris C. Halaby Alfred J. Boulos Property and equipment, net 1,648,771 1,694,207 Anonymous Raphael Debbane Maha Kaddoura Sabrina Faber George Doumet Anis Nassar Debs Foundation Total assets $ 31,829,402 $ 29,664,764 $20,000–$49,999 Antoine Frem Selim Zeenni Hasan El-Khatib Habib Debs Liabilities and Net Assets Kanan Hamzeh James Q. Griffin Lockheed Martin Corporation Harry Nadjarian $1,000–$4,999 Theodore H. Kattouf LIABILITIES Semaan Foundation Raghida and Basel Odeh and Candace Aburdene Edward Prados Accounts payable $ 4,153,909 $ 3,301,865 Frederick C. Seibold, Jr. Curtis and Judy Brand Line of credit 2,600,000 - Raheem Fund Nicholas and Patricia Salim G. Sfeir Mary W. Gray Veliotes Severance payable 1,789,640 1,653,429 $10,000–$19,999 Accrued expenses 1,925,495 1,674,517 Solidere Paul Jabber Refundable advances 4,985,579 7,107,207 Aramex D. Patrick Maley III Deferred revenue 272,814 558,784 Hussam Abu Issa $5,000–$9,999 Robert Pelletreau, Jr. Capital lease obligation 351,296 428,748 Kutayba Yusuf Alghanim Amine Georges Abboud Leila Sharaf Deferred rent 264,944 297,371 Walid Assaf Richard A. Abdoo Alice Rowan Swanson Total liabilities 16,343,677 15,021,921 Michel E. Asseily Amid Baroudi

NET ASSETS Unrestricted program sponsors Undesignated 1,220,449 2,127,621 Board-designated endowment 11,941,511 11,047,743 ADRA International Ford Foundation International Lauder Institute of the U.S. Agency for International 13,161,960 13,175,364 American Bar Association Fellowships Program Wharton School, University Development Temporarily restricted 2,323,765 1,467,479 American Councils for Foundation for International of Pennsylvania U.S. Department of State Total net assets 15,485,725 14,642,843 International Education Education Legacy International U.S. Department of State Binational Fulbright GE Foundation Linden Tours Middle East Partnership Total liabilities and net assets $ 31,829,402 $ 29,664,764 Commission of Egypt Hope Fund Corporation Moroccan-American Initiative (MEPI) Castle Worldwide Individual U.S. Embassies Commission for Education- U.S. Education Group STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES Choate Rosemary Hall International Organization al and Cultural Exchange University of Delaware Year Ended September 30, 2013 (With Comparative Totals for 2012) School for Migration Nexen Inc. University of Maryland/ 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. Iraqi Women’s Fellowship OCP Foundation College Park Temporarily 2012 Citi Foundation Foundation Government of Oman Unrestricted restricted total total Council of International Jordanian-American OneWorld Now! University of Wisconsin/ Schools Commission for Open Society Foundations Milwaukee SUPPORT AND REVENUE Cyprus Fulbright Commission Educational Exchange Orascom Construction World Learning Grants and contracts $49,532,963 $ - $49,532,963 $53,883,192 Drew University Kosmos Energy Industries (OCI) Foundation Fees for services 23,412,461 - 23,412,461 23,112,408 Education Development Kryterion The Pennsylvania State Contributions 155,050 1,298,936 1,453,986 272,577 Center Kurdistan Regional University Investment income 1,224,000 - 1,224,000 1,316,175 Educational Testing Service Government Ministry of TOTAL E&P Yemen Other 72,818 189,887 - 189,887 Higher Education Tunisian Bar Association Net assets released from restrictions 442,650 (442,650) - - Total support and revenue 74,957,011 856,286 75,813,297 78,657,170

EXPENSES Program services: Field offices 40,037,227 - 40,037,227 40,605,779 Training Partners Exchange programs 26,402,081 - 26,402,081 28,795,935 Other programs 1,662,307 - 1,662,307 1,761,815 A , AZ Brandeis University, MA Cleveland State University, OH Total program services 68,101,615 - 68,101,615 71,163,529 Al Akhawayn University, MOROCCO Atlantic Institute, YEMEN Colorado State University, CO Al Aqsa Pharmacy, WEST BANK Atlas Cultural Foundation, MOROCCO C Columbia College, IL Supporting services 6,868,800 - 6,868,800 6,895,907 Al Ibdaa Private School, OMAN Auburn University, AL Cadi Ayad University, MOROCCO , NY Al-Haq Organization, WEST BANK Augustana College, IL California College of the Arts, CA Cornell University, NY Al-Shomoh Cultural Center, WEST BANK Azzan Bin Qais Private School, California Lutheran University, CA Creative People Solutions, YEMEN Total expenses 74,970,415 - 74,970,415 78,059,436 Al-Zawaya Pharmacy, WEST BANK OMAN California State University/Fullerton, CA American University, DC California State University/ D CHANGE IN NET ASSETS (13,404) 856,286 842,882 597,734 American University in Cairo, B Sacramento, CA , NH EGYPT Ball State University, IN Carnegie Mellon University, PA Decision Center, YEMEN NET ASSETS American University of Beirut, Beit Jala Hospital, WEST BANK Chapman University, CA DePaul University, IL Beginning 13,175,364 1,467,479 14,642,843 14,045,109 LEBANON Bethlehem University, WEST BANK The City University of New York, NY Dorval, MOROCCO Amman Little League, JORDAN Boise State University, ID Claremont Graduate University, CA Drexel University, PA Ending $13,161,960 $2,323,765 $15,485,725 $14,642,843 Appalachian State University, NC , MA Clark University, MA , NC Arab American University of Jenin, , MA Clemson University, SC Duquesne University, PA WEST BANK

22 | AMIDEAST annual report Changing Lives | 23 Training Partners senior staff

E Louisiana State University/ S University of Missouri/Columbia, MO senior staff East Carolina University, NC Baton Rouge, LA St. Cloud State University, MN University of Missouri/Kansas City, MO East Stroudsburg State University, PA Loyola University, IL Saint Martin’s College, WA University of Nebraska Medical Center, NE Eastern Mennonite University, VA Saint Michael’s College, VT University of Nebraska/Lincoln, NE OFFICERS KUWAIT YEMEN Eastern Michigan University, MI San Francisco State University, CA University of Nebraska/Omaha, NE The Hon. Samar Khleif Edward Prados M Theodore H. Kattouf Eastern Virginia Medical School, VA Marshall University, WV , NY University of Nevada/Las Vegas, NV Country Director Country Director École Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs, Maryland Institute College of Art, MD Savannah College of Art and University of Nevada/Reno, NV President and CEO MOROCCO Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA Design, GA University of New Hampshire, NH Sabrina Faber Elon University, NC School for International Training, VT University of New Haven, CT LEBANON Massar International, WEST BANK Kate Archambault Barbara Shahin Batlouni Chief of Party, Emerson College, MA Michigan State University, MI School of the Art Institute of University of New , NM Vice President , GA Chicago, IL The University of New Orleans, LA Country Director Promoting Youth Civic Middle Tennessee State University, TN Exchange Programs Emporia State University, KS Mississippi State University, MS School of the Visual Arts, NY University of North Carolina/ Engagement Project Expand Lebanon, LEBANON Missouri University of Science and Scientific Culture Society, JORDAN Chapel Hill, NC University of North Carolina/Charlotte, NC Linda DeNicola MOROCCO Technology, MO Smith College, MA Joseph Phillips Southern Illinois University/ University of North Carolina/ Vice President HEADQUARTERS F Mohammed V University, MOROCCO Country Director Monmouth University, NJ Carbondale, IL Greensboro, NC Finance and CFO PROGRAM, PROJECT, Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ University of North Dakota, ND Florida Atlantic University, FL Montana State University/Bozeman, MT Southern Methodist University, TX AND SERVICE MANAGERS University of North Florida, FL Hassna Lazar Florida Institute of Technology, FL Montclair State University, NJ Southern New Hampshire University, NH Vincent V. DeSomma Monterey Institute of International , CA University of North Texas, TX Director, Operations Florida International University, FL University of Northern Colorado, CO Vice President Jerome Bookin-Weiner , FL Studies, CA The State University of New York/ Mount Holyoke College, MA Albany, NY University of Nottingham, UK Business Development Director, Education Abroad Murray State University, KY The State University of New York/ University of Oklahoma, OK OMAN G Binghamton, NY , OR James T. Grabowski Sarah Jackson Yan Bui , VA The State University of New York/ University of Pennsylvania, PA Vice President Country Director Director, Office Systems The George Washington University, DC N Buffalo, NY , PA , DC Nablus Speciality Hospital, WEST BANK The State University of New York/ University of Rochester, NY Field Operations Georgia Institute of Technology, GA National Center for Culture and Stony Brook, NY University of San Diego, CA SAUDI ARABIA Elisabeth Westlund Dahl Georgia Southern University, GA Arts, JORDAN Syracuse University, NY University of San Francisco, CA Leslie S. Nucho Charles N. Griffin Director, Business Development Georgia State University, GA New Horizons, YEMEN University of Scranton, PA Vice President Country Director New Mexico State University, NM Gettysburg College, PA T University of South Alabama, AL Programs Kate DeBoer Global Nomads Group, JORDAN The New School, NY University of South Carolina, SC Director, Fulbright Golden Gate University, CA New York Film Institute/Los Angeles, CA Tanmia, MOROCCO University of Southern California, CA TUNISIA Gonzaga University, WA New York Medical College, NY Texas A&M University, TX The University of Southern Mississippi, MS Gregory Touma Chris Shinn Foreign Student New York University, NY Texas Christian University, TX University of Texas Health Science Vice President Country Director Program Texas Southern University, TX H North Carolina State University, NC Center/Houston, TX Administration North Dakota State University/ Trinity College, CT The University of Texas/Austin, TX Juleann Fallgatter Hartford Seminary, CT , MA Fargo, ND The University of Texas/El Paso, TX UNITED ARAB Director, Advising and Harvard University, MA Northeastern University, MA , LA EGYPT Hawaii Pacific University, HI University of the Arts, PA EMIRATES Testing Services Northern Arizona University, AZ University of Toledo, OH Shahinaz Ahmed Mary Corrado Hood College, MD , IL , DC U The University of Utah, UT Country Director Country Director Nova Southeastern University, FL Ultimate, YEMEN University of Washington in St. Louis, MO Roby Jacob Hult International Business School, MA Controller Hunter College, NY University of Alabama/Tuscaloosa, AL University of Washington, WA Quincy Dermody O University of Alaska/Anchorage, AK University of Wisconsin/Green Bay, WI Assistant Country Director WEST BANK/GAZA Oakland University, MI The , AZ University of Wisconsin/Madison, WI Steven Keller Imad Samha I University of Arkansas/Fayetteville, AR University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee, WI Ohio Northern University, OH Edmond Chamatt Country Director Director, Information Technology Illinois College, IL , OH University of Arkansas/Little Rock, AR University of Wisconsin/River Falls, WI Illinois State University, IL Alexandria Branch Director Old Dominion University, VA University of Bridgeport, MA University of Wisconsin/Stout, WI Maha Hasan Alicia Waller Independent Commission for Oregon State University, OR /Davis, CA University of Wyoming, WY Human Rights, WEST BANK University of California/Irvine, CA Ghada Abdelrahman Assistant Country Director, Human Resources Indiana State University, IN University of California/Riverside, CA Regional Director, Finance Director Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA P University of California/Santa V Jennifer Wells Indiana University/Bloomington, IN Palestinian Businessmen , IN Barbara, CA Vanderbilt University, TN Ahmed Mohamed El Said Assaf Director, Contracts and Grants Indiana University-Purdue Association, WEST BANK University of Central Oklahoma, OK Chief of Party, University at Indianapolis, IN Palestinian Cellular Telecommunication Villanova University, PA Manharawy The , IL Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Injaz, LEBANON Co. (Jawwal), GAZA University of Cincinnati, OH Regional Director, Leadership and Teacher Institut de l’Agdal, MOROCCO Parsons School of Design, NY State University, VA Development Program University of Colorado/Boulder, CO Vision Hope International, Information Technology Institute of Traditional Islamic Arts Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, PA University of Colorado/Denver, CO and Architecture, JORDAN The Pennsylvania State University, PA University of Essex, UK Helena Simas Phillip Butterfield International Horizons College, Le Petit College, MOROCCO University of Florida, FL W Chief of Party, Petroleum Institute, UAE Regional Director, Dubai, UAE , GA , NC School Support Program Philadelphia University, PA University of Hawaii/Manoa, HI Washington State University, WA English Language J Portland State University, OR University of Idaho, ID Washington University in St. Louis, MO Programs Pratt Institute, NY University of Illinois/Chicago, IL Webster University, MO John Knight The Johns Hopkins University, MD Purdue University, IN Jordan Olympics Committee, JORDAN University of Illinois/ , WV Chief of Party, Western Kentucky University, KY IRAQ Urbana-Champaign, IL Christopher Ludlow Palestinian Faculty Q University of Iowa, IA Western Michigan University, MI Development Program K Qasid Arabic Institute, JORDAN , KS Willamette University, OR Country Director Kansas State University, KS , MA Queen Rania Teacher Academy, University of La Verne, CA Anees Abu Hashem Kennesaw State University, GA JORDAN University of Louisville, KY The World Islamic Science and Kent State University, OH JORDAN Gaza Field Operations Manager Qurum Private School, OMAN University of Maryland/Baltimore Education University (WISE), Dana Shuqom County, MD JORDAN Country Director L University of Maryland/College Park, MD Wright State University, OH R University of Massachusetts/Amherst, MA Learning to Care Institute, LEBANON Rafedia Hospital, WEST BANK Lebanese American University, University of Massachusetts/Boston, MA Y David Heuring Ranem Pharmacy, WEST BANK University of Massachusetts/Lowell, MA Director, Education LEBANON , TX Youth Leadership Development Lebanese Center for Civic The University of Memphis, TN Foundation, YEMEN Program Development Roanoke College, VA University of Miami, FL Education, LEBANON Rochester Institute of Technology, NY Lehigh University, PA /Ann Arbor, MI Roosevelt University, IL /Twin Cities, MN Long Island University, NY Rutgers University, NJ

24 | AMIDEAST annual report Changing Lives | 25 board of directors ADVISORY BOARDs

board of directors ADVISORY BOARDs

OFFICERS Dr. Sherrill Cleland Dr. Mary E. King AMIDEAST/Lebanon Advisory Mr. Nabil Bustros Mr. Salim Zeenni President Emeritus, Marietta Professor of Peace and Board (ALAB) Co-founder, Chairman and CEO Chairman *Dr. Mary W. Gray College; Trustee, Conflict Studies, University MIDIS Group American Lebanese Chamber of Chair KnowledgeWorks Foundation For Peace, Costa Rica; Visiting Dr. Paul Boulos Beirut, Lebanon Commerce ALAB Chairman Professor of Mathematics, Sarasota, Florida Fellow, Rothermore American Beirut, Lebanon American University President and COO Mr. Raphael Debbane Institute, University of Innovyze Chairman Washington, DC The Hon. Robert S. Dillon Oxford, England (Emeritus) Broomfield, Colorado DESCO Holding SAL AMIDEAST/Palestine Advisory *The Hon. Theodore H. Kattouf Washington, DC Debbane Saikle Group Board (APAB) Former AMIDEAST President Mr. Salim Sfeir President and CEO Beirut, Lebanon And CEO; former Deputy *Mr. D. Patrick Maley III ALAB Vice Chairman Mr. Ammar Aker Former U.S. Ambassador Commissioner General of UNRWA Hanover Energy Associates Chairman and General Manager Mr. Habib Debs Washington, DC APAB Chair and U.S. Ambassador London, England Bank of Beirut President and CEO CEO, The Paltel Group Washington, DC Beirut, Lebanon Advanced Technology Systems Co. El-Bireh, Palestine *The Hon. Nicholas Veliotes *The Hon. William A. Rugh McLean, Virginia Vice Chair Mr. Anis Nassar Mr. Hasan M. El-Khatib Former AMIDEAST President Ms. Reem Abboushi Former President, Association ALAB Vice Chairman Mr. Mounir Douaidy President, Dena Corporation And CEO; former U.S. Executive Director, Asala: the Of American Publishers; Elk Grove Village, Illinois Chairman General Manager and CFO Ambassador Anis Nassar Group of Companies Solidere Palestinian Former U.S. Ambassador and Washington, DC Assistant Secretary of State Mr. Antoine N. Frem Dubai, UAE Beirut, Lebanon Businesswomen’s Association Ramallah, Palestine Washington, DC Vice Chairman, INDEVCO Mr. Frederick C. Seibold, Jr. Ms. Asma Zein Mr. George Doumet Group; Chairman and CEO, Consultant; former Vice ALAB Secretary *The Hon. Robert H. Pelletreau Chairman and President Ms. Maha Abu Shusheh Interstate Resources President and Treasurer, General Manager Federal White Cement Ltd. Chairwoman, Palestinian Shippers Treasurer Beirut, Lebanon Sears World Trade InfoFort Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon Former U.S. Ambassador and Council Washington, DC Beirut, Lebanon Manager, Abu Shusheh Contracting Assistant Secretary of State The Hon. Edward M. Gabriel Mr. Antoine Frem El-Bireh, Palestine Washington, DC President, The Gabriel H.E. Leila Abdul Hamid Sharaf Mr. Amine Abboud Vice Chairman, INDEVCO Group Former Chairman and CEO Company, LLC; former U.S. Senator and former Minister, Chairman and CEO, Interstate Mr. Said Baransi MEMBERS Ambassador Jordan Nestle Waters (Middle East, Africa Resources and Central Asia) Beirut, Lebanon Chairman, Palestinian-American Washington, DC Amman, Jordan Mr. Richard A. Abdoo Beirut, Lebanon Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Kanan Hamzeh Ramallah, Palestine (Emeritus) Mr. James Q. Griffin Dr. Mostafa Terrab President, R.A. Abdoo & Co., LLC Mr. Hussam Abu Issa Owner and Founder Vice President and Secretary, President and CEO Mr. Ahed Bseiso Milwaukee, Wisconsin Vice Chairman and COO Tri Pole Corp. Wilmerding, Miller & Co. OCP Groupe Salam International Investment Ltd. Laguna Niguel, California President Princeton, New Jersey *Dr. Odeh Aburdene Casablanca, Morocco Doha, Qatar Home Engineering Company Ms. Rana Zaim Idriss Gaza City, Palestine President, OAI Advisors Mrs. Doris C. Halaby *Mr. J.T. (Jack) Tymann Mr. Walid Assaf President and Founder Washington, DC (Emerita) (Emeritus) Chairman and General Manager The Gulf Company for Development Mr. Samir Hulileh Chair, Stanley M. Isaacs President, Smart Partnerships Societe Moderne Libanaise Pour Le and Real Estate Investment CEO, PADICO Holding Company H.E. Kutayba Yusuf Alghanim Neighborhood Center Commerce (SMLC) Beirut, Lebanon International; former Ramallah, Palestine Consul General of Saint Kitts New York, New York President of Beirut, Lebanon And Nevis Ms. Maha Kaddoura CBS/Westinghouse Mr. Nasser Kamal New York, New York Dr. Alan W. Horton Mr. Michel Asseily President. Kaddoura (Emeritus) International Services Co. President Association for Philanthropy Chairman Ms. Judith Barnett Former Director, Center for Washington, DC Prime Investments Beirut, Lebanon Palestinian Construction Product Beirut, Lebanon Company, Ltd. President, The Barnett Group, LLC Mediterranean Studies Dr. Hillary Wiesner Washington, DC Randolph, New Hampshire Mr. Mustafa Miqdadi Nablus, Palestine Director of Programmes Mr. Hanna Ayoub Co-Director, Agrimatco Ltd. Chairman Dr. Mondher Ben Ayed Mrs. Ghada Irani KAICIID Amman, Jordan Mr. Bashar Masri Vienna, Hameng Holdings Company Chairman and CEO President and CEO Beverly Hills, California Beirut, Lebanon Mr. Harry Nadjarian Massar International TMI Chairman and CEO Tunis, Tunisia Dr. Paul Jabber Dr. Salwa AlSiniora Baassiri Industrial Motor Power Corporation Ramallah, Palestine President, Globicom Inc. * Executive Committee Members Director General Los Angeles, California Dr. Adnan Mjalli *Dr. Paul F. Boulos New York, New York Rafik Hariri Foundation President & COO, Innovyze Beirut, Lebanon Ms. Wafa Saab Owner and President Transtech Pharmaceuticals Broomfield, Colorado Dr. Samir Khalaf (Emeritus) Mr. Amid Baroudi CEO and Board Member Professor of Sociology and Director Tinol Paints International Co. Greensboro, North Carolina *Mr. Curtis Brand Director, Center for Eastern Consultants Group Limited Beirut, Lebanon Former President, Mobil Behavioral Research, (BVI) Mr. Talal Nassereddine Shipping & Transportation American University of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon Ms. Tania Semaan CEO, Birzeit Pharmaceutical Founder and Director Company; former Chairman, Beirut, Lebanon Company Mr. Moustafa Bissat Semaan Foundation Ramallah, Palestine Mobil Saudi Arabia Dubai, UAE Washington, DC General Manager and Chairman National Technology Company, Eduware Robert Tarazi Beirut, Lebanon Managing Director, Beton Doha, Qatar

26 | AMIDEAST annual report Changing Lives | 27 Field and project Offices Activity by Focus Area

Field and project Offices

EGYPT Fax: +965-2247-0092 U.S. Fax: +1-202-776-7106 Phone: +970 (or 972)-2-221- Cairo U.S. Fax: +1-202-776-7109 Email: [email protected] 3301 38 Mohie El Din Abo El Ezz Email: [email protected] Fax: +970 (or 972)-2-221-3305 Street, Dokki, Giza Sousse Email: [email protected] Mail: PO Box 417, Dokki, Giza Avenue (next to 12 311 LEBANON Planet Food) Nablus Phone (inside Egypt): 19263 Beirut 4054 Sahloul, Sousse Trust Insurance Building, 3rd Floor Phone (international): +20-2- Bazerkan Building Phone: +216-71-145-770 Amman Street, Nablus, West 19263 (Nijmeh Square, next to Parlia- Fax: +216-73-368-978 Bank Fax (inside Egypt and interna- ment) Email: [email protected] Mail: PO Box 19665, Jerusalem tional): +20-2-3332-0413 9119 6 U.S. Fax: + 1-202-776-7117 Mail: PO Box 11-2190, Riad El Phone: +970 (or 972)-9-238- Email: [email protected] Solh UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 4533 Beirut 1107 2100 Abu Dhabi Fax: +970 (or 972)-9-237-6974 Alexandria Phone: +961-1-989901 CERT Technology Park Email: [email protected] 15 Abdel Hamid El Ebady Street Fax: +961-1-989901, ext. 100 Higher Colleges of Technology off Syria Street U.S. Fax: +1-202-776-7101 Sultan Bin Zayed First Street Gaza Roushdy 21311 Email: [email protected] Abu Dhabi Shaheed Raja St. No. 8/704 Phone (inside Egypt): 19263 Mail: PO Box 5464, Abu Dhabi Bseiso Building, 8th Floor Phone (international): +20-3- Phone: +971-2-445-6720 (Opposite the Arab Bank of 19263 MOROCCO Fax: +971-2-443-1489 Rimal) Fax (inside Egypt) and interna- Rabat U.S. Fax: +1-202-776-7107 Al Jondi Al Majhool, Rimal tional: +20-3-545-8475 35, zanqat Oukaimeden, Agdal, Email: [email protected] Mail: PO Box 1247, Gaza City AMIDEAST is a nonprofit organization exempt from Rabat Phone: +970 (or 972)-8-282- U.S. Fax: +1-202-776-7118 income taxes in accordance with Section 501(c)(3) of Email: [email protected] Phone: +212-53-767-5075; Dubai 4635 Fax: +212-53-767-5074 Block 2B, Office G-01 Fax: +970 (or 972)-08-283-8126 the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. AMIDEAST programs IRAQ U.S. Fax: +1-202-776-7110 Knowledge Village, Dubai U.S. Fax: +1- 202-776-7114 are supported by grants and contracts from the U.S. Erbil Email: [email protected] Prometric Testing Center: Email: [email protected] government, foundations, corporations, and individuals, House #11, Ashtar TV Street Phone: 971-4-367-8176 and from contract fees for services. Contributions help Near Mar Youhanna Casablanca Fax: 971-4-367-8039 AMIDEAST educate Americans about the Middle East 3, Boulevard Al Massira Al Email: [email protected] YEMEN Al-Mahamdan Church and North Africa, develop new projects, and expand Ainkawa, Erbil Khadra Other Exams: Sana’a Mail: PO Box 8/981, Ainkawa, Maarif, Casablanca Phone: 971-4-367-2208 Off Algiers Street, Sana’a our scholarship search fund programs for disadvan- Erbil Phone: +212-52-225-9393 Fax: 971-4-367-8039 In front of Tunisian Embassy taged students from the region seeking to complete their Phone: +964-750-737-3200 Fax: +212-52-225-0121 Email: [email protected] Mail: PO Box 15508, Sana’a college education in the United States. Contributions to U.S. Fax: +1-202-776-7111 Email: [email protected] Phone: +967-400-279; 400-280; AMIDEAST qualify for tax deduction under Section 170 Email: [email protected] 400-281 of the Internal Revenue Code. Please address contribu- WEST BANK/GAZA Fax: +967-1-206-350 tions in support of AMIDEAST and its mission to: Baghdad OMAN East Jerusalem U.S. Fax: +1-202-776-7115 GEI Institute Muscat Al-Zahra Street Email: [email protected] Al-Zaytoon Street, across from Al Jami’a Al Akbar Street Chamber of Commerce Building, Contributions Al-Zawraa Park Airport Heights–Ghala 1st Floor Aden 1730 M St., NW Al-Harthiya, Baghdad, Mail: PO Box 798, PC 116, East Jerusalem 142 Hadaiq Al-Andalus Street, Suite 1100 Phone: + 964-780-620-9267 Mina Al Fahal, Sultanate of Mail: PO Box 19665, Jerusalem Khormaksar, Aden Washington, DC 20036-4505 U.S. Fax: +1-202-776-7111 Oman 9119 6 Mail: PO Box 6009, Khormaksar, Email: [email protected] Phone: +968-2459-0309 Phone: +970 (or 972)-2-582- Aden Fax: +968-2459-0360 9297 Phone: +967-2-235-069; 235- U.S. Fax: +1-202-776-7100 Fax: +970 (or 972)-2-582-9289 070; 235-071 JORDAN Email: [email protected] Email: westbank-gaza@amideast. Fax: +967-2-275-456 Amman org U.S. Fax: +1-202-776-7116 8 Princess Basma Street, Wadi Email: [email protected] Abdoun, Amman SAUDI ARABIA Ramallah Mail: PO Box 852374, Amman Riyadh Al-Watanieh Towers, 1st Floor Promoting Youth Civic 1118 5 Al Kindi Plaza #59 34 Municipality Street Engagement (PYCE) Project Phone: +962-6-592-9994 Diplomatic Quarter El-Bireh, Ramallah, West Bank Villa #5 Saba Street, Khormaksar, Fax: +962-6-592-9996 Mail: PO Box 94473, Riyadh Mail: PO Box 19665, Jerusalem Aden U.S. Fax: +1-202-776-7103 11693 9119 6 Phone: +967-771-240-975; Email: [email protected] Phone: +966-011-483-8800 Phone: +970 (or 972)-2-240- +967-2-236-953 U.S. Fax: +1-202-776-7119 8023 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Fax: +970 (or 972)-2-240-8017 FIELD AND PROJECT OFFI KUWAIT U.S. Fax: +1- 202-776-7113 Kuwait City Email: [email protected] Commercial Bank Building, 2nd TUNISIA Floor Tunis Hebron Opposite Al-Awadhi Mosque 22, rue Al Amine Al Abbassi University Commercial Center, Ahmed Al-Jaber Street, Sharq Cité Jardins, 1002 Tunis 3rd Floor Mail: PO Box 44818, Hawalli Mail: BP 351, Tunis-Belvédère Hebron University Street, Hebron, 32063 1002 West Bank Phone: +965-2247-0091 Phone: +216-71-145-700 Mail: PO Box 19665, Jerusalem Fax: +216-71-145-701 9119 6

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