Fulbrighter The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational CHECK OUT and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State SPRING 2006 WHAT’S NEW: "Global Campuses Through Interna- • International Education; tional Exchange" Summit in DC Government and University Leaders Strengthen Focus on International Education at DC (page 1) Summit By Manuel Mendoza • Seminars The presidents of over 120 (page 4) American universities gathered Secretaries Rice and Spellings in Washington, D.C. from Janu- convened the Summit to initi- • Arts in the ary 5-6 to participate in the ate a dialogue on the need for Land of U.S. University Presidents Sum- the U.S. government to work Arabia mit on International Education collaboratively with the non- (page 7) hosted by Secretary of State governmental sector on the Condoleezza Rice and Secre- future of U.S. higher education • Dateline tary of Education Margaret in a global arena. The Summit Spellings. The Summit, at- also presented U.S. President Darfur by tended by university presidents George W. Bush with the op- Rawya Rageh from each of the 50 states, portunity to announce his Na- (page 7) Puerto Rico, and the District tional Security Language Initia- of Columbia, and organized by tive – a collaborative effort • Road Trip the State Department’s Bureau between government and edu- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Photo Credit: U.S. Department of State Across the US of Educational and Cultural cation to further strengthen Website by Moh’d Affairs, aimed to engage lead- national security and prosper- Bamarhool ers of U.S. higher education in ity in the 21st century through Secretary Rice compared the a renewed partnership to education, especially in devel- present context and imperative (page 8) strengthen international educa- oping foreign language skills. to strengthen international

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AMIDEAST/ 2 HQ Update Graduating Soon? Fulbright on 3 the Web We had a wonderful time getting quests will only be considered original academic program for to know many of you who at- for exceptional students who which you were given your Ful- Student 4 tended the Departing Student have been offered employment bright grant, or to begin a sec- Updates Workshop in March. We hope directly related to their field of ond, higher degree program, you that the workshop has prepared study for a period of up to must also submit a request to you for your journey home. twelve months. You must sub- your AMIDEAST advisor at least Academic Training mit a letter from your prospec- six weeks in advance. You Please remember that if you tive employer, one from your should submit a letter written by want to request permission for academic advisor, and one writ- you, a letter from your academic Academic Training, you must ten by you. advisor, and a letter from the submit a request to your Requesting Transfer university office responsible for AMIDEAST advisor at least six If you need to request a transfer issuing DS-2019 documents. weeks before you complete your of your DS-2019 sponsorship to Remember that you will still have degree. Academic Training re- your university to complete the to fulfill your two-year home

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cat with the help of Educa- tional Advisor Batool Baqer.

International Affairs from The Back in DC, AMIDEAST/HQ George Washington University Fulbright staff worked dili- with a minor in religion. gently throughout the fall and

winter researching universities Caroline Valentino joined AM- and applying over 120 new IDEAST in January 2006 as nominees to academic pro- the Program Assistant for grams around the country. countries of , Gaza, West

Bank, and , as well as AMIDEAST/HQ also added Conflict Resolution Program several new faces to the Ful- grantees. She graduated with bright department. recognition from George Ma-

son University with a B.A. in Aseel Elborno joined AM- Government and International IDEAST in October 2005 as Politics. She has a strong inter- the Program Assistant for the est in Middle Eastern and countries of Bahrain, Oman, North African cultural and , and . Prior to Departing Student Workshop religious affairs and hopes one Program Officer Mara working for AMIDEAST, she Fulbright Grantees with day to continue her studies in Kronenfeld held a post- was the President and Founder Ambassador Kattouf , President this concentration. nomination orientation in No- of the Middle East and North of AMIDEAST vember for 12 Lebanese nomi- Africa Students Association at nees (7 principal and 5 alter- North Carolina State Univer- nate) at the AMIDEAST/Beirut sity, and interned with the office with the help of AM- American-Arab Anti- IDEAST/Beirut Coordinator of Discrimination Committee. Education and Scholarship Ms. Elborno is fluent in Eng- Programs Hala Kaadi. She also lish and Arabic and holds a visited the U.S. Embassy in B.A. in Political Science. Manama to conduct a post- nomination orientation for 15 Manuel Mendoza also joined principal and 4 alternate Bah- AMIDEAST in Octor 2005 as raini Fulbright nominees with Program Assistant. He assists the help of Educational Advi- in the program supervision and sor Samar F. Hasan. While in administration of grantees from the Gulf region, Mara also had , , and Tuni- the opportunity to conduct a sia. He is also involved in post-nomination orientation for alumni development activi- 22 Omani Fulbright nominees ties. Manuel has a B.A. in at the U.S. Embassy in Mus-

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and Labor, Barry Lowenkron, out- achievement in their own countries, tiative have thus far not matched lined this initiative over the course than they did just a generation ago those in science from forty years of the Summit. Realizing that deficits and other countries are aggressively ago. Goals of international educa- in foreign language learning and competing to attract international tion include attracting foreign stu- teaching negatively affect U.S. na- students to their shores,” assessed dents to the U.S.; encouraging more tional security, diplomacy, law en- Under Secretary Hughes. The inter- Americans to receive education forcement, intelligence communities national exchange industry has much abroad; developing coherent inter- and cultural understanding, the NSLI more parity than several decades national strategies at U.S. colleges has three broad goals: ago when the U.S. was among the and universities; strengthening non- 1) Expand the number of Americans best of a few select countries to traditional language acquisition; and mastering critical need languages and pursue competitive university stud- better facilitating for exchange visa start at a younger age; ies. and regulatory processes. “We 2) Increase the number of advanced- The wide representation of partici- need universities to open their level speakers of foreign languages, pants, hosts, sponsors, and partners doors to people from around the with an emphasis on critical need at the Summit proved to be a micro- world. We need universities to send languages; and cosm of the diversity that many their students around the world. So 3) Increase the number of foreign agreed is necessary in international through that exchange and contact, language teachers and the resources education. It also suggested the we can learn more about each for them. multi-dimensional facet of interna- other…if we're engaged only in a Summit participant, Gordon Gee, tional education. Effective commu- monologue, we will not get very far. Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, nication and greater cultural aware- If we get to know each other better, called international education, “both ness affect countless industries in an it will be a dialogue,” commented our greatest challenge and our increasingly globalizing world. “You Secretary Rice in the opening ses- greatest opportunity.” Part of the can't live in the world today, and sion of the Summit. challenge for the United States to you can't do business in the world Part of the commitment to meeting expand its role in international edu- today, unless you are a global citi- that challenge is the National Secu- cation is keeping up with the ex- zen,” said President Margaret Lee of rity Language Initiative (NSLI) put change opportunities in other coun- Oakton Community College in Illi- forth by President Bush. tries that have arisen in recent dec- nois. “We do live in a world that is Assistant Secretary of State for Edu- ades. “Today, hundreds of thou- so small now that the 'community' is cational and Cultural Affairs, Dina sands of international students have the people on the planet.” Powell, and Assistant Secretary of many more opportunities to study http://www.exchanges.state.gov/ State for Democracy, Human Rights, at home, at centers of academic universitysummit/

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Miami Seminar 06 the world, including the Middle The second seminar I attended PAGE 4 Seminars for East and North Africa, were was the Miami Florida Enrich- invited. Jeremy Mayor, an assis- ment Seminar. Continuing with tant Professor for the school of the theme of civic engagement, the Soul Public Policy at George Mason the Miami Seminar aimed at By Aseel Elborno University spoke extensively educating the international ex- Since I started at AMIDEAST as about voting in the United change students on how immi- Program Assistant to the Ful- States. He explained the rea- grant communities in the United bright Foreign Student Program, sons for the current voter turn- States have also become in- I have had the opportunity to out, voter participation, and the volved in U.S. government. As attend three exciting seminars health of the United States soci- an Arab-American, I was ex- in only five months. Having just ety in reflection of voter turn- posed to a region of the United moved from North Carolina to out. I joined a group of Ful- States I had never been to be- begin my career in international brighters in visiting one of many fore, and found delight in the affairs, I was delighted to be- non-profit organizations in fact that minorities can have come included in a non-profit Washington D.C. In particular, powerful influence in the hap- organization such as AM- we visited the Interfaith Alli- penings of our government IDEAST, which promotes edu- ance, which promotes under- through civic engagement. cational international exchange standing and tolerance between Finally, the seminar that had the on many levels. The seminars all religions in the spectrum of most sentimental value for me that I attended have enriched politics and government. I found was the Departing Student my cultural perspective and it interesting that international Workshop. Each year, the Ful- educated me about civic engage- students were given the oppor- bright Foreign Student Exchange ment and reverse culture shock. tunity to be exposed to exam- Program at AMIDEAST hosts a The first seminar I attended was ples of civic engagement on two seminar for its graduating stu- the Washington DC Enrichment levels, both government and dents. After months of corre- Seminar. Students from all over non-governmental. sponding with students through Continued on page 8 Current Student Updates Yemen http:// Ibrahim ABBAS, MS/ www.business.utoledo.edu/ Pharmacy, University of document.asp? Houston: In the Fall semes- KeyBankFisherCaseCompeti- ter, Ibrahim volunteered with tion “Compassion Operation,” a team that helped the victims of Mohammed AL-WADEAI, Hurricane Katrina who came MS/Accountancy, Univer- to Houston for refuge. He sity of South Florida: Mo- Mohammed AL-WADEAI, volunteered during Christmas hammed was interviewed by Eve at an event called “Feed his university as a Fulbright University of South Florida the Hungry,” which aims to Scholar under the topic "USF help the homeless and poor attracts top students." The ceived a Dean's fellowship people in the Houston area. article talked about his journey from the university for aca- Ibrahim also taught an Arabic with the Fulbright scholarship, demic excellence. Shadi earned class last semester. the mission of Fulbrighters, a 4.0 GPA in the Fall semes- Tawfiq AL-DHOLI, MBA, and the Fulbright scholarships ter. University of Toledo: In the in promoting understanding Shadi is enjoying the various Tawfiq Al-Dholi, University of Toledo Key Bank Ceremony Fall semester, Tawfiq was se- among people, cultures, and opportunities and events made lected as a member of the nations. He also received a possible by the university to team that represented the "Student Excellence Award." meet distinguished people university at the Key Bank/ He earned a 4.0 GPA in the from the business community Fisher Business College Com- Fall semester. in the region and nationwide. petition, which took place in During Thanksgiving, Shadi had Cleveland. More about the Jordan the opportunity to visit Dear- event is posted on the Univer- Shadi KHADDER, MBA, born and Detroit cities in sity's website: Drexel University: During Michigan. He found Michigan the Fall semester, Shadi re- very fascinating with many

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Updates (Continued From Page 4) attractive landscapes, specifically the recent visit to Cornell. He is the Great Lakes. leader of the 1968 student revolu- Lebanon Fadi BOURI, MBA, Williamette tion in France, a high profile leader Fadia JRADI, MA, International University: Fadi received sponsorship of the green (ecologic) movement Economic Development : Fadia from the Dubai International Financial in France and Germany, and a very presented relevant information to Center in Dubai to co-sponsor an ex- vocal member of the European her university regarding the Millen- ploratory business trip for 3 MBA stu- Parliament. nium Development Goals for the dents and professors to Dubai during Transparency III series and received Jan 2-13 2006. The objective of the trip Oman excellent feedback from her col- was to enhance cultural understanding Manal AL ZADJALI, MS/ leagues. and to provide an overview of the re- Nursing, Arizona State Uni- cent developments in private equity and versity: Manal did a presentation investment banking in the Middle East. on Oman at East Carolina Univer- They networked with top companies in sity last Fall. investment banking and private equity. They also went sight-seeing to Burj Al Syria Arab, visited water parks, and resorts, Omar ALGHAZZI, MA/ and went skiing in Dubai. International Communication, In the Fall semester, Fadi was also in- American University: ducted as a member of Beta Gamma Omar earned the Dean's Award Sigma, which is the national honor soci- Scholarship. He also completed an ety in Business and Management. internship at Al-Hayat Arabic Daily Fadi attended a conference last Septem- in New York, assisting in the cov- ber in Kansas City, Missouri about rais- erage of the United Nations 2005 ing funds for community developments. World Summit, which was de- Also, as the president of the Interna- scribed to be the biggest gathering tional Graduate Student Association, of world leaders in history. Fadi arranged an international dinner at In October, Omar gave a lecture to his university to give the opportunity an audience of media students at for his peers to explore the cultures the Washington Center about Ara- and food of international students. bic language media and at American University news sources. Morocco Omar is currently interning at the Fadi Bouri in Fatiha JILLALI, MBA, Cornell Uni- United Nations Information Centre versity: Fatiha had the opportunity to in Washington DC UAE in front of meet Daniel Cohn Bendit during his Burj el Arab

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hometown, Casablanca, two radicalism has been on the rise. years ago. Broadly speaking, Jor- In the case of Morocco, which I A Return dan and Morocco are similar in know best, the brutality of the many respects. attacks served as a wake up call Both have a young head of state for the government. to Peace with a clean record - so far - and For centuries, Morocco was an decent credibility with the out- oasis of calm, as Jews and Mus- By Fatiha Jillali Ithaca side world. Both are engaged in a lims lived together peacefully. series of ambitious economic and Children of different faiths played Fathia is a Moroccan Fulbright sociopolitical reforms. Jordan and in the same playgrounds, went to Grantee pursuing her MBA in Fi- Morocco are among the few the same schools and did their nance at Cornell University. The Middle Eastern countries to have homework together. article below was featured in the International Herald Tribune a free trade agreement with the I hope I live to see the return of on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 United States. this harmony, and not just in and is reprinted with permission While Jordanian officials claimed Morocco, but also across the from the author. in the wake of the attacks that it Middle East. was an unexpected, horrifying The recent terrorist attacks in surprise, there were warnings of

Jordan looked like a sinister copy- the terrorist storm to come: cat of those that shook my

Updates (Continued From Page 5) dation, which was founded in the conditions there and the Egypt 1939 as a grouping for interna- underexposure it has received by Ahmed EL DEMERY, tional correspondents with the the media which has been totally LLM, Human Rights Laws, aim of promoting excellence in fixated on the conflict in . It journalism. Every year the Foun- was such a short stint in between St. Thomas University: dation offers 12 graduate and shuttling back and forth from Ahmed El Demery has been undergraduate students (in Baghdad -- but it was one assign- awarded the third prize of the American colleges and institu- ment that has changed my per- Siegfried Wiessner Intercultural tions) who want to become for- ception on life and has made me Human Rights Essay Award. This eign correspondents a $2,000 so eager to return and report award was established in honor scholarship, and this year Rawya from sub-Saharan Africa.” and recognition of the distin- was one of them. Applicants had Rawya Rageh recently won an- guished lifetime work of Profes- to write a cover letter and essay other scholarship. The Foreign sor Siegfried Wiessner, a re- and submit their resume. The 12 Press Association (FPA) gave her nowned scholar, founder and the scholarship and she won first scholarships are named after director of the LLM Program in place! The New York based FPA different individuals or institu- Intercultural Human Rights, and offers five scholarships to interna- tions who offer them and, con- tional students studying journal- his unmatched devotion to the veniently, hers was the Dan Eldon ism in the U.S. program, to human rights, and to *Please see fea- Scholarship. Eldon, a Reuters ture article on page 7. a world order of human dignity, photojournalist, died in Somalia in seeking to promote understand- 1993 when he was stoned to ing and continuing advancement death by an angry mob -- he was in the field of human rights. only 22. He had always been an Mr. El Demery’s work was a re- inspiration to Rawya. Rawya ex- search piece on the situation of plains, “I say the rights of women in Egypt and ‘conveniently’ because the essay cases handled by the Family Egyp- that I wrote and the cover letter tian Court. were about Africa and Darfur and

its falling into -- as one former AP Rawya RAGEH, MA/ colleague described it -- ‘a pat- Journalism, Columbia Uni- tern of reporting neglect.’ versity: Rawya was offered a I have become very passionate scholarship by the New York- about Africa after a stint to Sudan based Overseas Press Club Foun- for the AP. I was bewildered by

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Asma Al-Wadidi’s Art Gallery

Asma Al-Wadidi graduated from the the University of Louisville’s English University of Louisville with a Masters Department, the Nichols Award sup- in Art this past December, 2005. She ports academic and professional enrich- accomplished many things in her ten- ment for graduate students attending ure as a Fulbright grantee. One of her UofL. Asma won in the category of greatest accomplishments is having fine arts for her Middle Eastern hosted an art gallery of her own work Women Art Show. Upon graduation, at U of L. She subsequently won the M. Asma also won the Dean’s Citation Celeste Nichols Professional Develop- Award. ment Award. Named in honor of Mar- Selections of Asma’s work are featured garet Celeste Jackson Nichols (1951- below: 1999), the first African-American Asma Al-Wadidi woman to earn a doctoral degree from

Asma the Painter Indian Asma Moroccan Asma Iranian Asma

30 months ago, leading to the humanitarian dren, remain underfed, ill and threatened by Dateline Darfur disaster in Darfur, a region roughly the size of yet more raids. Even the dead cannot be put to France and home to some 6 million people. rest properly, with the living hard pressed to By Rawya Rageh Today, world apathy toward the crisis in Dar- find space for graves, or enough water for fur continues despite disrupted cycles of faint Muslims’ ritual washing of the body. Rawya is an Egyptian Fulbright Grantee pursuing attention in world media, usually prompted by The Sudanese government continues to back her MA in Journalism at Columbia University. The the visit of some senior U.N. official or politi- the Janjaweed with warplanes. Sudanese troops Overseas Press Club Foundation awarded Rawya a cian. still turn a blind eye to incessant attacks on the much deserved scholarship based on the assess- It’s perhaps one of the most hackneyed state- camps, and African Union peacekeepers have ment of the featured article below. ments that, well, no body really cares about been killed, aid workers kidnapped. Peace talks Childhood can die young. the world’s poorest continent, Africa. It’s also have yielded no results and recent clashes are That’s what an aid worker in a Darfur camp for a cliché to say that history repeats itself and leaving more people displaced or dead. displaced people told me as he pointed to a that the world has not learned from the Rwan- If it’s the scent of money and personal interest group of children sitting idle outside a tattered dan debacle. And no doubt media critics have that ticks people’s attention and not the stench shack made from plastic bags and sticks. overused the report co-issued by the Washing- of the prevalent death in Darfur, then let it be For these children who had to endure nightly ton-based advocacy group, Genocide Interven- stated in these terms: the unrest in any African raids by the feared Arab militia called Jan- tion Fund, which noted that television stations state have frequently tended to spill over to jaweed, it did not matter that they were sitting devoted 50 times more coverage to the Mi- neighboring states, sowing seeds of terrorism right next to graves marked by random piles of chael Jackson trial this summer than to the and, here it comes, disrupting oil supplies to stones and littered with animal and human crisis in Darfur, where 180,000 people have the rest of the world. waste. They have had to flee their villages on died from hunger and disease and more than 2 Put in humanitarian or materialistic terms it’s foot, walking for up to 60 miles; they have million have been displaced. hard to justify ignoring this humanitarian crisis been living here with no running water and But, for the record, let it be stated yet another any further. The world needs to take action, scarce food; they have no more energy to even time. and it needs to take it now: pressure the Suda- brush away swarming flies – they are one more Let it be stated and restated – because life in nese government into holding the Janjaweed statistic in one of Darfur’s nearly 130 camps those camps, which range in size from several accountable, help fund African Union peace- for the displaced. thousand up to 80,000 people is not easy, and keepers, ensure that the displaced women and Dead or asleep – that’s where the world must if anything, conditions are worsening. Camp children are properly fed and taken care of. have been when the conflict started more than inhabitants, predominantly women and chil- When the artwork produced by Darfur’s (Continued on page 9) PAGE 8

Mohamed Bamarhool took two summer road trips across the United States, covering over 17,000 miles. He drove with a friend from the East Coast (Connecticut) to the West Coast (Oregon). He went to some of the most fa- mous tourist places in the United States, starting from Hershey, Pennsylvania to the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Redwood in California, Crater Lake and waterfall in Oregon, Colombia River, Coer D'allaine Lake Idaho, Yellow Stone National Park, Mount Rushmore, and Mount Hood.

Crater Lakes, Oregon

Yellow Stone

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e-mails and phone calls on culture shock, the seminar zation. It is also enriching to issues related to insurance, not only convinced, but also see other perspectives on tuition, family, travel, etc, we prepared the students for issues relevant to global so- at Amideast-Fulbright finally what may be one of the cieties and to predict how had the opportunity to meet these perspectives may be- these students face-to-face come relevant to how coun- before the tries will interact with one final farewell. The seminar another in the future. I hope focused on preparing stu- that all of our Fulbright stu- dents for reverse culture dents gained the same posi- shock upon their arrival to tive experience from attend- their home countries. Stu- ing such events. dents shared their expecta- In March, Program Office tions, hopes, and fears about Stephanie Lisella and Pro- what returning home would hardest times of their lives. gram Assistant Caroline Val- be like. The seminar then I thoroughly enjoyed each of entino also attended semi- provided students with a the seminars that I have at- nars in San Francisco and in means of how to mentally tended so far and look for- Philadelphia. In April, Pro- prepare themselves in face ward to upcoming seminars. gram Assistant Manuel Men- of these fears. Although Each opportunity to learn doza will be attending an many, including myself, were more about the world we enrichment seminar in New hesitant to believe that there live in is a chance for York. is such a thing as reverse growth, maturity, and reali-

Departing Student Work- shop Washington D.C. The Reflections of One Fulbright Grantee...

It does not seem like it has been more makes his classes enjoyable and benefi- thopedic physical therapy major is one of than two years since arriving at Quinnip- cial. The best opportunity that Russell the most interesting topics that Quinnip- iac University as the first Fulbright candi- allowed me to share with him is the prac- iac has to offer. Manual therapy and date accepted into the Physical Therapy tical experience of assisting him with his hands-on techniques are the rules of the Masters program. I wish there was time teaching. He allowed me to assist him in program. I really appreciated and valued and space to describe everything I have many different occasions, each time re- the skills and the knowledge I acquired experienced. It would be an understate- sulting in a very enjoyable exposure to and gained through the MSPT program. I ment to say that the Quinnipiac experi- my field. was extremely grateful for the exposure I ence is different from the ones I have On a personal level, Russell is also a gained by the clinical settings, including experienced in my home coun- out-patient rehabili- try, Yemen. tation clinics. The The requirements of universities knowledge and in the United States are vastly skills that I gained different from those I was ex- gave me the skills posed to in Tunisia where I pur- and control of deal- sued my undergraduate degree. ing with patients and In the United States, critical with other physical thinking is emphasized in the therapists. Quinnip- learning process, more so than iac University in memorization. Hamden, Connecti- I was very fortunate to have cut, is great place to fantastic instructors in my pro- acquire knowledge gram. One instructor who men- in the field of physi- tored me in particular was Dr. cal therapy and I Russell Woodman. He became consider myself more than just my teacher. He lucky to be a gradu- used to involve me with his ac- ate of its prestigious tivities in class or in seminars program. Maybe Mohamed with Dr. Russell Woodman held in other hospitals and clinics. He has someday I will return to Quinnipiac as a great teaching style in which difficult member of its teaching staff. material becomes easier to understand good friend. He is dedicated to playing Thanks to all Teachers and members of because he incorporated real life clinical his favorite sport activities in the same the MSPT at Quinnipiac University. experiences. I never ever get enough of way he is to teaching. He was my tennis Thank you to the Fulbright scholarship his class. Russell is an honest, loveable, partner and we shared many enjoyable program, my advisors at Quinnipiac Uni- and sensitive person when it comes to games. versity and AMIDEAST. You were fan- personal issues. He is a good friend to I was very lucky to get admission to tastic. share thoughts, ideas and laughs with. He Quinnipiac University and become a stu- includes humor in his teaching style that dent of its prestigious programs. The or-

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children feature gun-wielding and * Rawya Rageh recently won another scholarship from The Foreign Press sword-totting men on horses, slashing Association (FPA). The New York throats or raping women, one can very based FPA offers five scholarships to international students studying journal- well understand that, in fact, childhood ism in the U.S. can die young.

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