Amideast

AMIDEAST (America-Mideast Educational and Training Services) is a U.S. non-profit organization that works to strengthen mutual understanding and cooperation between Americans and the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa, and to offer opportunities for Learning and training. Established in 1951 and based in Washington, DC, the organization is headed by CEO Theodore H. Kattouf. In 2016 Amideast provided English language and professional training to 58,000 students, gave lectures on education in USA to 87,000 attendants, administered 200,000 tests, and offered scholarships to 1,700 applicants.[1] As of 2018 Amideast provides its services to 500,000 people.[2]

Secretary of state Hillary Clinton in an Amideast event

Programs

AMIDEAST provides English language and professional skills training, educational advising, and testing services to hundreds of thousands of students and professionals in the Middle East and North Africa; supports numerous institutional development projects in the region; and administers educational exchange programs. They have an annual portfolio of $66 million USD and a staff of 1,200 amongst their 20+ offices.

AMIDEAST is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and maintains a network of field offices in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, West Bank/Gaza, and Yemen as well as conducting activities in other countries in the Middle East and North Africa.[3]

History

AMIDEAST was founded in 1951 as American Friends of the Middle East, and over the years has expanded its offerings to include English-language instruction, professional development courses for companies whose employees work in the Middle East, test administration, U.S. study advising, institutional development projects, and study-abroad and exchange programs for both Americans and Middle Easterners.

As the American Friends of the Middle East, the organization sponsored the exchange of scholars, artists, and lecturers between the Middle East and the United States.[4]

AMIDEAST Education Abroad Programs


AMIDEAST Education Abroad Programs[5] help to develop a mutual understanding between young people and the Middle East and North Africa region through the study of Arabic and interaction with a variety of peoples and cultures. A number of programs across the Arab World are offered, including semester, summer, and customized programs in Jordan, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia. Students have the opportunity to achieve their academic goals while developing intercultural skills in a safe, secure, and healthy environment. AMIDEAST programs are academically rigorous, intellectually free, and personally challenging. See AMIDEAST's Education Abroad blog for students' personal experiences abroad.

References
  1. "LinkedIn".
  2. "Amideast/our work".
  3. AMIDEAST:Who We Are
  4. American institutions and organizations interested in Asia, Conference on Asian Affairs, Inc, Ward Morehouse, 1957, p. 28.
  5. https://www.amideast.org/our-work/education-abroad-in-the-mena
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