Filed under: MENA Civil Society
This informative guide to blogging is available in English, Arabic, and Farsi. The project was spearheaded by bloggers in Egypt. Working with blogs might provide teachers with an interesting and creative way to engage students.
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Here is a presentation by His Excellency André Azoulay, Advisor to His Majesty the King Mohammad VI of Morocco.
Mr. Azoulay is also a member of the University of the Middle East Project’s International Board of Advisors.
Applications are now be accepted from teachers in the Greater Boston Area to attend a conference on July 30 presented by the participants of the Teacher Education Institute 2007. Attendees will earn 10 Professional Development Points (PDPs) and will have the chance to interact and learn with colleagues from 9 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as faculty from Boston College and beyond.
To apply, send your resume to ume@ume.org.
To download a flier, click here: PDP Flier
Filed under: MENA Civil Society
We would like to alert our readers to an upcoming international conference on Mediterranean Women and Human Development. It will be held this summer in Fès, Morocco, on June 28, 29 and 30. The conference is being organized by the acclaimed scholar Fatima Sadiqi.
Fatima Sadiqi is a Professor of Linguistics and Gender Studies. She has written extensively on Moroccan languages and Moroccan women’s issues. She is Editor-in-Chief of Languages and Linguistics and serves on the editorial board of the Gender and Language journal.
If interested, contact Professor Sadiqi directly. More details on Professor Sadiqi, including her email contact information, is available at her website.
University of the Middle East Project has no involvement in this event. We are posting the information as a courtesy to our alumni and the international non-profit community.
On Thursday, July 19, 2007, 6pm, University of the Middle East Project will be Celebrating Ten Years of Teaching and Learning Beyond Borders.
We are very pleased to announce our guest speaker, Mr. Shamil Idriss, Acting Director of the UN Alliance of Civilizations (Arabic available here). The Alliance of Civilizations is an initiative of the United Nations launched by Security-General Kofi Annan, Prime Minister Zapatero of Spain, and Prime Minister Erdoğan of Turkey.
You can see an interview with Mr. Idriss here:
Contact the UME staff for more information.
