Spring 2009 Middle East Fair
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Salmiya, Kuwait
Country and Educational briefing done by Ms. Rola Fadlallah, Educational Advisor, AMIDEAST
Visa briefing done by Mr. Jason B. Khile, Vice Consul, US Embassy
U.S. PAO John Berry opened the fair and met with the universities.
The fair was held in the Six Palms room at the Marina Hotel
Attendance at Kuwait fair
421 students attended the fair
60% Undergraduate
40% Graduate
60% of the students were Kuwaiti
40% of the students were expats. (Most of the expats were Indian and Pakistani)
Visited 2 Private Kuwaiti High Schools
American School of Kuwait (ASK)
Al Bayan Bilingual School
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Manama, Bahrain
Country and educational briefing done by Ms. Samar F. Hasan, Educational Advisor, and US Embassy she will go on maternity leave next month.
Visa Briefing by David Edginton, Consular Officers, US Embassy, Ms. Edginton explained that most Bahraini visas are processed in 24 hours as long as the students name is not on a watch list and everything else on the application is in order.
The fair was held in the Movenpick ballroom.
Attendance at Manama fair
323 students attended the fair
65% Undergraduate
35% Graduate
55% of the students were Bahraini
45% of the students were expats. (Most of the expats were Saudi, the Saudi students drove from Dhahran, which is about 30 minutes away)
Visited two private high schools in Manama
Modern Knowledge High School
The Bahrain Bayan School
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Doha, Qatar
Educational and country briefing done by Ms. Mahvash Siddiqui, Cultural Attache, US Embassy
Ms Nahid Lawson the Educational advisor was out for three days due to the Nowruz Holiday.
Excellent visa briefing done by Ms K. Quinn Andrus, Vice Consul US Embassy
Took the group to the Islamic Museum in Doha
The fair was held in the Movenpick Hotel Ballroom:
Attendance at Doha fair
268 students attended the fair
65% Undergraduate
35% Graduate
50% of the students were Qatari Nationals
10% of the students were expats. (Most of the expats were Indian)
Visited two High Schools in Doha
Doha Independent Secondary School
Qatar Academy
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Abu Dhabi, UAE
Country and educational briefing done by Ms. Alicia L. Verratti, Educational Advisor, US Embassy.
Mr. Wesley W. Robertson, gave the visa briefing at the US Embassy after the lunch
The fair was held in the Rotana Beach Ballroom.
Attendance at Abu Dhabi fair
251 students attended the fair
65% Undergraduate
35% Graduate
40% of the students were UAE Nationals
60% of the students were expats. (Most of the expats were Indian)
We also had the Abu Dhabi Police Education & Scholarship office spoke to the group.
Embassy official at fair
Schools visited
Al Nahda International School Boy and Girls
American International School of Abu Dhabi
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Dubai, UAE
We had no visa briefing as the group had a briefing in Abu Dhabi.
Ms. Bernadette Meehan POA from the US Embassy came to the fair.
The two US Educational advisors for the US Embassy were at the fair Ms. Alicia L. Verratti
The fair was held in the Movenpick Ballroom.
Attendance at Dubai fair was very light. We had a hail storm during the fair.
After fair we had a pizza party in my room.
Three private High School visits
Al Mawakeb School Al Barsha Campus
Al Mawakeb School Al Garhoud Campus
American School of Dubai
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