NCUSAR Student Study Visit to Lebanon, Summer 2012

From June 21-July 3, 2012, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, in partnership with the Lebanon Renaissance Foundation, organized and escorted ten students on a study visit to Lebanon. The delegation was made up primarily of alumni from the Council’s Model Arab League Student Leadership Development Program. Through the study visit the students gained direct personal experience in Lebanese culture, society, and economics, and came away with a more deeply informed knowledge of Lebanon’s strategic aims and requirements as they pertain to Lebanese-U.S. relations and Lebanon’s role in regional and world affairs.

Student Study Visit to Lebanon, July 2012

Teaching Islamic and Middle East Politics: The Model Arab League as a Learning Venue

This article from National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations’ Malone Fellow and Model Arab League faculty advisor Dr. Joe P. Dunn highlights the Council’s Model Arab League Student Leadership Development Program. Originally published in the Journal of Political Science, Vol. 30 (2002), pages 121-129, it is reprinted with the kind permission of the author and publication.

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