Category Archives: NCUSAR News

Model Arab League students visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Summer 2010

The National Council, in partnership with the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM) and Saudi Arabian Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), escorted a delegation of nine Model Arab League students on a cultural immersion study visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 6-16, 2010.

Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation Hosts Visit of US Students from NCUSAR Youth Leadership Development Program [Photo]

Follow the student delegation on Andrew Cotton’s blog

A window on the Arab world, Northeastern University News, July 1, 2010

Girl Effect movement sweeping the globe, By Muna Abu Sulayman, Arab News, June 15, 2010

Americans divided over US policies on Israel, say US students, Arab News, June 20, 2010

Ministry of Higher Education Hosts Delegation from the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, Ministry of Higher Education, June 16, 2010 [Arabic]

NCUSAR Visits Jubail Industrial City, Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu News, June 21, 2010

Fellowship Offers Student Two-Week Trip To Saudi Arabia, The University Star (Texas State University in San Marcos), August 23, 2010

Overseas trip changes perceptions of UM-Dearborn student, The Arab American News, October 10, 2010

United States Military Academy Cadets visit the UAE, Spring 2010

The National Council, in coordination with the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), organized and led an April 17-25, 2010 study visit to the United Arab Emirates for seven Cadets and one faculty member from the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York.

COUNCIL CHRONICLE RECAP (.pdf – page 3)

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NCUSAR News – National Council President & CEO is Appointed to Department of State's Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy

NCUSAR NEWS – National Council President & CEO is Appointed to Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy

Washington, DC | May, 11 2009 | www.ncusar.org | Dr. John Duke Anthony, founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations and an Adjunct Associate Professor of “Politics of the Arabian Peninsula and Gulf” at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, has accepted an invitation to join the Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy (ACIEP). The appointment is for a two-year term. The ACIEP, which meets four times a year, serves the U.S. Government in an advisory capacity by providing insight, guidance, and assistance to the Department’s economic and foreign policy planning process.

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International Peace Award Given to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said

In October 1998, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations was joined by American, Georgetown, and Harvard Universities, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the United States Air Force Academy, and twenty-nine other American national non-profit organizations in presenting its first of its kind award ever bestowed upon an Arab head of state — the International Peace Award — to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman. Former American President Jimmy Carter presented the award, which was accepted on behalf of His Majesty by longtime Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef Abdallah Alawi.

Remarks by Dr. John Duke Anthony at the presentation of International Peace Award to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said (.pdf file).

Program from award ceremony (.pdf file).

Biography of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said (.pdf file).