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| MEPI Georetowners in Washington DC |
by Mahdi Mala Abdullah
On June 26th, 2011, a group of eighty students from almost all the countries in both the Middle East and North Africa met in Washington DC. We were the participants of the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), a program that was sponsored by the Department of the State. After we spent two days together in Washington DC, we were divided into several groups and were sent to different universities in the different States of the United States.
On June 26th, 2011, a group of eighty students from almost all the countries in both the Middle East and North Africa met in Washington DC. We were the participants of the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), a program that was sponsored by the Department of the State. After we spent two days together in Washington DC, we were divided into several groups and were sent to different universities in the different States of the United States.
MEPI Georgetwoners, was one of these groups that I was a member of. We were eighteen different students from various countries. We were people from Iraq, Tunisia, Israel, Palestine, Yemen, Jordon, Egypt, Saudi Al-Arabia, and Algeria. Despite of the different cultures and backgrounds we had, we felt like being together in a family since we were children.
