The Second Part of My U.S. Memoir: MEPI Georgetowners as a Unique Family

MEPI Georgetwoners attending a lecture

by Mahdi Mala Abdullah
 By being a participant in the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) in 2011, I feel like to be the luckiest man in the world for it was the most experienced program ever. From June 22 to July 26^th, 2011, only about a month and half, MEPI provides me a chance to get my own homes from the United States and several countries in the Middle East and North Africa. It helps me and all its participants  to understand what is going on in each of these countries. It offers me a chance to recognize the customs and cultures of several countries where the participants come from. Regardless of the academic and leadership skills that I learn from MEPI, I feel like to have my real family in several countries from now on.

My U.S. Memoir-First Part

MEPI Georetowners in Washington DC

 by Mahdi Mala Abdullah
On June 26^th, 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.

The Students are Strongly Disagree with the Decision about the New Dorm Prices



The Third Eye reveals its recent poll results

by The Third Eye

The result of the last The Third Eye poll reveals that most of the voters are against the new dorm prices that have been announced by the AUI-S Rector’s Office for the next academic year. The Question of the poll was, “What will you do about the new dorm prices announced by the Rector’s Office?” The question based on the last decision that was announced about the AUI-S new dorm payment policy.

What Did the Last Demonstration Teach You?

Mahdi Mala Abdullah

by Mahdi Mala Abdullah

It is obvious that only a few weeks ago, AUI-S faced an unexpected situation, a demonstration welcomed by neither the AUI-S Administration nor by a large number of the students. The last demonstration highlighted and raised several hidden issues that had been taboo among the students. Nationality and ethnicity problems were among those hidden topics. It was obvious that the lack of planning and failure to consider the students’ voices caused such a dramatic event within AUI-S.

Anyway, I am not too concerned about that issue because it will never happen again, I hope. I have another consideration that I really want to address here and that will help AUI-S avoid such events as happened weeks ago. The issue is what that demonstration should teach AUI-S members generally, especially the Administration.

The AUI-S Administration to the Dormitory Students: "we must ask students to pay tuition and fees to offset our costs.”

by The Third Eye



AUI-S new Campus. Photo courtesy of google

 After the dormitory students had met and proposed a solution for the problem of raising the new dorm fees last Monday, AUI-S Administration both Dr. Dr. A. Moulakis, the provost, and J. Brongers, the rector, responded to the student’s proposal with “NO”.

The Administration claimed several reasons behind increasing the new dorm fees. 

Ryan Bubalo will be reading his completed Master's thesis next Wednesday

by The Third Eye

Ryan Bubalo-Photo coourtesy of facebook

After  departuring about a year from his friends and AUI-S staff and faculty members, Ryan Bubalo, who was a Deputy Adviser of the EWPLI and an English instructor, is back to AUI-S recently. He was welcomed by his old students and friends very warmly. Ryan will probably stay in Sulaimani for two weeks.

Beside his main goal, which is meeting with his old students and friends, Ryan is going to present his recently completed Master’s thesis at AUI-S.

The Third Eye will no longer publish anonymous comments

by The Third Eye

The Third Eye received numerous anonymous comments recently, especially on the case of the new dorm prices. The Third Eye would like to inform its lovely readers that from now on its policy has changed toward posting comments. The Third Eye came up with this policy because of two reasons. First, we will never let people to attack each other personally. Second, we really want to encourage our readers to have no fear and be brave enough in expressing their feelings and ideas.

 The Third Eye is pleased to announce that any comments that carry the name of the commentators will be published without any censor.