CONFERENCE: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES                                        OPENING LECTURE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 4:30 PM, Richard White Hall, Duke East Campus                                                    CONFERENCE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2009, 8:30-4:30, 240 John Hope Franklin Center, Duke University

This conference will offer students, staff and faculty who are interested and involved in civic engagement at Duke, especially international civic engagement in the Middle East, an opportunity to share and reflect on the particular challenges and opportunities of such work.

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DISC DUKE ENGAGE PROGRAMS FEATURE:

DISC has worked with DukeEngage since its inception. Our DukeEngage programs in Yemen and Cairo both feature:

• student placements in NGOs and local service organizations
• cultural activities, site visits, and meetings with local officials and leaders that complement student placements and deepen understanding of the factors that shape cultural life and civic engagement in the host countries
• intensive Arabic instruction and practice
• sustained reflection, analysis, and documentation of experiences in group discussions and blogs?

DUKE ENGAGE CAIRO, 2009:

During the 8-week DukeEngage Cairo program, students live in apartments, work in NGOs, meet with community leaders, study Arabic, and visit many famous and not-so-famous sites.

 

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Participants in the 2009 DukeEngage Cairo program, pictured above with Professor Mbaye Lo and Anne-Marie Angelo, include: Daniel Barron, Katherine Booth, Yasmina Chergui, Dawa Drolma, Atif Mahmood, Shama Milon, Susan Park, Abigail Richards, Michelle Sawyer, Steve Schmulenson, and Amy Snook. You can read about their experiences by reading their DukeEngage Cairo blog.

NGO PLACEMENTS: At St. Andrews Refugee Ministry students developed a summer English literacy program to provide refugees with enough functional literacy skills to continue their educations at the end of the summer.

At left, Daniel, Steve, Susan, and Dawa work with students in the English literacy program at St. Andrews.

Students have also worked with  AWTAD (Association for Women's Total Advancement and Development). AWTAD's mission is to "empower and engage the community, to mobilize the role of women as nucleolus development agents, through effectively leveraging Egypt's social and human capital." You can join AWTAD's fan page on Facebook.

DE Cairo 2009 students have also worked with Al Kayan, an NGO that works with children with disabilities and provides various therapies and activites, where they have organized social outings and group activities for the children.

 

 

READ ABOUT PAST DISC DUKE ENGAGE PROGRAMS:

SUMMER STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM IN ISTANBUL SUSPENDED FOR 2009

The popular Duke in Turkey summer study abroad program has been suspended for the summer of 2009. Last summer, this program was enhanced by the addition of a DukeEngage component. You can read what students have to say in their DukeEngage Istanbul blogs