FURTHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME
Alumni
The Foundation has been supporting students from the Middle East
since 1984. Over the years more than 500 young people have benefited
from Saïd Foundation scholarships including archaeologists, environmentalists,
geneticists, linguists, musicians, nurses, water engineers and university
professors. All the Foundation asks of its scholars is that they
apply the skills and knowledge they have gained in one of the Foundation's
target countries on completion of their course.
Here are a few examples of what some of our former scholars are doing now:
|
Mona Abdeljawad
Jordanian, MSt International Human Rights Law, University
of Oxford, 2006-7
Prior to being awarded a Foundation scholarship in 2005, Mona Abdeljawad
worked for Save the Children US as a Credit Officer on a "Group
Guaranteed Lending and Saving Programme" and established
the Jordan branch of the Landmine Survivors Network (LSN).
Mona's work with LSN introduced her to the
field of international law and she played an active part in
the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and was part of
the international team which drafted the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
On completion of her MSt in International Human Rights Law
at the University of Oxford, she returned to Jordan and now
works as the Assistant Secretary General of the Higher Council
for the Affairs of Persons with Disabilities. She is now considered
an expert on International Disability Law and addresses the
topic at major conferences and events.
|
 |
 |
|
|
Fadi Bala'awi
Jordanian, Conservation Science, UCL, 2004-5
Fadi is a conservation scientist. He was supported by the
Foundation at University College London for his research on
Petra in Jordan, one of the world's most famous archaeological
sites. Since his return to Jordan, Fadi has been employed
as consultant and special advisor for the Salt Ecomuseum and
Old Salt Museum and as assistant professor of archaeological
conservation science at the Hashemite University. Fadi is
also a regular contributor to international and archaeological
conferences and has co-ordinated museum visitor study workshops
and learning through museum workshops for the Jordanian Ministry
of Tourism and Antiquities. |
|
|
|
|
|
Mona Al Haj Hussain
Syrian, MSc Mother and Child Health, Institute of Child
Health, London, 2002-03
Mona graduated from Aleppo University as a medical doctor,
specialising in paediatrics. After graduation, she worked
for nine years for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) providing primary and community
health care for Palestinian refugees in Syria. Mona worked
as medical director for community health care, mother and
child health doctor and non-communicable diseases doctor.
Soon after completing her Foundation-sponsored MA in the UK, Mona
returned home to work for the UNFPA as reproductive health
programme officer for Syria. At UNFPA, she was involved in
strategic planning, the development of the country plan and
implementation and monitoring of programmes. During the war
on Lebanon in July 2006 she was also involved in assisting
the refugees that arrived in large numbers in Syria. From
December 2006 until the beginning of 2008, Mona worked for
the Syrian Commission for Family Affairs. She recently completed
a one-month World Health Organisation course in Geneva on
reproductive health research and has also assisted the Foundation's
Syria Programme as a Child Development Advisor for its programme
evaluation. |
|
|
|
|
|
Adnan Al Wahaidi
Palestinian (Gaza), MSc Mother and Child Health, Institute
of Child Health, 1996-97
Adnan is Medical Director for Ard El Insaan (AEI), a local
NGO in Gaza. He is responsible for strategic planning, design
of technical activities and production of training materials
on child health and nutrition. Adnan combines his medical
work with academic responsibilities and he lectures on Al
Azhar University's postgraduate Clinical Nutrition (Paediatrics)
course and Al Quds University's MSc Public Health. In addition,
he has conducted three community based surveys in child health
and nutrition in Gaza in cooperation with the World Health
Organization, UNICEF, Action Against Hunger-Spain and the
Palestinian Ministry of Health. He is also the main representative
in Gaza for the UN's International Committee of Human Rights
and is responsible for collecting information on the lifestyle of Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip. In addition,
Adnan has worked as consultant and principal trainer in mother
and child health and nutrition for a number of USAI- funded
projects (2005-2008) and a national consultant involved in
the production of mother and child nutrition protocols at
the national level funded by the USAID and the Palestinian Ministry
of Health (2003-2004).
|
|
|
|
|
