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Organizations

America-Mideast Educational and Training Services (AMIDEAST)
AMIDEAST is a leading American non-profit organization engaged in international education, training and development activities in the Middle East and North Africa

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
ADC is a civil rights organization committed to defending the rights of people of Arab descent and promoting their rich cultural heritage.

 American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS)
Established in 1984, AIMS is a private, non-profit educational organization that works to facilitate research in North Africa and encourage the free exchange of information between American and North African scholars.

Arab American Institute (AAI)
Established in 1985 and based in Washington, DC, AAI is a non-profit, nonpartisan national leadership organization. It is the only national organization that promotes Arab American participation in the U.S. electoral system.

Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation’s pioneering, decade-long International Fellowships Program (IFP) supported advanced studies for social change leaders from the world’s most vulnerable populations.

Fulbright Scholar Program
The Fulbright Scholar Program is the flagship academic exchange effort of the United States

Humanity in Action
Humanity in Action is an international educational organization that educates, inspires and connects a global network of students, young professionals and established leaders committed to promoting human rights, diversity and active citizenship—in their own communities and around the world.

Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS)
IPS is the oldest institute in the world devoted exclusively to documentation, research, analysis, and publication on Palestinian affairs and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Learning for the Empowerment and Advancement of Palestinians (LEAP)
LEAP is an educational enrichment program dedicated to nurturing the intellectual growth and creative curiosity of Palestinian refugee-youth in Lebanon so they may become agents of change.

Middle East Institute (MEI)
Founded in 1946, MEI is the oldest Washington-based institution dedicated solely to the study of the Middle East. MEI hosts eight resident and over 30 non-resident scholars with deep ties to the Middle East.

Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
From its inception in 1966 with 50 founding members, MESA has increased its membership to more than 2,700 and now serves as an umbrella organization for more than sixty institutional members and thirty-nine affiliated organizations.

Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research
The Foundation welcomes proposals from scholars in a wide range of disciplines and professional fields that address issues related to its research priority areas of education, health and well-being, and urban development and planning.