Spring 2008 Middle East Fair

Country and educational briefing done by AMIDEAST Jordan Educational Advisor

Visa briefing done by Consul, U.S. Embassy

Fair was held in the Sheraton Ballroom

Attendance at Amman fair
1035 students attended the fair
60% Undergraduate
40% Graduate

85% of the students were Jordanian
15% of the students were expats. (Most of the expats were Iraqi, and Palestinian.)

Group visited 2 Jordanian Private High Schools

The Bapist School
Amman Baccalaureate School

Country and Educational briefing done by AMIDEAST Educational Advisor

Visa briefing done by Vice Consul, US Embassy

Chargé d'Affaires Mr. Alan Misenheimer came to the fair to meet all the universities.

Announcement of fair on US Embassy website, http://kuwait.usembassy.gov/pr_03112008.html

The fair was held in the Six Palms room at the Marina Hotel

Attendance at Kuwait fair
832 students attended the fair
60% Undergraduate
40% Graduate

60% of the students were Kuwaiti
40% of the students were expats. (Most of the expats were Indian and Pakistani)

Visited 2 Private Kuwaiti High Schools
The American School of Kuwait
American Universal School

Country and educational briefing done by Educational Advisor, US Embassy

Consul from the US Embassy gave the visa briefing.

Two High School Counselor from the Eastern province also came to the fair in Manama.

Dr. Kathleen Cummings from the Crown Prince Scholarship fund gave a briefing to the group about the scholarship.

The fair was held in the Sheraton ballroom.

Attendance at Manama fair
550 students attended the fair
60% Undergraduate
40% Graduate

60% of the students were Bahraini
40% of the students were expats. (Most of the expats were Indian and Saudi, the Saudi students drove from Dhahran, which is about 45 minutes away)

We visited two high schools,
Modern Knowledge
Ibn Khuldoon National School.

Country and educational briefing done by Educational Advisor, US Embassy.

US Embassy Visa Officer gave the visa briefing

Senior Educational Advisor at the US Embassy briefly attended the fair.

The fair was held in the Hilton Ballroom.

Attendance at Abu Dhabi fair
643 students attended the fair
65% Undergraduate
35% Graduate

20% of the students were UAE Nationals
80% of the students were expats. (Most of the expats were Indian and Saudi)

Three private High School visits
Al Nahda National School for Boys
Al Nahda National School for Girls
American International School Abu Dhabi

No briefing was done in Dubai, but the new US Consulate educational advisor attended the fair

The fair was held in the Movenpick Ballroom.

Attendance at Abu Dhabi fair
785 students attended the fair
65% Undergraduate
35% Graduate

2% of the students were UAE Nationals
98% of the students were expats. (Most of the expats were Indian)

Three private High School visits
Al Mawakeb School
International School Choueifat
American School of Dubai