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1 AAF NEWS Issue # 2, January 2017 America. The guide is now available on the AAF-CEST website. 2. Launching a Visitation Program where students from Algeria visit a host institution in the USA to learn and be exposed to a given technological advance or concept. 3. Launching an Observership medical program in collaboration with two sister organizations in the US. In this newsletter you will find more information on the ongoing activities of your Foundation. On behalf of the board, I thank you for your support and continued confidence in the mission of the AAF- CEST. Please be assured that the board of the AAF-CEST is determined to have you not only informed on its activities but also to see you engaged in its affairs. Prof. Noureddine Melikechi AAF-CEST, Chairman Message of the Chairman The current issue focuses on a newly initiated International Exchange Program (Page 3) Projects of AAF .03 Page Newsletter of the Algerian-American Foundation For Culture, Education, Science and Technology Dear member of the AAF-CEST: I would like to thank you for your willingness to join the Algerian American Foundation for Culture, Education, Science and Technology (AAF-CEST) and for your support of its mission. The AAF-CEST has focused its efforts on the following: 1. Developing a guide for students in Algeria who are interested in studying in the United States of In this issue Recent Activities .02 Elections of new board members, studying in the USA: Guide for Algerian Students. (Page 2) US-Algeria News .04 Guest Profile .05 This issue highlights the career of his Excellency Madjid Bouguerra. (Page 5) The latest news of US-Algerian partnerships (Page 4)
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AAF NEWS Issue # 2, January 2017
America.TheguideisnowavailableontheAAF-CESTwebsite.2.LaunchingaVisitationProgramwherestudentsfromAlgeriavisitahostinstitutionintheUSAtolearnandbeexposedtoagiventechnologicaladvanceorconcept.3.LaunchinganObservershipmedicalprogramincollaborationwithtwosisterorganizationsintheUS.InthisnewsletteryouwillfindmoreinformationontheongoingactivitiesofyourFoundation.Onbehalfoftheboard,IthankyouforyoursupportandcontinuedconfidenceinthemissionoftheAAF-CEST.PleasebeassuredthattheboardoftheAAF-CESTisdeterminedtohaveyounotonlyinformedonitsactivitiesbutalsotoseeyouengagedinitsaffairs.Prof.NoureddineMelikechiAAF-CEST,Chairman
Message of the Chairman
ThecurrentissuefocusesonanewlyinitiatedInternationalExchangeProgram(Page3)
ProjectsofAAF .03
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Newsletter of the Algerian-American Foundation For Culture, Education, Science and Technology
DearmemberoftheAAF-CEST:IwouldliketothankyouforyourwillingnesstojointheAlgerianAmericanFoundationforCulture,Education,ScienceandTechnology(AAF-CEST)andforyoursupportofitsmission.TheAAF-CESThasfocuseditseffortsonthefollowing:1.DevelopingaguideforstudentsinAlgeriawhoareinterestedinstudyingintheUnitedStatesof
InthisissueRecentActivities .02 Electionsofnewboardmembers,studyingintheUSA:GuideforAlgerianStudents.(Page2)
US-AlgeriaNews .04
GuestProfile .05 ThisissuehighlightsthecareerofhisExcellencyMadjidBouguerra.(Page5)
ThelatestnewsofUS-Algerianpartnerships(Page4)
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WearepleasedtoannouncethatthreemembersTOTHEAAFhavebeenelectedtotheBoardofDirectorswithaparticipationrateofmorethan75%.Thefollowingmemberswillserveontheboardforaperiodof3years,startingJanuary1,2017:MouniaChaib,AliFeliachi,andGhaniaAit-Ghezali.Thenewmemberswillreplacethreeofthecurrentboardmembers,namelyHimedKherbache,BelgacemHabaandSamBeddarwhosetermsendonDecember31,2016.WearegratefultoHimed,BelkacemandSamfortheirserviceandwelcometheircontinuedcontributiontotheAAF.ThenewboardwillconveneinJanuarytoelectnewofficersandplantheFoundation'sactivityfor2017.
TheAAFhasconductedelectionsofnewBoardMembers
Recent activities of the AAF
Dean and Professor of Physics and Applied Physics Kennedy College of Sciences University of Massachusetts Lowell
Noureddine Melikechi Chairman
Director, Engineering Mechanics Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Amar Chaker Vice-Chairman
Board Members
DevelopingaguideforstudentsinAlgeriawhoareinterestedinstudyingintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Aguidetargetedtothisgroupofstudentsisnowavailableonlineat:
http://algerianamericanfoundation.org/pdf/Brochure_Studying_United_States_Final.pdf.
WeencourageyoutoletstudentsinAlgeriaknowabouttheavailabilityofthisguide.
TheAAFpublishesaguideforAlgerianstudents
Art & Culture
“TheThinker”,Broze,13”x10”x9byKhalilBendibwww.bendib.com(Seebiographyinpage3)
Rahmouna Rouni Quality Projects Engineer Pyramid Consulting Group
AliFeliachiProfessor, West Virginia University
LeilaHamroun-YazidArchitect, Founder of Past Forward Architecture
AbdennourAbbasProfessor, University of Minnesota
GhaniaAit-GhezalaScientist, Roskamp institute
LotfiBelblidiaSenior Engineer, Studsvik
Mounia Chaib Freelance Translator
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InternationalExchangeProgram
InanefforttofostermutualeducationalandculturalexchangebetweenthepeopleoftheUnitedStatesandAlgeria,AAF-CESTdevelopedaninternationalexchangeprogramtofacilitateeducationalvisitsstudentsandAlgerianprofessionalstotheUnitedStatesandhelpbothpartiescultivaterelationshipsthatsupporteducationalenrichmentinareasof
Spotlight on Current Projects
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sharedinterests.Theinternationalexchangeprogramincludestwodifferentcategories:Observership:Thisprogramconsistsinobservingpatientcareinahealthcaresetting,forthespecificpurposeofgainingprofessionalskills,learningnewtreatmentapproaches,gainingknowledge,andbeingexposedseveralmedicalpracticeattitudes.An
TamdaOuguemoun,aquietbeachintheCityofTigzirt(Tizi-Ouzou,Algeria).Wecanseetheoctopus-shapedrestaurantontherocks.
KhalilBendibKhalilmovedtotheUSasaforeignstudentattheageof20.HeholdsaMaster’sdegreeinEastAsiaLanguagesandCulturesobtainedinLosAngeles.From1987to1995KhalilworkedaseditorialcartoonistwiththeGannettnewspapersattheirCaliforniaflagshipnewspaper,theSanBernardinoSun,wherehespentthefollowingeightyearsandwonnumerousawardsforhiswork.Khalilisalsoaprolificsculptor.Amonghispublicsculpturesareamonumentrememberingthe1948DeirYassinemassacreinPalestineattheSmithCollegesinNewYorkandanotheroneinMinneapolis.Khalilhasreceivedasteadystreamofcommissionsfromnon-profitorganizationssuchasOxfam,GreenPeace,GlobalExchange,theCaliforniaFacultyAssociation,CodePinkandtheUFW.In2016,hereceivedtheprestigiousAronsonawardforpoliticalcartooningatNewYork’sHunterCollege.Khalilhaspublishedseveralcollectionsofhiscartoons,whichhavegracedhepagesofmajornewspaperssuchastheNewYorkTimes,LATimesandUSAToday.In2011,heco-authoredagraphicnoveltitledZahra’sParadise,aboutthe2009GreenRevolutioninTehran,whichbecameaNewYorkTimesbestsellerandhasbeentranslatedinsixteenlanguagestodate.OriginalpagesfromthisgraphicnovelarenowpartoftheLibraryofCongress’permanentcollection.Since2002,KhalilBendibhasalsobeentheco-producerandco-hostofPacificaradio’sVoicesoftheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica,aweeklyshowthatairsonanumberofPacificaradiostationsandaffiliates..Agalleryofhiscartoonsandotherpoliticalartworkcanbeviewedatwww.bendib.com.
Algerian/American Profile
The AAF has initiated a new International Exchange Program
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ObservershipProgramismeanttobevoluntaryforinterestedphysiciansfromAlgeriaandvolunteerU.Sphysicianpreceptors.ThisyearwehadtheopportunitytoorganizethevisitoftwosurgeonsfromAlgeriatotheUSfora6weeksobeservership.WealsoarrangedforamedicaldoctorfromAlgeriawhoiscurrentlyintheUSforanObserveshipof3monthsinanIvyLeagueinstitution.Visitor:ThisprogramconsistsinhavingstudentsorprofessionalsfromAlgerianinstitutionsvisitandspendtimewithinaUSinstitutionintheirrespectivefieldsinordertogainfurtherknowledge,learnnewtechniquesorapproaches,orcomplementsomeoftheworktheyhavebeendoinginAlgeria.ThemembersofAAFincollaborationwiththeircurrentnetworkofprofessionalsintheUS,havebeenabletosecuremultiplevisitationopportunitiesinseveralinstitutions.TwomasterdegreelevelstudentsarescheduledtostarttheircancerbiologyvisitationinFebruary2017.In2016wehavebeenabletooffervisitationto2students.Bothstudentscompletedtheirinternshipsuccessfullyandalltheirobjectivesweremet.StudentW.H.said“thisopportunityallowedmetobeexposedtostateoftheartcuttingedgescienceinaveryshortamountoftime.Iwillneverforgetthisexperience”.
TheinternationalexchangecommitteegeneratedtheguidelinesfortheInternationalexchangeprogramtoprovideallcandidateswithrelevantrecommendationandadvices.TheObservershipProgramisincollaborationwiththeMaghreb-AmericanHealthFoundation(MAHF,Inc.)andtheAlgerianAmericanScientistsAssociation(AASA).ThevisitationprogramisincollaborationwithAASA.
ProjectsoftheAAF(continued)
US-AlgeriaNews
August22,2016TheAmericanInternationalSchoolAlgierswasofficiallyinauguratedonAugust22,2016.TheopeningfollowsthesigningofanagreementtocreateanAmericanschoolinAlgiersbyAssistantSecretaryforNearEasternAffairsattheU.S.DepartmentofState,AnnePatterson,andAlgerianAmbassadortotheUnitedStates,MadjidBouguerra,inWashington,DConDecember29,2015.December110,2016/AlgerianPressService/TheAlgerian-AmericaForumonEnergywasheld14-15DecemberinHouston(Texas).Theforumaimstoboostthepartnershipsandinvestmentsbetweenthetwocountriesintheoilandenergysectors.February16,2017/The2017U.S.EmbassyAlgiersEntrepreneurshipBootCamp.TheBootCampisanintensive8-weekcoursedesignedtoprovidepre-launchandearly-stageentrepreneurswithastrongfoundationforbusinessplanning,launchandstartupoperation.GuidedbyanexpertsmallbusinessfacilitatorfromtheUnitedStates,participantswillworkindividuallyandinteamstodeveloptheirprivateenterpriseorsocialenterprise/NGOconcepts.ThedeadlineforapplicationisFebruary16,2017.
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MadjidBouguerrabecameambassadorofAlgeriatotheUnitedStatesonFeb.23,2015.AmbassadorBouguerrapreviouslyservedasministerdelegateinchargeofMaghrebandAfricanaffairsattheMinistryofForeignAffairs(2013-14),Algeria’sambassadortoGermany(2010-13),secretary-generalattheMinistryofForeignAffairs(2007-09)andambassadortoChina(2001-05).HewasalsoAlgeria’sambassadortoNiger(1992-97),itsambassadortoZambia(1987-90),counselorattheAlgerianPermanentMissiontotheUnitedNationsinNewYork(1981-85)andfirstsecretaryattheAlgerianEmbassyinTanzania(1978-81).Inaddition,AmbassadorBouguerrahasheldvariouspostingsattheMinistryofForeignAffairsAfricaDepartment,includingdirectorgeneral(1997-2001),director(1990-92)anddeputydirector(1986).AmbassadorBouguerraholdsadiplomafromtheNationalSchoolofAdministrationandadegreeineconomicsfromtheUniversityofAlgiers.HespeaksArabic,French,EnglishandintermediateGerman.
Guest Profile
“SincehisappointmentinWashington,AmbassadorBouguerra,hasbeenasupporteroftheworkoftheAAF-CEST,andafirmbelieverthatcultureandscienceaswellaseducationandtechnologycanbringaformidablecontributioninthestrengtheningofthealreadyexcellentrelationsbetweenAlgeriaandtheUnitedStates,particularlywhenitcomestosustainablerapprochementbetweentheourpeoples,deepeningourfriendshipwhichgoesbacktothesigningofourTreatyofPeaceandAmityinSeptember1795andtheadvancementofourmutualunderstanding.That’swhytheworkoftheAAF-CESTissoimportantandweallneedtosupportit.HappyandproductiveNewYear”.TheAlgerianEmbassyintheUnitedStates.
Madjid Bouguerra
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