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Date: 22 Apr 2004
From:Neal at NCUSAR.org
Subject:Malone Study Visit to Egypt in May

April 21, 2004

MEMORANDUM

To:	Members of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic

From:	John Duke Anthony [john at ncusar.org]

Re.:	Remaining Spaces Available for May 20-June 2 Egypt Study Visit

More than half a dozen seats remain available for the National  
Council’s May 20-June 2 Study Visit to Egypt. The full tentative  
program itinerary, inclusive of information on in-country  
accommodation, escorts, and opportunities to pursue one’s interests in  
becoming a Fulbright Fellow to Egypt and exploring student Arabic and  
semester abroad study programs, are all detailed below.  Program costs  
are $2,600 plus the cost of international air transportation. Air  
transportation is currently estimated at as low as $980.00 roundtrip,  
but will almost certainly be higher by May 12, and seats are limited,  
so please apply early!

Malone Fellows’ Study Visit to Egypt
May 20-June 2, 2004
Contemporary Egypt:

Dynamics of Political, Social, and
Economic Development

Malone Fellows’ Visit to Egypt Website:   
http://web.bentley.edu/students/o/olson_eric/malonefellowship

Egyptian Embassy Website: http:www.egyptembassy.us
[Visa information and forms are accessed under Consular Services]

I went to Egypt for the first time in 1963. I had never been abroad  
before. Barely one year out of college, I had the opportunity, thanks  
to the Experiment in International Living/Center for World Learning, to  
live in a village outside Cairo as the “adopted” American son of a  
native family. At the time the late Egyptian President Gamal Abd  
al-Nasser was at the height of his influence as a pan-Arab leader.  It  
was four years before Israel’s invasion and occupation of Egypt’s Sinai  
Peninsula (until 1979) and the closing of the Suez Canal (until 1975).

Upon arrival in Cairo, I experienced massive culture shock.  
Incrementally, I began to absorb Egypt’s extraordinarily rich history  
and culture.  Before I knew it, I was deeply smitten.  I have remained  
so ever since.    Now, four decades later, it is time to return.

  – John Duke Anthony

T
he National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations [www.ncusar.org] is pleased  
to announce that a Joseph J. Malone Fellowship Program study visit to  
Egypt is being held from 20 May – 2 June 2004. Participants will meet  
at the offices of the National Council on the morning of 20 May for an  
orientation and depart for Egypt on 21 May.  I will be accompanying the  
group and remaining afterwards for a few days to work with American  
University in Cairo [website: www.aucegypt.edu] representatives with a  
view to rejuvenating our former summer student programs.  The deadline  
for completed applications is May 12.  The full program itinerary,  
inclusive of information on in-country accommodation, escorts, and  
opportunities to pursue one’s interests in becoming a Fulbright Fellow  
to Egypt and exploring student Arabic and semester abroad study  
programs, are all detailed below.  Program costs are $2,600 plus  
international air transportation, currently at ca. $975.00 roundtrip  
but likely to be higher May 12.

Contact Dr. Paul Beran to become a Malone Fellow to Egypt

Malone Fellow Alumni and first-time applicants who are interested in  
participating in the May 2004 Visit to Egypt should contact Dr. Paul  
Beran, Director of Short-Term Programs, Bentley College, at  
781-891-3474, fax 781-891-2819, or PBeran at bentley.edu

For information on the National Council on US - Arab Relations please  
contact Dr. John Duke Anthony, President and CEO, at john at ncusar.org,  
or Mr. Neal Lendenmann, Director of Communications, at neal at ncusar.org   
or fax: 202-293-0903, Suite 1210, 1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW,  
Washington, D.C. 200036.

Completed applications are to be sent to Mr. Lendenmann.

This visit to Egypt is unlike other programs of faculty development and  
study.  By being a part of the National Council’s program to Egypt,  
participants become a Malone Fellow, a recognized and respected mark of  
distinction in Middle East studies.  In addition, this program allows  
one to do more than study Egypt as a professional.  While it succeeds  
superbly in that regard, it surpasses by a substantial measure what one  
could gain from any combination of classroom study or lectures, videos,  
and films in the United States.   The Malone Fellows’ Visit to Egypt  
enables participants to pursue their own topics of study, research and  
interaction in Egypt alongside Fellows with similar and complementary  
academic interests.  The program is thus an applied academic adventure  
that we hope you will be a part of in May.

Why Be A Part Of This Visit To Egypt

Meet: Egyptian academics from the American University in Cairo, Cairo  
University, and 	Alexandria University

Visit: The League of Arab States and learn first hand its role in  
representing, reforming, and developing the Arab world, together with  
numerous Egyptian sites and institutions of cultural, historical, and  
developmental interest, and the campus of America’s largest university  
outside the United States and its renowned Center for Arabic Studies  
Abroad

Engage: In dialogue with Egyptian academics, government officials, and  
civil society leaders as well as League of Arab States, World Bank, and  
Fulbright Commission representatives, together with American scholars  
and diplomats

Expand: Knowledge of U.S.-Egypt, U.S.-Arab World, and U.S.-Islamic  
World relations in interactive briefings with U.S. Embassy and Egyptian  
officials, representatives of the League of Arab States  
[www.arableagueonline.org], and scholars at Al-Azhar University  
[www.alazhar.org/], the oldest in the Islamic world

Explore: Fulbright Fellowship possibilities in Egypt  
[http://www.fulbright-egypt.org/], semester-abroad study opportunities  
for undergraduate and graduate students, volunteer work in humanitarian  
activities, student internships with American international  
corporations

Journey: Through Egypt's Pharoanic, Jewish, Coptic Christian, and  
Islamic periods, through the largest and most diverse city in the Arab  
world, through the Nile Delta region to Alexandria and its  
Mediterranean environs and back

Network: With international and regional institutions, humanitarian aid  
groups, civil society associations, research foundations, and study  
abroad faculty and advisers at American University in Cairo  
[www.aucegypt.edu]

W
anted: A dozen good Fellows. Participants in the study visit will be  
selected by a committee of scholars of Egypt and other Arab countries,  
the Middle East, and the Islamic world. The criteria for selection of  
applicants that have previously visited the Arab region as Malone  
Fellows is two-fold, based partly on:

(1) the nature and extent of a Fellow’s previous visits to other Arab  
countries, and partly on

(2) an evaluation of the nature and extent of a Fellow’s proven record  
of sharing those experiences with multiple and diverse audiences upon  
returning to the United States.

First-time applicants to the Malone Fellowship Program, beyond  
providing detailed credentials, are required to submit a two to  
three-page double-spaced essay on “Egypt-U.S. Relations: Challenges for  
America’s Leaders.”  In addition, a half page essay should explain  
one’s interest in Egypt and the Malone Fellowship Program, how one  
intends to enable community civic, religious, and professional  
associations to benefit from the visit, and the kinds of related  
follow-up educational and outreach activities envisioned.

Guides and Escorts

Denis J. Sullivan (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is Director of the  
Cronin International Center and Chair of the International Studies  
Department at Bentley College.  Dr. Sullivan served previously as Chair  
of Political Science at Northeastern University, where he was annually  
a faculty adviser for Northeastern student delegations participating in  
the Model Arab League.  He is also an Affiliate in Research at Harvard  
University's Center for Middle Eastern Studies.  In 2002 and 2003, Dr.  
Sullivan was Director of the Institute in Governance, Public Policy,  
and Civil Society in Toledo, Spain.  He is the author of numerous  
articles and books, most recently “The Struggle for Egypt's Future,”  
Current History, January 2003 and Islam in Contemporary Egypt: Civil  
Society vs. the State, with Sana Abed-Kotob (L. Rienner, 1999).

Paul Beran (Ph.D., Northeastern University - May 2004) is Director of  
Short-Term Programs at Bentley College's Cronin International Center.  
In 2003, Dr. Beran was Principle Investigator on a Population Council  
grant for capacity-building among Egyptian Ph.D. students in Cairo. He  
was also Faculty Coordinator for the Institute in Governance, Public  
Policy, and Civil Society in Toledo, Spain. Dr. Beran has worked with  
local and international NGOs and educational institutions in Egypt and  
Palestine/Israel.  He is the author of articles and opinion pieces on  
civil society and the Middle East, most recently for The Daily Star,  
Beirut, Lebanon, and Studies in Democratization, e-journal.

Depending on the level of interest, it is possible that additional  
study visits to Egypt may be scheduled in 2004. Applicants eager to  
visit Egypt in 2004, but who cannot participate in the May visit, are  
encouraged to indicate what months they would be available.

Pricing

(US$) * $2,600 + international airfare. Current fares are as low as  
$975.00 but they are likely to increase soon.

Cost Includes:

•	Escort leadership by longtime and empirically experienced Egypt  
specialists
•	Accommodations at the superbly-located Cairo Marriott in Egypt
•	All ground transportation in Egypt (not including train fare to  
Alexandria)
•	All meeting and facilitation costs
•	All breakfasts
•	One banquet dinner by the Pyramids of Giza

What Fellows Need to Provide:
•	Add $750 if single room occupancy is required
•	Plan on bringing $300 to cover costs not included in the trip price
•	Transportation to and from Washington, D.C.
•	One night’s accommodations in D.C.
•	Valid passport
•	In order to process successful applicants’ visas in time, their  
completed visa application and passport must arrive to the National  
Council, c/o Mr. Neal Lendenmann by May 12.

Please Note:  The final pricing for the package will depend on the  
number of participants, hotel availability, and operational and  
logistical factors.  Please use the following figure as a tentative  
guideline.

Estimated Cost of Visit to Egypt, excluding international airfare,  
travel to and from Washington, D.C., and one night’s accommodations in  
Washington:	$2,600
•	Current roundtrip economy airfares to Egypt from Washington, DC, are  
approximately $1,000, but they are likely to increase by May 12, so  
apply early!

Malone Fellowship’s Visit to Egypt
Theme:  Contemporary Egypt:  Dynamics of Political, Social, and  
Economic Development

TENTATIVE ITINERARY

Pre-Departure Orientation and Meetings: at the offices of the National  
Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, Washington D.C.

⎫	May 20-21

Depart	from D.C. on the evening of Friday May 21 		

In-Country Program Schedule

Day One:  Arrive in Cairo						Saturday May 22

P.M.				Check-in to the Marriott; REST

EVENING			Dinner at the hotel

Day Two:  Multi-Faith Cairo					Sunday May 23

A.M.  	Coptic Christian and Jewish Cairo: Al-Mal’aqa and St. Barbara  
Churches, and the Ben Eliezer Synagogue

P.M.   	Mosque of Amr Ibn Al-As, Citadel of Salah Ed-Din, Mosque of  
Mohammed Ali, and the Mosque of Sultan Hassan

Day Three:  Pharoanic Cairo					Monday May 24

A.M.  				Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza

NOON & P.M.  		Lunch on the Sakkara Road

EVENING  			Felucca [traditional Egyptian sailing boat] on the Nile

Day Four:  Trade and Commerce					Tuesday May 25

10: 00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.	Focus: “Business, Economic, and Development  
Environment in Egypt”
Lecture and Discussion: Dr. Sherine El Shawarby, Associate Professor,  
Faculty of Economics & Political Science - Cairo University, &  
Economist - World Bank
Location: Fulbright Commission [www.fulbright-egypt.org]

2:00 P.M.			Visit the famous Ibn Tulun Mosque or Egyptian Museum
				Khan al-Khalili Bazaar

Day Five:  Alexandria						Wednesday May 26

9:00 A.M.  			Board train for Alexandria

P.M. 	Alexandria library, Alexandria University [www.alex.edu.eg/],  
Fort of Qait Bay, Roman and Greek ruins, and the Trianon and Pastroudis  
cafes

EVENING			Return to Cairo via the Delta train through Tanta

Day Six: International Organizations and Civil Society		Thursday May 27

10:00 A.M. – 12:00 NOON	Focus: “The World Bank’s Developmental Efforts  
in Egypt”	
Lecture and Discussion: Mr. Jamal Kibbi, Senior Economist & Deputy  
Country Director, World Bank
			Location: World Bank Premises

1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.	Focus: “Egypt’s NGOs: Process, Progress,  
Prospects”
Lecture and Discussion: Mr. Magdi Sidhom, Director, Office of Program  
Operations & Customer Service, NGO Service Center
Location: NGO Service Center Premises

Day Seven: Free Day							Friday May 28

SUGGESTIONS		Egyptian Museum, Sakkara Pyramids or shopping

Day Eight: The Arab League/The Arab World			Saturday May 29	

10:00 A.M.	Focus:  “Reformist Dynamics and Arab Regionalism: The League  
of Arab States in Perspective”
				Lecture and Discussion:  TBA
				Location:  League of Arab States Headquarters
[www.arableagueonline.org]

P.M.				Focus:  “The Arab World in Regional and Global Affairs”  
					Lecture and Discussion:  TBA
				Location:  Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies
[extra.ahram.org.eg]

EVENING	Event:  	Reception
	Location:  League of Arab States Headquarters
	[www.arableagueonline.org]

Day Nine: Egyptian Politics and Egyptian Islam			Sunday May 30

10:00 A.M. – 12:00 Noon	Focus: “Islam in Contemporary Egypt: A  
Perspective of Gender”
	Lecture and Discussion:  Ms. Riham Bahi, Assistant Senior Lecturer,  
Faculty of Economics & Political Science - Cairo University	
	Location:  Fulbright Commission [www.fulbright-egypt,org]	

1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.	Focus: “Egyptian Politics: Internal & Foreign  
Affairs”
Lecture and Discussion: Amb. Dr. El Sayed Amin Shalaby, Executive  
Director, Egyptian Council of Foreign Affairs
Location: Egyptian Council of Foreign Affairs

Day Ten:  US-Egyptian Relations 					Monday May 31

9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.	Focus: “Egypt-US Trade Relationship” and  
“Egyptian-American Relations Since 9-11”
	Lecture and Discussion: Mr. Hisham Fahmy, Executive Director, American  
Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) in Egypt
			Location: AMCHAM headquarters
[http://www.amcham.org.eg/]

12:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M.	Focus: “U.S. – Egyptian Diplomatic Relations &  
Egyptian Internal Politics”
Lecture and Discussion: Christopher Hegadorn, Political Officer,  
Economic/Political Section, U.S. Embassy, Egypt
Location: Fulbright Commission [www.fulbright-egypt.org]

Day Eleven:	American Education in Egypt			Tuesday 1 June

10:00 A.M.			Focus: “America’s Largest University Abroad: Opportunities
for Arab and Egyptian Studies as well as Arabic Language
Training”
	Host:  	American University in Cairo
				Location:  American University in Cairo [www.aucegypt.edu]

P.M.  				Depart for the United States