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1)<br>Date: 20 Feb 2013<br>From:<span name="Nicholas Noe" style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Nicholas Noe</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap"><<a href="mailto:noe@mideastwire.com" target="_blank">noe@mideastwire.com</a>></span><br>
Subject:Mideastwire Program in Tunis<br><br><div>Learn Arabic in Tunis!</div><div><br></div><div>*******************</div><div>Learn Arabic in Tunis!</div><div><br></div><div>For more information about our new series of Arabic and English Language classes, offered at several different levels, March 4-April 12, visit:</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.thebeirutexchange.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=149&Itemid=112" target="_blank">http://www.thebeirutexchange.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=149&Itemid=112</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>All classes will take place at our facility located at 78 Avenue Mohammad V in Downtown Tunis over the six-week period.</div><div><br></div><div>*******************</div><div>Background on Five Years of the Exchange in the MENA Region:</div>
<div><br></div><div>The Exchange is an effort by Mideastwire.com and its partners to promote direct engagement and understanding through a variety of city-focused conferences.</div><div><br></div><div>The First Exchange was launched in June 2008 in Beirut, Lebanon. Now, several years on, over 270 students from 44 different countries have participated in 16 different Exchange programs across the region, with many going on to work as diplomats in their home countries, for NGOs serving the region and as social entrepreneurs.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The Exchange welcomes applications from current students as well as professionals and post-professionals interested in better understanding the Middle East and North Africa, and, we hope, their own country's involvement in the region.</div>
<div><br></div><div>To view previous Exchange programs in Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Tunis and the Gulf, as well as media coverage of our efforts, visit <a href="http://www.thebeirutexchange.com" target="_blank">http://www.thebeirutexchange.com</a> </div>
<div><br></div><div>*******************</div><div>Tunis Program Details & Costs:</div><div><br></div><div>This Summer's Arabic and Politics Exchange in Tunis will be offered in the following modules:</div><div><br>
</div><div>OPTION A: Politics Only-Full Course, June 14-July 12</div><div><br></div><div>* Participants will engage in over 140 hours of seminars, meetings and field trips offered in the afternoons (1:30pm-6:30pm) and weekends throughout the four week course June 14-July 12;</div>
<div><br></div><div>* The language of the Politics Course is English, with translation from French and Arabic provided for all students;</div><div><br></div><div>* For previous Tunis Exchange programs detailing the scope of our activities, the range of speakers and where we travel in the country, visit <a href="http://www.thebeirutexchange.com" target="_blank">www.thebeirutexchange.com</a>;</div>
<div><br></div><div>* FEE OPTION A - $2300.</div><div><br></div><div>OPTION B: Politics Only-Half Course, June 14-June 28 or June 28-July 12</div><div><br></div><div>* Participants will have the option of joining us during our Politics Course in the afternoons (1:30pm-6:30pm) and weekends either June 14-June 28 or June 28-July 12 (approximately 70 hours of sessions);</div>
<div><br></div><div>* As with all of our Exchanges, the precise program will only be released in hard copy at the beginning of the course, although we expect to announce speakers and field trips scheduled for each Half Course by April 2013 and expect there to be a rough balance in the caliber of speakers between both Courses;</div>
<div><br></div><div>* Participants in the first Half Course June 14-June 28 will be afforded full access to the opening conference June 15 and 16 convened by the International Crisis Group;</div><div><br></div><div>* FEE OPTION B - $1400.</div>
<div><br></div><div>OPTION C: Arabic Only-Full Course, June 14-July 12</div><div><br></div><div>* Participants will engage in 60 hours of Arabic classes offered at several different levels including both colloquial Tunisian and Formal Arabic, 9am-12pm, every Monday to Friday;</div>
<div><br></div><div>* The courses will be coordinated and taught by the Bosphore Academy (<a href="http://www.bosphoreacemie.com" target="_blank">www.bosphoreacemie.com</a>) at their facility in downtown Tunis, within walking distance of our hotel facility, nearby participant accommodations as well as all afternoon sessions;</div>
<div><br></div><div>* For more specific information on the Arabic classes offered during the Exchange, please email <a href="mailto:info@mideastwire.com" target="_blank">info@mideastwire.com</a>;</div><div><br></div><div>
* FEE OPTION C: $900.</div>
<div><br></div><div>OPTION D: Politics & Arabic-Full Course, June 14-July 12</div><div><br></div><div>* Participants will engage in both Option A and Option C, joining our morning Arabic classes as well as the afternoon and weekend Politics sessions and the opening ICG conference;</div>
<div><br></div><div>* FEE OPTION D: $3200.</div><div><br></div><div>OPTION E: ICG Conference, June 14-16</div><div><br></div><div>* During the opening weekend of this summer's Exchange, participants will engage in more than 18 hours of consecutive sessions led by more than a dozen International Crisis Group experts and senior staff, covering the topics that ICG regularly analyses in MENA through its policy reports, commentary and alerts;</div>
<div><br></div><div>* ICG country experts will be led by Robert Malley, ICG's director of MENA programs;</div><div><br></div><div>* FEE OPTION D: $350 regular admission/Exchange Alumni $250. (accommodation and meals not included)</div>
<div><br></div><div>*******************</div><div><br></div><div>Logistics & Other Costs</div><div><br></div><div>Location - All Arabic sessions during the month will take place in downtown Tunis at the Bosphore Academy classrooms (<a href="http://www.bosphoreacemie.com" target="_blank">www.bosphoreacemie.com</a>) on Avenue Mohammad V. All Politics sessions will take place in the main conference room of the Tunis Dauphine Institute (<a href="http://www.tunisdauphine.tn/" target="_blank">http://www.tunisdauphine.tn/</a>) located within 15-20 minutes walking distance of the Bosphore Academy, as well as our preferred accommodations, including our own hotel facility at 78 Avenue Mohammad V.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Accommodations - Participants have the option of securing their own accommodations during the program. Accommodation at either our Bed and Breakfast (The Maison Tunis) located next to the Bosphore Academy or across the street at the three star El-Pacha hotel (<a href="http://www.lepacha.com.tn/" target="_blank">http://www.lepacha.com.tn/</a>) will cost approximately $950-$1200 for the month in a shared double room, including breakfast and all taxes.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Air Travel - It is highly recommended that all participants reserve their airline tickets as early as possible since the summer season is a difficult time to secure seats. Roundtrip tickets from Western Europe are typically $400 during the summer and approximately $900 from the United States.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Miscellaneous - Tunisia is a relatively affordable country when it comes to food and transportation. Participants should budget a minimum of $15 per day for lunch and dinner, as well as a minimum of $300 for other leisure costs during the month.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Financial Aid - In order to gather a diverse group of participants, we offer financial aid to applicants with demonstrated need amounting to between 25% and 50% of the tuition cost. Unfortunately, we cannot offer financial aid towards accommodation costs, airfare or other boarding and leisure costs.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Previous Institutional Participants in the Tunis Exchange:</div><div><br></div><div>En-Nahda Party</div><div>Congress for the Republic Party</div><div>Ettakatol Party</div><div>Constitutional Democratic Rally Party</div>
<div>The Democratic Modernist Pole Party</div><div>Worker's Communist Party</div><div>Progressive Democratic Party</div><div>Tunisian General Trade Union</div><div>Union of Tunisian Journalists</div><div>The Central Bank of Tunisia</div>
<div>Ministry of Women's Affairs</div><div>Ministry of Human Rights</div><div>Manouba University</div><div>Tunis University</div><div>Association of Democratic Women</div><div>Tunisian Network for Social Economy</div>
<div>Tunisian Observatory for a Democratic Transition</div><div>Tunisian League of Human Rights</div><div>Tunisian-American Chamber of Commerce</div><div>Tunisian Association of Young Entrepreneurs</div><div>Committee to Protect Journalists</div>
<div>Attounsia Newspaper</div><div><br></div><div>To view a schedule for a previous Tunis Exchange, visit:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.thebeirutexchange.com/images/stories/1_-_Tunis_Exchange_Schedule_Final_Tunis.pdf" target="_blank">www.thebeirutexchange.com/images/stories/1_-_Tunis_Exchange_Schedule_Final_Tunis.pdf</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>REQUEST AN APPLICATION via <a href="mailto:info@mideastwire.com" target="_blank">info@mideastwire.com</a> </div><div><br></div><div>APPLY BY April 20, 2013 (note that applicants are accepted on a rolling basis and spaces are limited)</div>
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