AEP News – May 2020

Jun 11, 2020 | Newsletters

 

2020 Abdelkader Global Leadership Prize
Congratulations to these award winning students!

HIGH SCHOOL WINNERS
1st Place ($1,000) Assem Belhadj
James Clemens High School, Madison, AL
2nd Place ($750) Sohini Alim
Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, NY
3rd Place ($500) Layla Ziani
Great Oak High School, Temecula, CACOLLEGE WINNERS

1st Place ($1,500) Kathryn Tyson
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
2nd Place ($1,000) Amina Benguedouar
College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA
3rd Place ($750) Oluwagbemiga Oyeneye
Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

VIDEO: WHEN AMERICANS HONORED AN ICON OF JIHAD
The Emir-Stein Center in Berkeley, California created this video about the life and legacy of Emir Abdelkader. Author John Kiser recounts the story of the 19th century scholar-warrior-saint whom Algerians today call their George Washington.



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