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Did you know...
*In Egypt, a man greets a woman with a
handshake only if she extends her hand first.
*We owe our calendar of 365 days to ancient
Egyptians. They were the first to divide the day and
night into 24 hours and to use clocks.
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Learning the Ways of the World
The first clue, perhaps, that Maria Ramirez might be
in for something out of the ordinary was when
everyone kept asking about her safety.
“People were very worried about me,” she
said.
A fresh graduate of Waukesha West High School, the
18-year-old was headed to the Middle East to spend
six weeks with a Muslim family in Cairo, Egypt, as
part of a new program offered jointly by the U.S.
State Department and AFS-USA. Read full article
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The doors of AFS-Egypt re-open to Americans! The
last time the year-long program to Egypt was offered
to American AFS students was in 1996!
Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab world
and the second-most populous on the African
Continent. Today, the “cradle of civilization,” as
Egypt is known, embraces a unique social mix,
incorporating modern Islam and Christianity, Middle
Eastern art and folk cultures, and Western music and
films into its two millennia-long history.
AFS offers a summer or year abroad in Egypt.
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Do you have a GPA over 3.5?
Are you currently in high school?
Have you participated in community service and acted
as a leader among your peers?
If you answered yes to all of these questions, you
are eligible to be nominated for an Awards for
Excellence
scholarship. These competitive full and partial
scholarships may be used for any AFS program departing
summer '07 or '08. Just click the logo above to
learn more and download a nomination form--and hurry
because the nomination deadline is December 5!
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Looking for easy ways to raise money for your AFS
experience?
Click to read 10 great ideas for fundraising this
holiday season.
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