New College of Florida is partnering with the Daughters for Life Foundation, providing a transformational education experience for young women across the Middle East, preparing them to become the future leaders their homelands desperately need.
New College of Florida is partnering with the Daughters for Life Foundation, providing a transformational education experience for young women across the Middle East, preparing them to become the future leaders their homelands desperately need.
Young women from Middle Eastern countries will attend New College on scholarships during a three-year pilot program that will cover the full cost of tuition, room, board, and other academic and living expenses.
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, a Gaza physician, author and activist for peace, created the Foundation in 2011 after three of his daughters were killed by Israeli shelling. His hope is that educating women will empower them to bring progress and stability to the region.
Rozana Jaber is from Jerusalem, Israel, where she graduated from Saint Anthony’s Coptic College, a secondary school. A teacher described her as a “peacemaker” and “passionate about the truth.” At her high school, Rozana participated in Model United Nations and was captain of the soccer team. Rozana speaks Arabic and English, and her academic plans at New College include computer science and international and area studies.
Leen Al Fatafta is from Amman, Jordan. She graduated in the Scientific Stream from Jubilee School in Amman. In addition to volunteer work with refugees, and starting a reading club, she has participated in debate through Jubilee Model UN, Model Arab’s League, and her high school’s Arab Summit and Parliamentary Council. Her primary academic interests are political science and gender studies. Her guiding principles are freedom of choice, freedom of speech and equity.
Your generous donation to the Daughters for Life Fund will help cover the students’ tuition, room and board, books and living expenses. Your gift will have a tremendous impact on New College, the Daughters for Life Scholars and the world. It will also provide you with a charitable tax deduction. Click here to give.
Additional information about Daughters for Life may be found here:
Daughters for Life Foundation
New College, Daughters for Life Foundation Sign Pioneering Scholarship Agreement, June 4, 2013
From the Middle East to Florida: New College’s Daughters for Life Scholars, October 2, 2014
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