Kuwait-America Foundation Scholarship
Building a world in which knowledge is a bridge to change
In 2013, the Kuwait-America Foundation partnered with Georgetown University to create an endowment fund to provide graduate studies scholarships, based on merit and need, to promising students from the Middle East and North Africa who hope to work in the region following graduation.
The Kuwait-America Foundation Scholarship provides one eligible student per year with a full-tuition scholarship and living stipend to pursue a Master of Arts in Arab Studies, the flagship program of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS), part of Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS).
Meet the KAF Scholars
Afaf Khoshman
Dana Al Dairani
Majd Al Waheidi
Alaa Mufleh
Ruba Hafayda
Leen Alfatafta
Ayah Tafesh
Shano Mohammed
Noor Alshaikh
"The Kuwait America Foundation Scholarship has been indispensable to the MAAS program in helping us recruit dynamic young women from around the Arab world who might not otherwise have the opportunity to study at Georgetown University. I have had the distinct pleasure of getting to know each of these scholarship recipients and to continue to follow their very important contributions to their communities and to the region. All of this has been made possible by the generosity of the Kuwait America Foundation and their supporters."
— Dr. Fida Adely
Clovis and Hala Maksoud Chair in Arab Studies, MAAS, Academic Director
Voices of Our KAF Scholars
Learn about the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies is the only academic center in the United States focusing exclusively on the Arab world. In their own words, “Since its founding in 1975, CCAS has prepared new generations of diplomats, scholars, teachers, policymakers, and leaders in the business and nonprofit sectors capable of critical thought, constructive dialogue, and creative engagement with the Arab world. CCAS advances research in the field of Arab Studies not only through its academic programs, public events, education outreach, and multimedia projects, but also by regularly hosting prominent scholars, visiting researchers, and post-doctoral fellows at the Center.” CCAS’s “flagship Master of Arts in Arab Studies (MAAS) program trains students in the language, history, culture, society, politics, and economics of the contemporary Arab world. The interdisciplinary degree allows students to craft their own program of study, developing both a breadth and depth of knowledge in a range of critical issues facing the region today.”