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USIP and AUE in Gender Dynamics in Conflict-Affected Middle East and North African Countries

USIP and AUE in Gender Dynamics in Conflict-Affected Middle East and North African Countries

Date: 18 March 2021

Join USIP and American University in the Emirates for a virtual discussion that aims to better understand gender dynamics in conflict by convening experts in the field and sharing the lessons learned from initiatives that build the resilience of women during war and throughout post-war recovery.

Join the conversation on Twitter with #MENAGenderDynamics.

When conflicts erupt in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, women are often affected first and worst. Child marriages, sexual slavery, domestic violence, and other attacks on women’s mobility, agency, and voices are the result of militarized masculinities. Understanding the distinct effects of violent conflict on women is critical for designing effective peacebuilding approaches and ensuring greater gender equality and protection for women and girls.

The Middle East and North Africa region is currently enduring instability, festering civil wars, and increasing poverty—all of which are causing massive displacement and migration with untold damage to lives, livelihoods, and physical infrastructure. In a region marked by poor governance records and inequality, the burden on the already huge gender gap is further impacted, particularly in fragile and conflict-ridden countries.

To make any gains towards improving the situation for women and girls in conflict and post-conflict zones, the peacebuilding field, policymakers, NGOs, and the international community should come together to reflect on the lessons learned thus far when it comes to protecting and building the resilience of women, both during and after war.

Speakers

• Muthanna Abdul Razzaq
  Opening remarks,
  President and CEO, American University in the Emirates
• Dr. Elie Abouaoun
  Director, Middle East and North Africa Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace
• Susan Aref
  Director and Founder, Women Empowerment Organization (Iraq)
• Mehrinaz El Awady
  Director of Gender Justice, Population, and Inclusive Development, U.N. Economics and Social Commission for West Asia
• Kathleen Kuehnast
  Director, Gender Policy and Strategy, U.S. Institute of Peace
• Valentine M. Moghadam
  Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Northeastern University
• Nahla Yassine-Hamdan
  Assistant Professor, College of Security and Global Studies, American University in the Emirates
• Lina Beydoun
  Moderator,
  Director of Development, American University of Cairo (AUC)
  Emirates

I will Do It Tomorrow.

I will Do It Tomorrow.

Date: 18 March 2021

Procrastination is a difficult problem to overcome, but if you are willing to take the necessary steps to develop a good plan of action and then put in the effort to follow through on that plan, you have a good chance of succeeding. There are many different types of procrastinators, and their procrastination can be classified based on factors such as the reasons for procrastination, how they procrastinate, and how their procrastination affects them. Procrastination is the failure of regulating yourself, and the distinguishing of delay that is not necessary of duties even though, it causes outcomes that are bad for you. how we can understand it and how to overcome it.

The anti-procrastination techniques include breaking large tasks into small subtasks, tailoring your schedule to your productivity cycles, improving your work environment, making it harder for yourself to procrastinate, making it easier for yourself to get started, eliminating bottlenecks, and procrastinating in a productive way.

Two speakers shared the conversation, the guest speaker was Mrs. Isha Basheer, Psychologist, and Dr. Wael Ali, the director of the counseling office in AUE.

CEDU Spring 2021 Newsletter

CEDU Spring 2021 Newsletter

Seminar: Women and the Future Summit

(Sustainability Club & International Majlis Women Club)

March 18, 2021

An event for women’s day has been organized in collaboration with Ms. Karoline Molaeb and Dr Leslie Vandeputte. Dr Mona Al Ali is an experienced professional in the field of education and museum studies, she was invited to be a part of this event. Dr Al Ali was driven by her passion for empowering women and achieving excellence to take up a leadership role at the Badiri Education and Development Academy, the education and capacity building arm of NAMA Women. Advancement Establishment (NAMA). As Manager of Badiri, Mona Al Ali oversees the execution of a range of programs and initiatives including workshops, entrepreneurship and soft skills training, online e-learning platforms designed to enhance the theoretical and professional acumen of female entrepreneurs and harness their full potential. Mona’s vision is to act as a catalyst for Badiri’s growth into a leading and easily accessible global resource center imparting knowledge, skills and training programs geared towards empowering women and youth.

Workshop: ARDUINO – Smart Applications of physics principles.

(PHY 100 – PHY 200)

April 15-April 17, 2021

In collaboration with Ms. Amani Yassine and Engineer Mostafa Najim, physics students from the college of information technology, attended a workshop about Arduino where they enhanced their practical, programming and physics skills.

Online Seminar

(ASC 101)

March 18,2021

A virtual interactive workshop has been conducted by the office of advising and success center in collaboration with CEDU and COBA faculty members. It was delivered by Mr. Rajeev Daswani and Mr. Hatem ALABKI to provide students with some tips to help them to overcome the obstacles and achieve their academic and professional ambitions.

The speakers talked about finding your purpose and how to live with passion, starting with the intention: “as we need to find our inspiration within”.

– To be self-guided.

– To find direction: They used the image of the compass to emphasize the need to find our way, our star which will guide us. Lao Tzu said, ‘’if you don’t change direction, you may end up where you are heading’’. The fear of failure is the only limitation humans possess. Finally, the speakers emphasized the need to define our “why” because it gives us:

• Meaning to Life.
• Energy to live.
• Keeps us motivated.
• Excitement
• Leverages your gifts.

Presentation: Mismatch of social values in Communication

Hamda Abdulrahman Ali Malahi (171210092) & Yara Yousef Omar Embarek (181220036) (ENG 105).

A virtual interactive workshop has been conducted by the office of advising and success center in collaboration with CEDU and COBA faculty members. It was delivered by Mr. Rajeev Daswani and Mr. Hatem ALABKI to provide students with some tips to help them to overcome the obstacles and achieve their academic and professional ambitions. Under the supervision of Ms. Heba Ibrahim, a poster has been designed by student Yara Yousef Omar Embarek (181220036) and student Hamda Abdulrahman Ali Malahi (171210092) from English for specific purpose and communication skills course to illustrate their thorough understanding regarding communication skills and how it is related to social values.

Workshop: Public Speaking- Tips and trick for an effective public presentation

(ASC 101)

March 25, 2021

In collaboration with the university life instructors and Dr Rex, all university life students attended a workshop that discussed the most effective strategies and tips to deliver a successful speech and to gain long lasting presentation skills.

Presentation: Issues in Interpersonal Communication

Hamdan Rashed Mohammed Dahroui Al-Ameri (191220048) (ENG 105).

Under the supervision of Ms. Heba, the student Hamdan Rashed Mohammed Dahroui Al-Ameri (191220048) from English for specific purpose and communication skills course have designed a poster discussing some tips to develop and enhance self-communication skills.

Projects: PHYSICS Enthusiasts

Video created by : Amjad Ibrahim (191110037) PHY 100-PHY 200)

April 29, 2021

Under the supervision of Ms. Amani Yassine, students from Physics I and Physics II courses have shown a great passion towards physical science through designing different prototypes to be used in their daily life for multiple purposes. The projects required deep understanding and analysis of theoretical physics: Mechanics and Electromagnetism. Physics II students implemented their programming skills to operate smart machines to detect magnetic field, electric field, and to measure the capacitance of a capacitor, whereas physics I students used their problems solving and practical skills to demonstrate theoretical principles in mechanics. To watch the full video go to this link :

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Workshop: My journey with ARABIC LANGUAGE

(ARL AA 100)

Under the sypervision of Dr Thaer Oudeh, students of Communications Skills in Arabic course have attended an event that is delivered by Dr. Zia AL-Rahman (from India) whose PhD is in Arabic language and Islamic civilization. The guest narrated his joyful journey with learning Arabic in his country, he briefly presented some of the books that he translated from Hindi and English into Arabic and vice versa.
His advice to the Arab students is to be keen on mastering the Arabic language and teaching it to others.

Seminar: Duality of tolerance and community cohesion

(ASC 105)

March 18, 2021

Students of Islamic Culture course attended a lecture that is organized by Mr. Jehad Mousa & Dr. Adbul Hameed in collaboration with Zayed House for Islamic Culture. The dean of the College of Education Professor Mohamad Al Zyoudi have welcomed Ms. Mouza AlKetbi which was the guest speaker during the event. Ms. Alketbi highlighted on the topics of social cohesion and tolerance and the duality between these two terms.
She explained that tolerance is the acceptance of one’s community from another’s, even if their values are contradicting. The duality of tolerance and cohesion’s main purpose is to offer equal opportunity to everyone in a society no matter what their ethnic, social, or religious background is. There are two main categories of impacts resulting from successfully integrating tolerance and cohesion, financial impacts (equal opportunity amongst people of all backgrounds) and emotional impacts (personal happiness to the people living in the society).

Presentation: Islam and preserving the environment

Chane Van Der Merwe (191020002) (ASC 105)

Dr. Marios Efthymiopoulos, Associate Professor of the CSGS, participated to an online lecture class for all CSGS students Under the supervision of Mr. Jehad Mousa, the student Chane Van Der Merwe (191020002) have designed a presentation for the Islamic Culture course discussing how Islam has encoureged us to preserve the environment.
of the MA level.“In Islam we are called to look after God’s creation which is earth also known as the environment that surrounds us. We are called to be guardians which means not only protecting the planet but influencing others to do the same.
We have a “green deen” to worship God through protecting our oceans and land and inhabitants, by doing this we are worshipping God and thanking him for what he has provided for us and for this we will be rewarded. UAE has implemented methods that will try to ensure this is carried out”.

Presentation: The Islamic History (The Fourth of the Righteous Caliphs: Ali ibn Abi Talib – May Allah be pleased with him)

Ghaya Younis Mehrab Alblooshi (201310024) (ASC 105)

Under the supervision of Mr. Jehad Mousa, the student Ghaya Younis Mehrab Alblooshi (201310024) have designed a presentation for the Islamic Culture course discussing the Islamic History.(“Be fair to the people from yourselves and be patient with your needs, for you are the reservoir of the parish. And do not resolve anyone from his needs, and do not lock him from his request, and do not sell people in the Kharaj clothing for a winter, no summer, or an animal on which they depend, nor a slave, and do not strike anyone with a whip for the place of a dirham”. Ali bin Abi Talib).

Presentation: Traditional Emirati Clothes for Men & Women

Khalifa Jamal (191410128) (ASC 102)

Under the supervision of Dr. Leslie Vandeputte, the student Khalifa Jamal (191410128) in the Introduction of Antropholgy course, have discribed Traditional Emirati Clothes for Men & Women. “The clothing of men is almost the same kind all across the UAE. Kandura is a very important attire for men in Abu Dhabi and also throughout the other parts of the country. Kandura is a type of long-ankle-length tunic that is worn by men and is loosely fitted in shape.The Emirati men also were Ghutra to top their outfits, It is a traditional headdress.Both Kandura and Ghutra gets a traditional touch to it when worn during festivals”. “The traditional and most important dress of women in the UAE is the plain and simple Abaya but the modern abaya are designed and presented in unique styles.
In addition to the abaya, Emirati women also wear a kind of headgear that covers their head and shoulder and covers the ear, head, and shoulder. The people of Emirates highly believe in following the customs and traditions associated with their religion”.

Presentation: Armenian Culture

Karinieh Kelejian (ASC 102)

Under the supervision of Dr. Leslie Vandeputte, the student: Karinieh Kelejian from the Introduction to Anthropology course have discribed The Armenian culture with a photo essay. Marriage is considered very unique in Armenian culture and traditions as raising a family with strong Armenian values which include open heartiness, kindness, being hospitable, religiousness and strong family values.
The traditions all initiate with prayers in church, which is the major part in every Armenian wedding.Lastly, Friends and relatives write small letters expressing their happiness for the newlyweds and giving out gifts.

Seminar: Special Education in the United Arab Emirates

March 10, 2021

In Collaboration with the College of Education of the American University of the emirates and Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services, a virtual seminar entitled:“ Special Education in UAE “ has been organized by Dr. Muhammad Al-Zeyoudi, Dean of the College of Education at the University and delivered by Her Excellency Sheikha Jameela bint Muhammad Al Qasimi, Director General of Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services and attended by Professor William Cornwell the Provost of AUE, Professor Abhilasha Singh the VPAA of AUE and a large number of specialists, teachers and special education students in the country. Professor Muthanna Abdul Razzaq, President and Executive Director of the University have welcomed the guest speaker that emphasized on the importance of training persons with disabilities and to implement the educational and social inclusion to empower them and improve their quality of life.

Editors: Ms. Amani Yassine & Mr. Jehad Mousa

Special Thanks for the contributors:

Prof. Mohammad (CEDU Dean)

Dr. Thaer Oudeh

Dr. Leslie Vandeputte

Ms. Karoline Molaeb

Ms. Heba Ibrahim

Stress Management and Emotional intelligence

Stress Management and Emotional intelligence

We are living in an age of Stress. We face every day new challenges in our life which make us under stress, especially in these days, that we have to work in special circumstances because of coronavirus and its effect on our life. Stress Management is about your ability to withstand stressful situations and environments without falling apart. Pressure is a part of everyday life for most of us and a certain amount of pressure gets us through the day. We meet deadlines and work with others and are able to encourage them too. The workshop explains how to assess your own emotional intelligence and how to develop your emotional intelligence awareness. It is directed to the employees because we believe that employee’s skills and qualifications are important factors for them to succeed within their role. Emotional Intelligence is just as important, if not more so, for fulfillment within the employees’ current role. Stress is defined as being under psychological pressure. Stress is the physical, mental and chemical response of the human being body to the events, causing feelings of fear, excitement, anxiety, danger, or anger in the individual. The second part was about Emotional intelligence. It is a set of abilities that enable individuals to organize and manage the emotions of themselves and others. This intelligence includes understanding our own feelings and using them for taking appropriate decisions in personal and business aspects of our lives. It also determines the appropriate type of relationship that is appropriate for a profession or occupation.

Based on that The counseling and Disabilities office in The American University in the Emirates made a workshop (Stress Management and Emotional Intelligence) on Thursday the 18th March 2021.

The main and guest speaker was Mr. Johannes Hatem, Psychologist and finder of two international digital clinics, and Dr. Wael Ali, director of the counseling and disabilities office in the AUE.

4th AUE Student Research Competition: Event Summary

4th AUE Student Research Competition: Event Summary

Under the Patronage of Professor Muthanna Abdulrazzaq, President & CEO of AUE, the American University of the Emirates organized and hosted the grand finale of the fourth edition of the Virtual Student Research Competition (AUE SRC) on April 11th and 12th, 2021.

AUE Student Research Competition strives to promote scientific research among students, offering a unique platform for undergraduate and graduate students to present and showcase their original research, exchange ideas, and improve their communication skills while competing for prizes at AUE SRC 2021. In line with Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid’s announcement on launching the UAE Centennial 2071 project “to prepare the nation for future generations”, and the pandemic impact on youth, the theme of this year’s Student Research Competition was: Empowering Future Generations for Digital Transformation & Beyond

This two-day contest was open to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in universities in the UAE, GCC and neighboring Arab countries, who would like to present and share their research outcomes with their peers from the region. All students who have completed a significant scholarly or creative project were encouraged to register to present their work. Themes varied between:

• Smart Technologies and Innovation (Engineering, Computer Science)
• Business Administration and Entrepreneurship
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Media, Art and Design
• Education
• Natural and Health Sciences
• Covid-19 Impact

Examples of eligible projects included major classroom scholarly research projects, theses and dissertations, capstone projects, directed research, action research, literary analysis that reveals new connections and insights, creative works in art and design, and fellowship research.

The AUE SRC consists of a research paper initial submission and a short presentation competition of the research to a panel of judges, competition attendees and leading experts in the associated field including the SRC committee. Each presentation was followed by a brief question-and-answer session. The judges evaluated the novelty and significance of presented research, the quality of research methodology, knowledge in the addressed research area, the contribution of the research, and the quality of oral and visual presentation.

The AUE SRC received 115 submissions, 32 of them have been accepted for the final presentation after passing a strict review process conducted by internal and external reviewers. The acceptance rate of the AUE SRC submissions is 27%. Eight different awards have been granted to the best eight projects from 6 different universities. Two awards are given to Middlesex University in

Dubai, two to American University in the Emirates, and one for each of the following: Medical Gulf University, New York University Abu Dhabi, King Saud University at Riyadh Saudi Arabia, and Rochester institute of technology (RIT) Dubai.

General Chair: Prof. Marwan Al-Akaidi

Technical Program Chair: Dr. Mohamed Elhoseny

Technical Program Co-Chair: Dr. Nisren Shaya

Committee Members

• Dr. Walaa Fouda
• Dr. Luma Aldahery
• Dr. Renny Castañeda
• Dr. Houda El Mustapha
• Ms. Shlagha Agarwal

CSGS Spring 2021 Newsletter

CSGS Spring 2021 Newsletter

The CSGS is organizing the 1st International Arabian-Gulf Security Conference the 2-3 June 2021.

(Online)

March 2-3, 2021

The CSGS is organizing the 1st International Arabian-Gulf Security Conference the 2-3 June 2021 (online). Topics like Defense, Strategy, Diplomacy, International Law, International Security, International Economics, Peace Studies will be discussed, analyzed and examined. Preliminary results will be presented, after successful evaluation of the deposited scientific and industry-led papers. Successful presented papers of the conference, will be published in the conference proceedings. They will also be further evaluated for publication in one of the three special reviews of Scopus indexed Springer journals. For more information, please visit

2nd IAGSC

Online interview

7 September 2020

Dr. Kleanthis Kyriakidis was invited by Sky News Arabia to discuss the Greek-Turkish relations.

Online Seminar

14 September 2020

Dr. Kleanthis Kyriakidis was invited to present a lecture and a workshop at the NATO Defense College entitled “Globalization, Regionalization and Fragmentation”.

Online Key lecture

17 September 2020 (at 7:20pm Local Time)

At the George Washington University (Washington DC), Dr. Marios Efthymiopoulos, Associate Professor of the CSGS, was invited to the Elliott School for Political Affairs, to give a key lecture and completed it well, on: the “Foreign policy of the Russian Federation to the World”. He concentrated on the global and regional pillars (from the regional I reflected on the US and the Gulf Region). The talk lasted for an 1 hour and 10 minutes.

COBA VIRTUAL OPEN DAY

30 September 2020

Dr. Kleanthis Kyriakidis participated in a webinar organized by the European Parliament Party MEP on “Turkey’s Military Posturing in the East Mediterranean: What should EU do?”

AACSB UPDATES

30 September 2020

Dr. Marios Efthymiopoulos, Associate Professor of the CSGS, participated to the Geopolitics class of Dimitris Tsarouhas, at the George Washington University, in Washington DC, with a presentation called “The Geopolitics of Europe: Past Present and Future”.

Online Seminar

27 October 2020

Dr. Kleanthis Kyriakidis was invited to speak at the IICMDR 2020 Conference entitled “Preparing NATO and the Allies for the Future Challenges” Under the aegis of NATO Center of Excellence for Crisis Management and Disaster Response. His topic was “CoVid19 – Implications for Defense & Security”.

Online Seminar

11 November 2020 at 4pm

All CSGS and BSS students were invited to examine and discuss the results of the US elections with Dr. Marios Efthymiopoulos, Associate Professor of the CSGS, and the Department Chair of CSGS Dr. Kleanthis Kyriakidis.

Online seminar

12 November 2020

Between 3pm and 5pm The United Nations (including Model United Nations) and UN Tolerance Day organized a Webinar including Two Presentations, a Faculty Panel and a Workshop. The Co-Organizers were CEDU (Dr. Leslie – Ms. Caroline), MUN Club Advisor (Ms. Caroline – Dr. Kleanthis Kyriakidis) and Student Services (Ms. Sumayyah).

Online Lecture Class

14 November 2020

Dr. Marios Efthymiopoulos, Associate Professor of the CSGS, participated to an online lecture class for all CSGS students of the MA level.

Conference

14-18 November 2020

Dr. Eldar Saljic and Prof. Dusko Tomic participated in the NATO Week conference held in Belgrade, Serbia. Many dimportant persons from security participated in this conference like: Ivica Dačić – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia; General Milan Mojsilović, Chief of General Staff, Serbian Armed Forces; Baiba Braže, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO; Tacan Ildem, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy; James Appathurai, Deputy Assistant Secretary-General, NATO; admiral Giampaolo Di Paola–Former Chairman of NATO Military Committee; Major General Michele Risi, Commander, KFOR; Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President, Program and Strategy, Atlantic Council US; Andrew Michta, Dean, College of International and Security Studies George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Germany; Maciej Popowski,Deputy Director-General – Directorate General Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations DG NEAR.

Article on Realnews.gr

17 November 2020

Dr. Marios Efthymiopoulos, Associate Professor of the CSGS, analyzed the important relations between Greece and UAE in an article for Realnews entitled “The prism of the Greece-UAE Relations”.
https://www.real.gr/arthra_gnomes/arthro/m_euthymiopoulos_to_prisma_
ton_sxeseon_ellados_inomenon
_arabikon_emiraton-689171/

Article on Liberal.gr

19 November 2020

Dr. Marios Efthymiopoulos, Associate Professor of the CSGS, analyzed the important relations between Greece and UAE in an article for Realnews entitled “The prism of the Greece-UAE Relations”.
https://www.real.gr/arthra_gnomes/arthro/m_euthymiopoulos_to_prisma_ton_
sxeseon_ellados_inomenon_arabikon_emiraton-689171/

Workshop

22-25 November 2020

During the BSS Workshop, Dr. Kleanthis Kyriakidis presented a conference entitled “From Management to leadership”.

Online Seminar

28 November 2020

Under the Auspices of the American University in the Emirates, the office of the Vice President for Research of the AUE, the College of Security and Global Studies (CSGS) organized an event titled “Technology in Diplomacy” on 28 November 2020 at 6pm. The speakers included Professor Francis Schorgen Professor of International Affairs, University of Marymount USA, Mr. Fidaa Ayoub Security project executive IBM, Mr. Notis Iliopoulo,s Director of Assurance Services, Adacom. The online seminar examined the changing levels of technology and its uses in the field of diplomacy, protocol and security and strategy. This virtual seminar is directly affiliated with the college level programs of the MA in Security and Strategic Studies, Diplomacy, Information Analysis and Security.

Online Seminar

28 November 2020

Under the Auspices of the American University in the Emirates, the College of Security and Global Studies (CSGS) organized an event the 28 November 2020, in cooperation with International Police Organization, distinguished lecturers addressed topics from National Security, Disinformation Case Study and Protection of Critical Infrastructure. Lecturers were Mr Ilija Zivotic, Serbian MP, expert for security and President of IPO, Dr Sinisa Pepic, security risk analyst and Darko Obradovic, from the Institute for National and International Security with CSGS faculty members and program directors leading, Professor Dusko Tomic and Dr. Eldar Saljic.

Online Seminar

5 December 2020

The Dean of CSGS Dr. Marios Efthymiopoulos and the Department Chair of CSGS Dr. Kleanthis Kyriakidis participated in a panel about the Strategic Partnership between UAE and Greece, organized by the Hellenic Institute of Cultural Diplomacy the 5 December 2020 at 6pm. The panel consisted in 5 “distinguished” Greeks working in UAE. Both Faculty Members argued that the Partnership might have been helped by exogenous factors but is very stable, dynamic and evolving and is bound to remain strong for the near future.

Online Conference

7 December 2020

The Dean of CSGS Dr. Marios Efthymiopoulos (along with the UAE VPR Professor Marwan Al-Akaidi) and the Department Chair of CSGS Dr. Kleanthis Kyriakidis participated in a Conference organized by GDRFA during the 40th GITEX 2020 in Dubai. Dr. Kleanthis presentation was entitled ““Protecting refugees or stemming irregular migration? Lessons learned from the EU”. Dr. Marios Efthymiopoulos laid out the current state of affairs and options on the security against illegal migration. Provided options for land, aid and sea resilience methods, synchronous to the needs and objectives. The University’s Vice President of Research, Professor Marwan Al-Akaidi, raised the importance of smart and future cities and the resilience to the objective to keep our cities modern, agile and secure.

Online Seminar

11 December 2020

The 11 December 2020, Dr. Kleanthis Kyriakidis, the Department Chair of CSGS, participated, between 3pm and 5:30pm, in a Webinar organized by the Institute for Security and Defense Analysis about the “Eastern Mediterranean Crisis” along with three University professors, a leader of a political party and former Admirals. His presentation was entitled “East Med Crisis: the ‘Arab’ Dimension” and dealt with the reactions of the Arab World concerning the Turkish activist and revisionist policy in the East Mediterranean Sea.

Online Conference

12 December 2020

Dr. Kleanthis Kyriakidis, , the Departement Chair of the CSGS, participated in the 11th Global Conference on Business and Social Sciences (scopus-indexed). His presentation was entitled“Fragmentation as a Challenge: Tribal and Sectarian Identities in the Gulf”. For his efforts, he was awarded the “best presenter award”.

Interviews

16 December 2020, and 9 January 2021

Two Op-Eds/ small interviews of Dr. Kleanthis Kyriakidis, the Department Chair of the CSGS, were published in the Greek newspaper Peloponnisos along with other University Professors. In the first one Dr. Marios Efthymiopoulos, Dean of the CSGS, participated as well. The question that was answered in the first one was related to the Greek-Turkish relations, while the second to the Capitol storming by Donald Trump supporters.

COBA February 2021 Newsletter

COBA Newsletter February 2021 Edition

COBA HOLDS SUSTAINABILITY and ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEBINAR

COBA in collaboration with Vice President of Research Prof Marwan Al-Akaidi and Research Office held a successful Webinar on Sustainability and Entrepreneurship challenges in a post-Covid World on February 4th, 2021. The distinguished speakers of the webinar were Mr. Salman Dawood Abdulla Executive Vice President at EGA EHSSQ and Business Transformation Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hab. Andrzej Raszkowski Wroclaw from University of Economics and Business, Poland, and Dr. Marek Seretny Marketing Specialization Coordinator at COBA. Prof. Marwan and Prof. Assem gave the opening remarks, and the webinar was moderated by Prof. Asma.

COBA CONDUCTS STUDENTS’ ORIENTATION AND MBA VIVA

To welcome and orient the MBA and MSM students, orientation sessions were conducted, where students participated by asking questions. The concerned faculty, program director and Deans orientated the students about the program competitiveness and expectations from the students. Rashid Ibrahim, an MBA student has successfully defended his thesis entitled “Road Accidents: Cause and Concerns for Traffic Jams: A Study in Dubai” under the supervision of Professor Assem Tharwat. The examiners’ panel included internal and external experts including; Prof. AbdulSattar Al Alusi, Prof. Salaheddin Abosedra, and Prof. Tareq Shareef Y. Alalwash.

PROMOTION ANNOUNCEMENT: PROF. ASMA SALMAN

COBA Faculty Member, Dr. Asma Salman has been promoted from the Academic Rank of Associate Professor to the Academic Rank of Full Professor of Finance at the American University in the Emirates, effective March 21st, 2019. Prof. Asma has achieved high levels of excellence in the areas of research, teaching and service. As a dedicated faculty member since 2011, COBA and AUE congratulates her on this milestone while wishing a successful career ahead.

Read More about Prof. Asma

4TH AUE STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION 2021

In line with enhancing the career opportunities of students in the undergraduate and the graduate level and kick-starting their research journey, representatives from COBA participated in the first meeting of the conference preparation that was led by the Vice President for Research Prof. Marwan Al-Akaidi. The members of the organizing group shed light on the importance of this competition, as it allows students to explore new frontiers in their field of study and enhances their research abilities. The topics identified to be of interest for this competition are, but not limited to: Covid-19 impact on markets, digitalization, and sustainability. Further details about the registration will be shared with students.

COBA VIRTUAL OPEN DAY

Representatives from COBA joined the virtual open day held for the Applied Technologies High School students throughout Feb 1st- 4th, 2021 via Zoom. The College representatives welcomed the high school students and introduced to them the COBA BBA program and its eight specializations. They answered questions raised by the students about the specializations offered in the college. This event was organized in collaboration with Department of Student Services.

AACSB UPDATES

COBA has been a member of AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) since April 2013 and has been working toward its initial AACSB accreditation since 2014. COBA submitted its initial Self Evaluation Report (iSER) in June 2016, followed by revised second and third versions in December 2016 and June 2017. A fourth revised iSER was submitted in December 2017 and accepted by the AACSB Initial Accreditation Committee (IAC) in February 2018. COBA submitted its First Progress Report on December 18, 2018. The IAC received the report and requested a Second Progress Report in a letter dated March 21, 2019. The report was submitted on December 1, 2019 and was accepted on March 17th 2020 with a recommendation to begin the process of preparing for a peer review team (PRT) visit. COBA filed an application for initial accreditation visit (Business) in May 2020. Under the guidance of the AACSB designated Team Chair, COBA is currently engaged in writing its Self-Evaluation Report (SER). College will submit SER by July 2021, and is expecting a mock visit by July -August 2021, followed by the on-site Peer Review Team (PRT) visit during November 2021.

COBA FACULTY PARTICIPATES IN MESM’20 CONFERENCE

The MESM’2020 is version 16th of the Eurosis – MESM conference. Due to COVID-19 the MESM20 was held virtually in Amman-Philadelphia University on Dec 16-17, 2020 and sponsored by Eurosis and SPC-IEEE UK & Ireland. The American University in the Emirates and Philadelphia University in Amman-Jordan organized the 16th version of the MESM20 successfully. Prof. Assem Tharwat and Prof. Asma Salman were part of the organizing committee, while Prof Asma also a chaired session and presented a paper in the conference. COBA Faculty members attended various sessions during this virtual conference. MESM 20 attracted researchers, scientists, engineers, and technologists, from universities, government agencies, and industry from all around the world while being an ideal platform of knowledge transfer.

COBA FACULTY ENGAGEMENT AND HIGHLIGHTS

COBA Faculty continues to engage in various activities both at regional and international level.Prof. Asma Salman was a speaker on Gender, Policy and Financial Inclusion – Leapfrogging Women’s access to Capital; panel discussion alongside First Lady of Paraguay, First Lady of Brazil, and First Lady of Columbia on issues of Women’s Economic and Social Empowerment at the 8th South America-Africa-Middle East-Asia Women Summit. Dr. Asli Milla was invited to speak at a webinar on Future of E-Sports at Denmark high school: Sydøstsjællands Idrætsefterskole.

COBA RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

COBA Faculty continues to excel at research with regular publications in Scopus indexed and highly reputable journals. This month’s research highlights are as follows: Prof. Asma Salman: Ali Q., Salman A., Parveen S., Zaini Z. Green Behavior and Financial Performance: Impact on the Malaysian Fashion Industry 2020 SAGE Open. Dr. Asli Milla: Milla, Asli ., Mataruna Dos-Santos, Leonardo.,Munoz,Hussein. Content Strategy and Fan Engagement in Social Media: The Case of PyeongChang Winter Olympic And Paralympic Games. 2020 Annals of Sports Science 8 (S1). Prof. Asma Salman Ozili P.K., Salman A., Ali Q. The impact of foreign direct investment inflows on nonperforming loans: The case of UAE 2020 Investment Management and Financial Innovations Dr. Tahir Masood; Dr. Asli Milla; Dr. Nikolina Ljepava; Dr. Marija Rustic Ristic M.R., Ljepava N., Qureshi T.M., Milla A.C. A cross-cultural comparison of conflict management styles in multinational organisations: Empirical evidence from Serbia 2020 Journal of East European Management Studies . Prof. Salaheddin Abosedra Shahbaz M., Mateev M., Abosedra S., Nasir M.A., Jiao Z. Determinants of FDI in France: Role of transport infrastructure, education, financial development and energy consumption 2020 International Journal of Finance and Economics Prof. Salaheddin Abosedra Tang C.F., Abosedra S. Does Financial Development Moderate the Effects on Growth Volatility? The Experience of Malaysia 2020 Margin. Dr. Rania Itani Itani R., Azeem M., Mirza N. Arab Spring and COVID-19: Ex post facto examination of the Lebanese banking sector (the contemporary stakeholder analysis) 2020 Banks and Bank Systems. Prof. Abhilasha Singh Singh A., Al Marri., S. S., AlMarri., H. An Effect of Culture on Managing Knowledge: A Case Study 2020 Organizational Cultures: An International Journal. Prof. Salaheddin Abosedra Tang C.F., Abosedra S., Naghavi N. Does the quality of institutions and education strengthen the quality of the environment? Evidence from a global perspective 2021 Energy. Prof. Assem Tharwat El-Demerdash B.E., Tharwat A.A., El-Khodary I.A.A. A Unified Mathematical Model for Stochastic Data Envelopment Analysis 2021 International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology. Dr. Noura Metawa Noura Metawa, Irina V. Pustokhina, Denis A. Pustokhin, K. Shankar, and Mohamed Elhoseny Computational Intelligence-Based Financial Crisis Prediction Model Using Feature Subset Selection with Optimal Deep Belief Network 2021 Big Data.

AUE participation in the third media forum at Al Qasimia University in the United Arab Emirates

AUE participation in the third media forum at Al Qasimia University in the United Arab Emirates

Alongside 18 prestigious Universities representing 13 Arab countries, extraordinary participation of CMMC Public Relations students at AUE to the Third Communication Forum under the theme “Research and Community initiatives” organized by the College of Communication – Al Qasimia University in the United Arab Emirates.

Under the effective supervision of Dr. Mona Ali Abdel Rahman, Our students Ali Mohsen with his paper ranked best Community initiative campaign and Huda Al-Marzouqi respectively won third place for the best research papers, for the first one titled “Securing Your Home Before You Travel “, and for the second paper” The role of marketing campaigns for improving the mental image of Dubai Police among the Public and applied study of the SPC: Smart Police Center”.

Our sincere thanks to the leadership of the College of Communication at Al Qasimia University for the invitation and opportunity offered to our students to participate in this important regional inter-Arab event.

We are very grateful to Professor Amr Ezzat Salama General Secretary of Arab Universities Union. Our special sentiments of thanks to his Excellency the President of Al Qasimia University Professor Awad Al Khalaf.

Our heartfelt thanks to His Excellency Dr Atta Hassan, Dean of the College of Communication of the prestigious Al Qasimia University for his honourable invitation.

مشاركة طلاب العلاقات العامه بكليه الاعلام بالجامعه الامريكيه في الامارات بالملتقي الاعلامي الثالث لكلية الإتصال بالجامعه القاسمية بدولة الإمارات
‎ والفوز في مسابقه البحث العلمي و المبادرات المجتمعيه أفضل أوراق بحثية علمية ومبادرات مقدمة من قبل ١٨ جامعة و١٣ دولة
‎حيث فاز الطالب علي محسن بالمركز الثالث كافضل مبادره مجتمعيه عن حمله تسويقيه بعنوان امن مسكنك قبل سفرك
‎وفازت الطالبه هدى المرزوقي بالمركز الثالث كافضل ورقه بحثيه بعنوان دور الحملات التسويقيه في تحسين الصوره الذهنيه لشرطه دبي لدي الجمهور دراسه تطبيقيه لمركز الشرطه الذكي SPS.
تحت اشراف د/ مني علي عبدالرحمن
‎كل الشكر كلية الإتصال بالجامعة القاسمية لإتاحة الفرصة لنا للمشاركة في هذا الحدث الهام لكل الجامعات العريقة في الوطن العربي
‎نتقدم بخالص الشكر والتقدير للأستاذ الدكتور الفاضل ا.د عمرو عزت سلامة أمين عام اتحاد الجامعات العربية

‎وخالص الشكر والتقدير لسعاده مدير الجامعة القاسمية الأستاذ الدكتور/عواد الخلف

‎نتوجهه بالشكر لسعاده الاستاذ الدكتور عطا حسن عميد كلية الإتصال بالجامعة القاسمية

‎ علي دعوته الكريمه

AUE launches Startup Incubator Program to help students turn ambitious ideas to successful projects

AUE launches Startup Incubator Program to help students turn ambitious ideas to successful projects

Dubai – the American University in the Emirates

Date: October 2021

The American University in the Emirates (AUE) has launched an innovative program on entrepreneurship for its students and graduates based on its academic role to back planning and execution of market-fit projects based on a scientific basis.

To ensure that, a group of entrepreneurs, business industry experts, and certified trainers take part and engage in the project to introduce plans, ideas, and the standards required for the success of startups, businesses and investments.

Through the AUE Startup Incubator Program, the university seeks to remove the expected obstacles in the way of those planning to establish startups but do not have enough experience. It also helps them to plan their projects and introduce them in an organized way. The program helps even those who miss some points required to have valuable and clear action plans so that they can start their entrepreneurial journey and who lack experience and necessary solutions for any future obstacles.

The AUE Startup Incubator is an intensive program designed to help the university’s students and graduates willing to establish their own startupsin a way that helps youth in the UAE to work as part of the future-oriented knowledge-based economy, Professor Muthanna Ghani Abdul Razzaq, president of the AUE.

“This is achieved through expanding their understanding of entrepreneurship in various economic sectors,” Professor Abdul Razzaq explained.

He also said that “The goal of the program is to provide the participating teams with relevant skills and knowledge that would help them overcome the challenges that the entrepreneurs may face while establishing their startups”.

Also, an approved market validated prototype is to be presented in front of a jury of experts, he added.

The AUE Startup Incubator program enables the participation of university students, graduates, and postgraduates, especially as it focuses on tools, principles and skills required for developing and raising the efficiency of startups to ensure that startups become up-to-date and ready for the future intensified coaching and mentorship process.

The next step of the program is incubating the most innovative teams for an intensive period of up to 10 weeks. During this period, participants are expected to learn the skills and knowledge required to help them in overcoming any future challenges in their entrepreneurial journey through online workshops, coaching sessions, mentorship, successful entrepreneurship talks.

The AUE believes that spreading the entrepreneurship and innovation culture is in line with the Emirates’ future vision that considers such incubators an introduction to diversify and expand development horizons through the creation of generations that are capable of innovation.

Accordingly, such incubators resemble virtual labs that expedites the transformation of ambitious ideas into successful projects.

The main goals of the AUE Startup Incubator program include providing participants with knowledge and skills in the innovation leadership field and defining innovative applications of contemporary technology that can improve workflow. The main goals also include helping participants discover future market opportunities and ways to access comprehensive market and learn transferable soft skills for an actual entrepreneurship to face current and future relevant challenges.

Future Innovation Summit Honours AUE for excellence of Students’ Project

AUE & DIFC Courts sign Cooperation Agreement

Dubai – the American University in the Emirates

Date: October 2021

The American University in the Emirates (AUE) has signed a Cooperation Agreement with Dubai International Financial Centre Courts. This Agreement seeks to achieve collaboration between the two parties in order to promote mutual objectives and strategic goals within the University’s interest in graduating batches of students from the College of Law with the finest legal and judicial practices. AUE intends to gain experiences from the “Dubai International Financial Centre Courts,” a prominent legal entity in the United Arab Emirates and throughout the world.

Professor Muthanna Ghani Abdul Razzaq, President of the AUE, and His Excellency Judge Omar Al Muhairi, Director of the DIFC Courts, signed the Agreement in the presence of Professor William Cornwell, Senior Vice President of the AUE, Dr. Amer Ghassan Fakhoury, Dean of the College of Law, Judge Ali Al Madhani, Head of International Relations of Judicial Affairs in the DIFC Courts, Mrs. Amna Al Owais, Registrar General of the DIFC Courts, and Mr. Ahmed Al Kamali, Director of Government and International Relations and the Office of the Chief of Courts.

The AUE’s President, Professor Muthanna Ghani Abdul Razzaq, said that “this Agreement is consistent with AUE’s interest, through the College of Law, to prepare a future generation of students with a high level of competence and experience by qualifying and developing their capabilities. This will have an impact on their careers and the legal community as a whole.”

The parties agreed to consult, strengthen collaboration, and share information in a variety of areas of mutual interest. They also agreed to explore measures aimed at strengthening ties between the AUE and the DIFC Courts, as well as to reap as much benefit as possible from the Courts’ efforts in supporting training and legal development programs for the students of the AUE College of Law.

The Agreement seeks to strengthen the two parties’ legal and academic cooperation by holding joint legal and judicial seminars that contribute to the creation of an informed legal environment, as well as encouraging Court judges to host students and lecturers and support them by discussing previous cases, whether local or international. The two parties agreed to work together to encourage the AUE students to apply for secondment and training programs in the DIFC Courts.

The AUE’s President, Professor Muthanna Ghani Abdul Razzaq, affirmed that it was agreed to disseminate judicial culture, improve legal skills, and enrich information and conceptions regarding court procedures for the students of the AUE College of Law. “This would prepare the students for the legal field as a profession, allowing them to get expertise in legal and administrative processes recognized in the United Arab Emirates.” he added.

The Agreement also provides the finest legal applications for students by combining theoretical knowledge and practical experiences, as well as facilitating mock trial applications (for academic purposes). Students can also attend live sessions to learn about the best methods for litigation procedures and the nature of Court proceedings. This accomplishes the AUE’s aims of graduating a legal generation capable of dealing with legal challenges in collaboration with the DIFC Courts, as one of the most prestigious worldwide legal centres and bodies.

The Agreement states that the two parties must use their full capabilities to exchange statistics, publications, magazines, periodicals, laws, and executive regulations governing their public service activities, as well as coordinate to launch a joint or independent awareness initiative to inform users and the general public about both parties’ services.