Biography Hoda Abbas is a Marketing student at the American University in Cairo, currently spending a year abroad at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is drawn to the dynamic nature of business and the way it brings together constant analysis, creativity, openness to new ideas, strong quantitative skills, and leadership. Hoda…
Biography Farida Elabd is an undergraduate student at The American University in Cairo, majoring in Economics with a minor in Business Administration. Farida is passionate about her studies and aspires to become a development practitioner after her graduation. One of her goals is to help countries design and implement policies to overcome economic and social…
Biography Mohamed Abdelhamed is a student of Electrical Engineering at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. He is driven by a passion for electrical engineering, inspired by its promise of advancing computing for humans and its endless possibilities for artistic expression. His academic interests lie particularly in quantum hardware and the intersection of electronics and…
Biography Jana Mehana is an Electrical Engineering student at Ain Shams University in Cairo, spending this year at the University of Pennsylvania as a Sawiris Penn Scholar. She is drawn to the intersection where wave physics meets real hardware, with academic interests spanning digital circuit design, quantum engineering, and optics, as well as a strong…
Biography Omar Salem is a business marketing student with a minor in psychology at the American University in Cairo. He is driven by excellence and a passion to continuously learn and grow, and he is motivated to explore business strategies, decision-making, and consulting tactics while merging psychological disciplines to gain a better understanding of consumer…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad Studying abroad as a student on the pre-med track can be difficult, especially given the extensive course requirements and limited time available to complete them. Because of this, I chose to study abroad during the summer while balancing my research work at Penn. For six weeks, I took…
Contact Ask Me About… I studied abroad in a country I had never visited before and where I didn’t speak the language, so a big part of my experience was learning how to adjust to an entirely new environment and eventually make Lisbon feel like home. I also traveled almost every weekend, which taught me…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad My experience at SNU connected my academic interested in Cognitive, Computer, and Data Science with new perspectives and insights. I took Intro to Game Theory and Development of Young Children. These two courses involve knowledge and important analysis methods for human behavior. In Game Theory, the professor provided…
Biography Yuxin (Daisy) Ye is a senior from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, studying a double degree in Computer Science and Finance. As an EAP Correspondent, she wants to show what an exchange semester actually feels like week to week — the fun parts, the awkward parts, and everything in…
Biography Ana Raya is a junior at the University of Barcelona (UB), majoring in Psychology. This fall, she will be joining the College of Arts and Sciences to pursue her interest in educational, social and organizational psychology, among other fields. As an EAP Correspondent, she looks forward to connecting with both her peers and future…
