Model Arab League Team 2006
Morocco
 The Model Arab League is a student leadership development program administered by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Participants learn about the politics and history of the Arab world and the arts of diplomacy and public speech.
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In 1983, student delegations representing 20 schools gathered at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. to participate in what they assumed would be a one-time simulation. Little did they know then that, over the next 22 years, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations' Model Arab League (MAL) would grow to the point where 16 Models would be held annually throughout grassroots America. These yearly January-through-April events would include 2,500 students, 200 universities and secondary schools, hundreds of faculty advisers, and be held in 14 cities. Since that first year, over 25,000 students have participated. The Models have no peer as a proven effective way to discover and promote excellence among America's leaders of tomorrow. They offer students an unsurpassed opportunity to acquire and develop practical leadership skills directly related to the United States and one of the world's most vital regions. In the process, students learn about the most important social, economic, cultural, and political issues facing Arab leaders and ordinary citizens. |
As representatives of the Arab League's 22 member-states, student delegates work to achieve consensus on questions real-life diplomats wrestle with daily. They vote on resolutions they have written that seek to resolve some of the Arab countries' most difficult challenges. The dynamics and interactive nature of the role-playing among the students stimulate critical thinking, heighten creativity, expand knowledge, and cultivate understanding as no book, video, or coursework ever could.
At the end of any Model, all delegates come away having practiced and improved considerably the kinds of skills that will serve them well all their life in any field they pursue. This one-of-a-kind practical experience brings students and their faculty advisers back year after year.
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