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LAU Model Arab League

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The Lebanese American University, in partnership with the National Council on US-Arab Relations and the Hariri Foundation for Sustainable Human Development hosts the Lebanese American University Model Arab League program. The LAU MAL is an innovative educational program that engages Lebanese High School students in an exploration of current Arab world issues, through interactive simulations and curricular materials. It helps engage students from various religious and political backgrounds in Lebanon, to discuss various social, political and economic subjects that are affecting and shaping our Arab World. Representing one of the Arab League's 22 member-states, student delegates work to achieve consensus on questions, with which diplomats face every day. Student leaders are given the opportunity to debate and form coalitions in order to draft and pass resolutions that seek to resolve some of the Arab countries' most difficult challenges. The transfer of skills is conveyed through 3 training sessions, which prepare the students for a 2-day conference, simulating the various sessions and committees of the Arab League. Our Mission: • Creating a culture of dissemination of knowledge about the Arab World; • Providing leadership training for the largest amount of Arab Youth; • Developing an Arab citizen with a deep sense of democratic values and civic engagement; • Promoting values of peace, democracy, and justice; • Teaching practical leadership skills; • Introducing and discussing social, economic, cultural, and political issues facing Arab countries; and • Training students on management skills, use of parliamentary procedure, and the dynamics of debating.