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...MOHAMAD AL-ISSISS ’00 Cambridge, Mass. May 23, 2007 The writer is a former president of the Harvard Society of Arab Students...
...this is the best-case scenario. To develop these linkages, foreign students say they need guidance. One Jordanian graduate, Mohamed Al-Ississ ’00, is enrolled at Harvard Business School but is unable to matriculate due to heightened post 9/11 customs procedures for Arabs and Muslims, and is currently working in Amman in the Jordanian Ministry of Industry. “It would be extremely [helpful] if the Office of Career Services (OCS) actively [sought] to help students find adequate employment opportunities in their home region,” he says. “I personally was seeking...
...Al-Ississ suggests that Harvard could help international students with the financial challenges of returning home by forgiving international student loans for those who seek employment in their native countries, a suggestion seconded by Abu-Ayyash. “The financial compensation has to be adequate to secure a decent standard of living,” Abu-Ayyash says. “Universities can help by helping students find scarce opportunities at home, and perhaps even offer a Harvard loan reduction for indebted students from developing countries if they return home, similar to the new system put in place...
...Monday, would-be Harvard Business School first-year and Jordan resident Mohamad Al-Ississ ’00 said he still has yet to receive his visa—even though he made his application four months...
...Al-Ississ, who has deferred entering the Business School until next year, echoes el-Gaili’s concerns that Harvard’s top administrators have not done enough to push for students...