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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...
...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...
...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...