Our Mission, Our Goal, Our Work

The Iraqi Student Project (ISP) is a grass-roots effort to help war-displaced Iraqi students acquire the education they need to participate in rebuilding their country. ISP seeks the help of US colleges, universities, and a host of generous volunteers to accomplish this goal. Since 2007, ISP has sponsored sixty-two (62) Iraqi students. The most recent "Class of 2016" began studies in Fall 2012.

Fifteen ISP Graduates: Class of 2013

Who knew five years ago that The Iraqi Student Project would be such a success? But you made it possible with your faithful support. A year ago, several of our Iraqi students finished their under-graduate studies. This Spring, fifteen will graduate with degrees in a variety of disciplines--and more will graduate in December. See the article to the right:
 

Graduates: Class of 2013

Ahmed Ziad Tarik

Goucher, Baltimore, MD

Ali Falah al-Najafi

Dominican, River Forest, IL

Anas Najmuldeen Al-Qadhi

St Scholastica, Duluth, MN

Fatma S. Al-Sammarraie

Alverno, Milwaukee, WI

Fouad Ahmed Abdulameer

Clark, Worcester, MA

Hala Elion Nakhla

DePaul, Chicago, IL

Ihab A. Joseph Basri

Dartmouth, Hanover, NH

Majd Abdul-Mojeeb Halabia

Lewis, Romeoville, IL

Mohammed Baqer Suraih

St Scholastica, Duluth, MN

Mustafa Talal Saleem

St Scholastica, Duluth, MN

Mustafa Ahmed

Manhattanville, Purchase, NY

Raed Al-Abbasee

Bard, Anandale, NY

Randa H Mohammed

Manhattan, Riverdale, NY

Shahad Al-Doori

Bluffton, Bluffton, OH

Yousra Saad Kamoona

Manchester, Manchester, IN

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Graduation Days at ISP

Celebrating what your generosity makes possible . . . .
Who knew five years ago that The Iraqi Student Project would be such a success? But you made it possible with your faithful support. A year ago, several of our Iraqi students finished their undergraduate studies. This Spring, fifteen will graduate with degrees in a variety of disciplines--and more will graduate in December.

COMMONWEAL features writing of ISP Students

/Earlier this year eight Iraqi students between the ages of eighteen and twenty-three read the debate in Commonweal about the sanctions imposed on Iraq from 1990 to 2003 (“Better Than War?” February 10). Ironically, as guests of Syria,they were again living under sanctions. After reading the Commonweal articles by Joy Gordon, Margaret O’Brien Steinfels, and George Lopez, the students wrote brief responses. The following excerpts are taken from three of those responses.

—Gabe Huck and Theresa Kubasak,
Directors of The Iraqi Student Project, Damascus

Imagine Hope . . .

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A short video by Ben Younan, ISP Director of Media and Publicity, describes our mission...

ISP Cookbook Now Available!

/Several ISP students and families have helped put this wonderful collection of authentic Iraqi dishes together. Download the PDF and try them out!

"The River, The Roof, The Palm Tree" (Supplement)

/In 2008 we began to gather and publish some of the best writing done by our Iraqi students in their weekly Writers’ Workshop. Twice now we have added new works by new student writers. The result: "The River, The Roof, The Palm Tree: Young Iraqi Refugees Remember Their Home." A new supplement to the work includes the prose and poetry of the "Class 0f 2016," eight new ISP students who began studies in the US in September 2012.
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