Spotlight Alumni: Sana Mahmud

Sana Mahmud is many things – soccer player and captain of Pakistan’s national Women’s Football Team, Fulbright fellow and graduate of Ohio University’s MA in International Development Studies program, and is currently working in the humanitarian sector where she addresses the needs of women during disaster situations. A relentless champion, is there anything Sana can’t do?

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New MOU with HEC Supports 125 Additional Fulbright PhD Scholarships Over Next Five Years.

Pakistan’s Advisor to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz and United States Secretary of State John Kerry met on February 29 in Washington to convene the sixth ministerial-level Pakistan-U.S. Strategic Dialogue. The last ministerial-level Strategic Dialogue was held in Islamabad on January 13, 2015. This session built on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s successful visit to Washington in October 2015, with the two sides reiterating their commitment to further strengthening the United States’ and Pakistan’s strong, multifaceted partnership across a range of critical issues, as exemplified by the framework of the Strategic Dialogue. 

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Fulbright & Humphrey Alumni Carrying the Torch

The 12th Annual Fulbright & Humphrey Alumni Conference proves our alumni are at the forefront of their fields.

The afternoon beamed bright and sunny on Friday, December 4, 2015 as over 250 of our Fulbright and Humphrey alumni arrived in Islamabad, from across the country to present their research to their peers. Some of the nation’s best and brightest were in attendance at the 12th Annual Fulbright and Humphrey Alumni Conference.

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Spotlight Alumni: Amina Rizwan

Amina Rizwan has the ability to bend and mold metal at will. No, she is not telekinetic (though that would be amazing!) — rather, she has the very human ability of shaping and adorning certain metals. A Lahore-based jewelry designer, Amina works as an independent artist, contemporary jeweler, and is also a contributing writer for international art and jewelry magazines. Amina’s jewelry reflects her subcontinental heritage and incorporates gemstones from across Pakistan into her designs, for what she calls a “jewelized transformation”, albeit with a contemporary, global appeal.

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