Over the course of 5.5 weeks, MENA fellows from Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia will exeprience an arrival orientation in Washington DC,\u00a0 complete a four-week professional fellowship in Washington D.C., or Detroit Michigan and recovene in the nation’s capitol at the conclusion of the program.\u00a0 By the close of the program, fellows will have designed and developed a proposal for a community project to be carried out upon return home. The program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n “This program has changed me significantly. On a personal level, I have developed a great degree of self-awareness and control. On a professional level, I gained so much confidence in my capabilities and abilities.”<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t “I became more open to different cultures, understanding to their social challenges and hence more tolerant and accepting. In addition, i also became more self accepting, embraced the fact that i should be proud of the effort more than the results”<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t “I learned more how to balance personal care and professional goals. I also stepped outside my comfort zone in terms of networking.”<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Program Details \u00a0Spring 2026 Program Program Details Over the course of 5.5 weeks, MENA fellows from Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia will exeprience an arrival orientation in Washington DC,\u00a0 complete a four-week professional fellowship in Washington D.C., or Detroit Michigan and recovene in the nation’s capitol at the conclusion of the program.\u00a0 By the close…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1881,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2579","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legacyintl.org\/pfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legacyintl.org\/pfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legacyintl.org\/pfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legacyintl.org\/pfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1881"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legacyintl.org\/pfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2579"}],"version-history":[{"count":84,"href":"https:\/\/www.legacyintl.org\/pfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5225,"href":"https:\/\/www.legacyintl.org\/pfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2579\/revisions\/5225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legacyintl.org\/pfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\t\tWHO ARE THE FELLOWS:\u00a0\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
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\n\t\tADDITIONAL PROGRAM COMPONENTS:\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
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\n\t\tDAYS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t4\n
\n\t\tWEEK PROFESSIONAL FELLOWSHIP IN WASHINGTON DC, DETROIT, OR AUSTIN\n\t<\/h3>\n
\n\t\tWHAT DID PREVIOUS FELLOWS SAY?\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t