Category: Alumni Spotlight
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Reflections from Singapore
Ambassador ONG Keng Yong, who graduated from MAAS in 1983, remembers his time in Washington and sheds light on Singapore's "price taker" approach to foreign.…
April 28, 2019
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Grassroots Diplomacy Matters More Than Ever
Alum Kala Carruthers Azar, who serves as Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Amman, writes about the important role of people-to-people exchanges to…
April 18, 2019
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Q&A with Hannah Beswick (MAAS ’14)
Hannah Beswick is the Partnerships Development Specialist at the UN Women Liaison Office for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Abu Dhabi, UAE. In this role, she builds and…
April 2, 2019
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Q&A with Kristin Smith (MAAS ’14): A Day in the Life of Beirut’s Cultural Attaché
A Day in the Life of Beirut’s Cultural Attaché By Vicki Valosik For Kristin Smith, MAAS alum and Cultural Affairs Officer for the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, culture and…
February 4, 2019
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Q&A with Jill Ricotta (MAAS ’16)
Jill Ricotta graduated from CCAS in 2016 with an M.A. in Arab Studies. She currently works as a Regional Security Advisor for the Middle East/Central Asia region at the…
January 22, 2019
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Quilting the Arabesque
MAAS alum takes inspiration from ancient Islamic designs to quilt kaleidoscopic works of art. By Grayson Lee When Tighe Flanagan (MAAS ‘12) began quilting, he realized that he…
December 20, 2018
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Preserving a Genre under Duress
How a class assignment led to MAAS alum Dan Walsh’s lifelong passion for preserving Palestine’s visual heritage By Brittni Foster When Dan Walsh (MAAS ’11) was serving as a…
December 19, 2018