Arab News reports on the visit of a group of 10th and 11th grade American students to Saudi Arabia. The trip, under the auspices of the New York City-based Institute for Civic Leadership, is designed to give the students an immersion experience in the Middle East. The students pay a substantial fee to take part, but I suspect the Saudi government is helping with the bills as well.

US students on goodwill visit
Mohammed Rasooldeen | Arab News

RIYADH: A group of US students arrived here to begin a 16-day goodwill mission to the Kingdom.

During the visit, the youths will visit schools, places of cultural interest and visit media organizations to get to know the social and cultural environment in the Kingdom.

On their arrival, the delegates were met by Prince Khalid ibn Bandar ibn Sultan who warmly welcomed them to the Kingdom.

“They have arrived here as our honored guests and we hope they will leave as our good friends,” the prince remarked.

Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan, who hosted the visiting team, said the group of young American men and women would take tour of the capital, the southwestern city of Abha and Jeddah.
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June:20:2009 - 08:56 | Comments & Trackbacks (3) | Permalink
3 Responses to “US Students Visit Saudi Arabia”
  1. 1
    Swedish Said:
    June:20:2009 - 08:56 

    This is very good news as we need to have more hope for the US-Saudi relations. Personally, the more dialogue we have with KSA the better off we are. It is wonderful to expose the younger generation to KSA first hand!

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    John Burgess Said:
    June:20:2009 - 08:56 

    When I was in Riyadh, my office–primarily through my deputy in Jeddah, Robert Keith–had started an exchange program for high school students. The program crashed following the bombings of residential compounds in 2003. Saudi Arabia was simply viewed as too dangerous for young kids and I couldn’t disagree.

    Now that things are safer, I’m glad to see the efforts, though under a different program, revived.

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