The First Annual University Model Arab League sponsored by the King Fahd Middle East Studies Program in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences will be held March 29-31 in the Arkansas Union at the University of Arkansas. Approximately 110 university and college students and their faculty advisors from Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri will participate as representatives of Arab League countries. Some of these students have previous experience as delegates, having participated for two or three years in the Model Arab League for high school students, also sponsored by the outreach program in Middle East Studies.
Students have an opportunity to learn about the issues facing the Arab world and the Middle East.
They also sharpen their leadership skills as they discuss and debate these issues and draft and pass resolutions. The program will feature a special performance of the Salaam Folkloric Dance Troupe scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday in the Arkansas Union Ballroom. The public is invited. In 1984 the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations in Washington, D.C created the Model Arab League as a leadership development program.