Alumni Middle East

KAAD Alumni Associations in the Middle East

Below you find the contact details of our Alumni Asscociations in the Middle East:

Egypt

KAAD Alumni Association Egypt
Nardine Bebawi, Kairo
nardine.bebawi(at)gmail.com

Palestine

KAAD Alumni Association Palestine
Nisreen Agbaria
nigbaria(at)gmail.com

Ghassan Handal
KAAD Regional Committee Palestine
Bethlehem University, P.O.Box 11407, Gilo Jerusalem / Israel

Palestinians in Israel

AUDA – Association of Returning Academics from Germany (“Vereinigung Rückkehrender Akademiker aus Deutschland e.V.”)
c/o Nabila Espanioly
“Al Tufula” Pedagogical Center
P.O. Box 2404
Nazareth

Alumni of the Day: Eddy Okoth Odari (Kenya)

Especially in times of the corona pandemic, in which social and economic life is massively affected in many places, the importance of holistic medical and health science research comes into focus. For our Kenyan alumnus Dr. Eddy Okoth Odari, however, healthcare has always been at the center of research and teaching: As Bachelor’s degree, he studied medical microbiology at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in Nairobi. His outstanding academic achievements and his manifold church and social commitment helped him to receive a KAAD scholarship in virology at JKUAT (2008-2010), which included a six-month stay at the Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology at the LMU Munich.

President Magufuli: “The Coronavirus is a Devil.” The Situation in Tanzania
By Dyoniz Kindata

"I still remember the time when the pandemic hit Europe and Germany in particular. My parents called me almost every day to find out if I was all right. During this time, I started to follow the news from my home country Tanzania closely. The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in March 2020. Only a few days afterwards, the Prime Minister announced a series of measures, including the closure of schools. In the course of time, the number of people infected increased rapidly. The detailed figure was published on 29th April: 480 cases and 21 deaths. (...)" Read more

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