Annie Donovan '07 and Christine Kidd '07
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Annie Donovan '07 and Christine Kidd '07 used their ETW funds to travel to the United Arab Emirates in a trip linked to a class they were taking, the Modern History of the Gulf. The trip lasted two weeks during Dickinson´s January term and included one week in Abu Dhabi and one in Dubai.

During the two weeks, they spent time at Zayed University, a women´s university with branches in both cities. They had the opportunity to interact with a lot of the students there in seminars and out of the classroom, including a dinner cruise and tours of the cities. Some other highlights included snowboarding in the desert, visiting mountain villages, touring a falcon hospital and attending a reception with the minister of education from the royal family of the UAE. The trip was followed by a semesterlong class examining the history of the Gulf region as a whole in which they drew on their experiences from the UAE to illustrate the topics they were covering in class.

Annie returned to Dubai in March for a conference sponsored by Zayed University. The topic of the conference was Woman as Global Leaders and focused on the changing role of women in Arab countries and around the world.


 Christine Kidd ,07 with a saluki.
Christine befriends a Saluki, the national dog of the United Arab Emirates.


Students engaged in UAE.
Annie recieves a traditional henna tatoo.		 Students with a camel in UAE.
The group of faculty members and students who visited the UAE poses with a camel.
Students in lobby of hotel in UAE.
Annie at the conference. 		 
 
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