Secretary-General of the University Leadership Consortium
Nada Mohsen Mourtada-Sabbah is the secretary general of the University Leadership Council, a group working to improve educational opportunities in the
United Arab Emirates. She has also served as the vice chancellor for development and alumni affairs of the
American University of Sharjah (AUS). She was one of the first faculty members to join AUS when it opened in 1997.[1]
Education and career
Mourtada received a BA in 1991 from the
American University in Beirut, where she was the recipient of the Penrose Award[2] which is awarded to the "outstanding graduate of each faculty on the basis of scholarship, character, leadership, and contribution to university life". Mourtada has a PhD in public law from the
University of Paris II.[3]
In 1997, Mourtada-Sabbah joined the faculty at the
American University of Sharjah (AUS) as an assistant professor; she was later promoted to professor of political science and international studies.[4] She was the chair of the international studies department,[4][when?] and then served in the alumni affairs department.[5] In 2001, Mourtada-Sabbah was the deputy editor-in-chief of the newly-launch Journal of Social Affairs, which aims to link gaps between the Arab world and the West.[6] In 2013, Mourtada-Sabbah was named to the board of trustees for the
College of Saint Benedict,[7] a Catholic liberal arts universities in the United States. As of 2022, she is the Secretary-General of the University Leadership Consortium,[8] and in this position she is working to improve academic education in the United Arab Emirates[9] and has defended the advances made by universities in the UAE.[10]
Work
Mourtada-Sabbah is known for her work on the
political question,[11][12] advancing education opportunities in the United Arab Emirates,[13][14][15] and her role in advancing the position of women in the United Arab Emirates.[16][17][18] She has been quoted in the French media (Le Monde) talking about returning Arab countries to a place of innovation.[19]
In 2011, she addressed a conference hosted by American University of Sharjah (AUS) that examined how
Barack Obama's policies effected the Middle East.[20][21] Her role in generating the idea for this conference was delineated in
James Thurber's book Obama in Office.[22]
In 2019
Armstrong Williams hosted a show from the United Arab Emirates for the first time and Mourtada-Sabbah was one of the guests on the show.[23]
^"Khalifa Fund signs strategic agreement to fuel entrepreneurial culture among Emirati talent". MENA Herald. March 21, 2018. Retrieved 2022-01-21. We are proud to have signed this strategic agreement with the Khalifa Fund, which is the key focus of our efforts to empower young and ambitious people. The partnership signifies the mutual trust between the two parties to provide a platform on which to empower ambitious Emirati youth and transform their theoretical ideas into concrete practical initiatives that effectively contribute to enhancing the strategic vision of the UAE government."
^"ULC Women's event". INSEAD. 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2022-01-21. The event started with an inaugural speech delivered by Professor Nada Mourtada-Sabbah, Secretary General of the University Leadership Consortium in the UAE, who highlighted the importance given by the UAE to support women's role which serves as a key driver of sustainable development and the need for deeper understanding of this role and its aspects in addition to the importance of research efforts with experts in this area, as is the main goal of this annual forum which should come out with practical lessons learned from these discussions in order to support women's contributions in all fields and empower them in all possible ways and at all levels knowing that their role is a key pillar of sustainable development. This comes in accordance with the vision of the UAE wise leadership and its strategy aimed at supporting women's contributions and achievements.
^Obama in office. James A. Thurber. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. 2011.
ISBN978-1-59451-986-4.
OCLC682894219. ..one year into the Obama administration, Dr. Nada Mourtada-Sabbah, AUS Vice Chancellor at American University of Sharjah (AUS), asked that I assist her in the organizatoin of a convocation of academics, journalists, and practitioners in their respective fields of expertise to give an objective and balances evaluation of Obama's policies and performance since taking office. That conference led to an ongoing discussion and research, which eventually became the beginnings of this book.{{
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