Finally figured out where P. Noor attended college. She attended Emerson College in Boston. Both her older sisters went there, and Q. Noor has enjoyed a longstanding affiliation with the college. This is probably the only college in the area that offers a Bachelor degree in Political Communication. She matriculated under the name "
Noor Asem". Check out these links, you'll have to do a bit of reading:
http://jsons.collegepublisher.com/main.cfm/include/detail/storyid/379740.html
http://www.natcom.org/convention/2002/Program/Day 4.htm
http://www.bostonphoenix.com/archive/features/99/04/22/LOOSELY_SPEAKING.html
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MIDDLE EAST CONFLICTS
Sponsor: Peace and Conflict Communication Commission
Chair: Grant C. Cos, Rochester Institute of Technology
"Examining the Saudi Arabian Perspective for Peace." Prince Faisal Al-Saud, FAMA Holding Company, Saudi Arabia, J. Gregory Payne, Emerson College
"The Israeli Perspective." Anya Faber, Israeli Consulate, Boston, Kenneth J. Levine, Emerson College
"The Palestinian View."
Noor Asem, Emerson College, Alexandra L. Gross, Emerson College, Manal Al-Dowan, London School of Economics
"The American Perspective." Natalie Blais, Emerson College, Jeff Bellows, Omgeo Communications, Chad O'Connor, Emerson College, John Mansella, Emerson College
Respondents: Ali Kanso, University of Texas, San Antonio
John C. Lammers, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Abbass Alkhafaji, University of Sharab, UAE
Dancing for dollars
The oft-maligned big-spending Euro crowd that populates Club Nicole on Thursday nights will get to show another side when the club hosts a fundraiser tonight (April 22) for UNICEF. Co-chaired by Emerson College student
Sarah Asem (a niece of Jordan's
Queen Noor), the event will cost $20 per person, half of which will be donated to increase awareness of the land-mine crisis in Mozambique. UNICEF will also hold a $2500-per-plate dinner at the Ritz June 3 honoring the queen, the former Lisa Halaby of Princeton.
More Emerson stuff, this time as Noor Hamzah. P. Noor is an exceptional student:
From:
http://www.emerson.edu/emersontoday/index.cfm?view=showArticle&articleId=1461
Cecil and Helen Rose Oral Interpretation and Forensics Award This award is presented annually to a student(s) who furthers the tradition and excellence in oral interpretation and forensics associated with the area of Communication Studies.
Noor Hamzah, Jessica P. Henderson, Hannah Kane, Victor L. Shopov, Maita Soukup
More stuff again:
Emerson Students and Alumni Visit Saudi Arabia
Students, alums travel to Saudi Arabia for cultural exchange and novel experiences
A group of 19 students and alumni traveled around the globe to participate in a Saudi-American exchange, led by Associate Professor J. Gregory Payne. The 10-day trip was sponsored by Prince Faisal al Saud, an Emerson alumnus, and was held to promote understanding between Saudi Arabia and the United States.
“We arrived in Riyadh airport and were greeted by Prince Faisal al Saud,” reports sophomore Maita Soukup, who is studying political communication and journalism. “We visited carpet and antique markets, historical sites, swam in the Red Sea, met the editors of two newspapers and more.” The Emerson women were required to wear full-length abayas throughout their visit (
see accompanying essay).
“The trip was a wonderful experience,” says Teresa Gallo, a master’s student from Spain who is studying political communication. “Everyone was open to us, talked to us. Sometimes women would approach us and ask us where we were from.” Gallo added that “we always think of the differences between Western and Eastern cultures. But there are many things we have in common. The media could be focusing on our similarities rather than our differences.”
One of the primary organizers of the trip, Alexandra Gross, who holds a 2001 master’s degree in political communication from Emerson, has traveled extensively, but was still moved by the discoveries she made about Saudi culture. “I was surprised at how Americanized the country was – the cars, the restaurants, English is spoken widely.” Gross was enthusiastic about organizing the exchange because she felt it was important to provide a chance for Emerson undergraduates to travel abroad and “see a new culture.”
Upon their return, the trip participants held a public discussion on campus.
Those who went on the trip were:
Noor Asem, Tim Barney, Vanessa Becks, Allyson Burley, Robert Childs, Easton Craft, Owen Eagan, Michael Garrity, Joern Gutowski, Daniel Hetzel, Benjamin Hintze, Samantha Lussier, Martin Matishak, Matthew Matsaganis and John Silk.
More stuff:
Faculty and Students Participate in NCA Convention
by James O'Brien
10 Emerson faculty members, nine graduate students and two undergraduate students from the Organizational & Political Comm. and Marketing Comm. Departments attended the National Communication Association's (NCA's) annual convention Nov. 21-24 in New Orleans.
Faculty members Ina R. Ames, John D. Anderson, Tom Cooper, Phillip J. Glenn (OPC Dept. Chair), Kenneth J. Levine, Rob MacDougall, Monique Myers, J. Gregory Payne, David Redmon and Sharon Weidner chaired discussions and presented various papers, ranging on topics from "Ethics in Action in the Classroom" to "U.S.-Saudi Relations Post 9/11."
Meanwhile, graduate students Chad O'Connor, John Mansella, Natalie Blais, Samantha Lussier, Vanessa Becks, Craig Weingarten, Isavara Sakunwadhna, Teresa Gallo and Alexandra L. Gross presented papers in numerous discussions, along with undergraduate students
Noor Asem and Maita Soukup. "NCA is the nation's premiere organization for professionals engaging in teaching and scholarship about communication," said Phillip Glenn, Organizational & Political Communication department chair. "Emerson was well represented by faculty and students presenting original research, chairing and responding on panels, and attending informational sessions. The conference also provides good opportunities for networking that helps us recruit graduate students and develop collaborative projects with colleagues at other colleges and universities."
I know that P. Hamzah went to Harvard but it was incorrectly published that he and P. Noor went to the same university. They were attending schools in the same area, which certainly aided in the development of a relationship between the two.
