Connect with students in Dubai

Webcast live from Dubai

Learn about DUBAI from High School Students in a LIVE Webcast.

Empower Peace is sponsoring the 3rd “Empower Peace World Classroom” live webcast from Dubai on February 8th at 8 am EST.

Coming to you live from Jumeirah College in Dubai, UAE and broadcast over the internet, Empower Peace World Classroom will feature Dubai students providing insight into their school, their city, their country and their culture.  The students will also talk about what it is like to live in one of the most exciting and diverse cities in the world.

EP World Classroom is a webcast to students and classrooms around the world.  Anyone with an Internet connection can watch it live or on-demand.

Classrooms watching the broadcast live will have the opportunity to interact with Jumeirah College students by instant messaging in questions and comments. This live program will provide students around the world the opportunity to learn first-hand from their peers about life in Dubai.

BROADCAST DETAILS:
Date:
Tuesday, February 8, 2009
Time: 8-9 AM EST (3pm Amman/Kuwait, 5pm Dubai/Islamabad)
Web Address: www.empowerpeace.org

To sign up, please visit www.empowerpeace.org.  And please visit our web site to learn more about EP World Classroom and our other initiatives designed to connect the world’s youth at www.empowerpeace.org.
Contact:
Asad Butt
Director of Media and Advance
Empower Peace
617-912-3833
abutt@empowerpeace.org

About Jumeirah College
Jumeirah College is a Year 7 to Year 13 school that provides a first class education with high quality standards of teaching and learning in a caring environment, whilst teaching The National Curriculum for England to students from over 59 different nationalities.  It is a GEMS School located in Dubai.

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The Empower Peace Foundation is a 501 © 3 non-profit organization committed to building bridges of mutual respect and understanding between youth in the United States and the Arab and Muslim worlds.  The purpose of EP World Classroom is to provide students an opportunity to learn directly from their peers around the world.  Using V-Brick technology, EP World Classroom allows students to share their daily life, their culture, and their history live over the Internet to other students thousands of miles away. EP World Classroom supports students leaders committed to bringing about a climate of mutual respect and understanding by letting them interact directly with each other.

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Across the world on Jan 22

How did newspapers in other countries respond to Obama becoming the US President?

See  Newseum archived frontpages on Obama\’s election around the world

If the link does not work go to

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default_archive.asp?tfp_region=nonusa

or http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages and look at archives

From SungChoon Park re Obama
Congratulations that you have a new president!
 
The internet public library also has a list of newspapers from around the world.
The following stories appeared on newspapers in South Korea (on the inauguration day – It was 3:00am on Jan 22, 2009).
The Korea Heralds
“FTA, N.K. to test Korea-U.S. relations�?
“Seoul’s relationship with the n ew U.S. administration faces daunting tests in the issues of North Korea, trade and the military alliance. Korean officials offered assurance that the traditional Korea-U.S. partnership will remain firm and develop further under new U.S. President Barack Obama …�?
The Korea Times
“Can Lee Become Great Persuader Like Obama?�?
FYI, there have been great disappointments or even resentments with South Korean President Lee’s administration since he inaugurated in 2008. People were full of hope for change, but Lee failed in many areas.
Sung Choon
Sung Choon Park, Ph.D.
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