Ala’ Alrababa’h graduated from Pearson UWC in Victoria, Canada. At Pearson, he was awarded the Davis International Scholar Award. Before Pearson, Ala’ attended Jubilee School in Jordan, where he lived for 17 years. Last summer, Ala’ worked as a Davis Fellow at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California. During his internship, Ala’ researched, presented, and published on a Weapons of Mass Destruction-Free Z one in the Middle East. Ala’ also participated in a workshop at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico during his internship. At Dartmouth, Ala' became a War and Peace Fellow, and joined the other fellows on their trips to Washington D.C. Ala' conducted research for Dartmouth Professors Anne Sa’adah and Daryl Press. Currently, Ala' is a James O. Friedman Presidential Scholar in Government. After graduating, Ala’ plans to attend a PhD program in International Security. Ala’ was funded by the Rockefeller Center for a Summer 2013 internship, with generous support from the Mr. E. John Rosenwald Jr. ’52 Public Affairs Internship Fund. Executive Summary from Ala’s final report: In the summer of 2013, I interned as a research assistant at the Middle East Institute (MEI). The organization, founded in 1946, is the oldest Washington- based institution dedicated solely to the study of the Middle East. Its founders, scholar George Camp Keiser and former US Secretary of State Christian Herter, laid out a simple mandate: “to increase knowledge of the Middle East among the citizens of the United States and to promote a better understanding between the people of these two areas.” MEI has earned a reputation as an unbiased source of information and analysis on this critical region of the world, a reputation it has meticulously safeguarded since its creation. Today, MEI remains a respected, non-partisan voice in the field of Middle East studies. “I want to thank Mr. E. John Rosenwald Jr. ’52 and the Rockefeller Center for an amazing and life-changing off term experience. I have rediscovered myself with a new sense of passion in my work and my goals.” [MR. E. JOHN ROSENWALD JR. ’52 PUBLIC AFFAIRS FUND INTERN PROFILE]