Courtesy Maryam Jami(WASHINGTON) Maryam Jami, 23, an attorney in Herat, Afghanistan, who calls herself a "mini-human rights activist," still dreams of obtaining her Masters of Law in the United States as a Fulbright scholar next year, pinning the program as both a venue to her own dreams and a tool for a better future for Afghanistan. But she and roughly 100 other semi-finalists in the country now taken over by the Taliban have been left in limbo since the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops and unofficial pause of the prestigious program run by the U.S. State Department. "For me, the Fulbright was just my dream and my actual path to my dreams," Jami told ABC News in a video call from her home in Herat. "Sometimes I feel that I'm going to be depressed because it's really it's just getting really too tough for me. I just feel that I'm running out of time." Jami planned on studying comparative and international law and taking that tra
Afghanistan semi-finalists for the State Department's prestigious Fulbright Program, including Maryam Jami, 23, await an update on the fate of their cohort on Dec. 15.
Afghanistan semi-finalists for the State Department's prestigious Fulbright Program, including Maryam Jami, 23, await an update on the fate of their cohort on Dec. 15.
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Home / News & Events / United States Embassy in Mali Launch of the 2022 Fulbright and Hubert H. Humphrey Exchange Programs
The United States Embassy is seeking qualified Malian candidates to pursue graduate studies or to carry out research and professional development programs in the United States. Please see the below information on the exchange programs and application submission instructions. The deadline for submitting applications is March 31, 2021. For more information, please visit the scholarships and exchanges page.
Fulbright Foreign Student Program (FFSP)
This program funds two years of graduate study in the United States towards the completion of a master’s degree. Applicants must have a master’s degree or a degree equivalent to the American bachelor’s degree and a TOEFL score of at least 575 (PBT) or 90 (iBT) points. They must also take the GRE and/or GMAT test and achieve the requisite score for university acceptance. For disadvantaged applicants,