2011 Yemen Scholarship Program Graduates

Childhood dream: Travelling abroad

Biggest challenge: English language

Dream job: Any role that will serve Yemen

Best thing about Canada: Opportunities

Proudest moment: Feeling the recognition from my community when I return to Yemen

What would make the world a better place: More understanding, tolerance and respect

Most homesick moment: Ramadan and EID in Canada

Something most people don't know about you: I have 60 cousins

Next destination: Dubai

Most shocking moment in Canada: Paying taxes

First thing you'll do when you graduate: Buy a car

Greatest invention: GPS

Best thing about Yemen: Bargaining - clothes are cheaper

Proudest moment: This moment (graduation)

Person you would most like to meet (deceased or living): My grandmother (just to tell her that I love her)

Favourite thing to do on weekends: Watching YouTube

First thought when you arrived in Calgary: Where are the front license plates?

Craziest thing you did in Canada: Biking full speed down Nose Hill - didn’t end so peacefully

Next destination: Marriage...apparently

Biggest pet peeve: Being late

Best thing about Yemen: Weather will never surprise you

Most homesick moment: Receiving a hand written letter from mom

Your experience in Canada in a few words: A journey of discovering myself

New habit acquired in Canada: Morning coffee

Biggest challenge: Doing my internship in Cold Lake

Craziest thing you did in Canada: Jumping off a cliff into a river

Most shocking moment in Canada: Receiving my first paycheque after tax deductions!

Dream job: Manager of a biomedical company involved in stem cell research in Yemen

Best thing about Canada: The wonderful people I’ve met

What would make the world a better place: Eradicating ignorance and accepting each other’s differences

Person you would most like to meet (deceased or living): Steve Jobs

Your experience in Canada in a few words: Life-changing and worthwhile

Biggest challenge: Going out at -35 C for an 8am class!

Greatest invention: Deadlines...nothing gets done without them

Something you can’t live without: Hope

Best thing about Canada: The super long days during summer

Best thing about Yemen: The goodwill and the generosity of the people

Proudest moment: Getting my Iron Ring!

Your experience in Canada in a few words: Insightful, rewarding and life-changing

New habit acquired in Canada: Biking

First thought when you arrived in Calgary: Never ever going to go back home after going through the longest flight!

Childhood dream: To become a civil engineer and yes, I made it!

Craziest thing you did in Canada: Went skiing and I was going to die - seriously! And yet now I am so good and I could race anyone

Something you can’t live without: Bubble tea and having fun

Best thing about Canada: Friends, meeting new people and basically going out of my comfort zone

Best thing about Yemen: Family and friends

Most homesick moment: Missing Yemeni food - Saltah and Bint al-sahn

Favourite thing to do on weekends: Skiing, hanging out with the boys and golfing during the summer time

Childhood dream: Becoming an electrical engineer

Biggest challenge: Being away from family

Next destination: Australia

Weirdest/silliest/funniest moment in Canada: Getting lost on campus every day of the first week of university

Dream job: Be the boss of my own business

Something you can't live without: My iPhone!

Biggest pet peeve: Not having enough change for the laundry machine

New habit acquired in Canada: Cooking

First thought when you arrived in Calgary: Wow, finally made it!

Next destination: A career Insha ‘Allah

First thing you'll do when you graduate: Call home

Something you can’t live without : Morning showers, for sure

Best thing about Canada: My friends, efficient time management and summer evenings - they are magic!

Best thing about Yemen: My family, my buddies and the ocean

Proudest moment: Probably when I made it to the International Student Honour Roll

Our experience in Canada in a few words: Worth every moment