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The Hope Fund is a small, new organization with a spectacular track record. In just four brief years of operation, we have managed to provide scholarships worth a total of over two million dollars.

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Samer Anabtawi will be going to Illinois College in Jacksonville, ILL. Samer is from Jenin, the West Bank. Samer spent his junior year in a US high school living with an American family under the YES Program.

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Media

"MEI: The Early Years "
The Middle East Institue, March 2008, by Kelly Davies

"Gaza Isolation Takes Toll on Students and Prices "
The New York Times, November 10, 2007, by Steven Erlanger

"One Man's Hope "
The Link, January-March 2007, by Fahim Qubain

"A Young Woman's Wish"
The New York Times, January 17, 2007, by Samuel G. Freedman

"Journey To Learn"
The Roanoke Times, September 1, 2006, by Jay Conley

"An Empty Campus, Full of Friendship"
The New York Times, July 5, 2006, by Samuel G. Freedman

"A Different Perspective - Youth From Jordan Learns, Shares His Knowledge, As Student At W&L"
The Lexington News-Gazette, January 25, 2006, P p. C-1, C3

"Hope Fund Corporation Scholarships - Jordan, Lebanon"
AMIDEAST 2005 Annual Report


"Palestinians In Lebanon"
Middle East Policy, Vol XII, No. 4, Winter 2005

"Realizing her ultimate potential"
The News and Advance, October 2005


"Palestinian student is latest to get Lexington couple's aid"

The Roanoke Times, September 2005


"Hope Fund helps refugees 'learn to fly'"
The Roanoke Times, May 2005

"A Gift From God"
Arabian Man Magazine, April/May 2002

"War Child"
The Guardian, December 11, 1999

Backstory: "Raed's Legacy"
The Washington Post, Sept. 2001

"West Bank Stone Thrower's Story Makes Ripples of Hope in a Sea of Hopelessness"
The Washington Report, Aug. 1999

"Geraldine Brooks | Arms and the Boy"
The Washington Post, Feb. 1999