Abdelkader Global Citizenship Essay Contest
Abdelkader Education Project
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amount
Up to $1,500
awards available
6
deadline
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Description
The Abdelkader Global Citizenship Essay Contest is available to high school and college students. To be considered for this award, high school students must submit a 800 - 1,200-word essay that addresses the following prompt: "Research Emir Abdelkader’s leadership style and identify how his approach could help address challenges in your community today." College students may enter with a multimedia piece of no more than 90 seconds. Emir Abdelkader was an Islamic scholar from Algeria who resisted French colonialism in the mid-19th century. His commitment to human rights won him global admiration from the likes of President James Buchanan, Queen Victoria, Pope Pius IX, Tsar Alexander II, and the presidents of France, Greece, and Turkey.
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