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he Executive Education and Community Services Institute was created
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EECSI offers a wide range of courses, short courses and Diplomas in partnership
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with some of the world’s most recognized institutions locally and internationally
Effat and the
such as the Sorbonne University in Paris, Cisco Networking Academy, Microsoft,
Community
Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF), NCB, ICDL International, and
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Prince’s School of Traditional Arts (PSTA) that cater for the different needs of the
community. The EECSI works closely with the different government and private
sectors in Jeddah in search of possible opportunities to find out how it can
10 Education contribute to the welfare and awareness of the city and its residents. The
department was one of the early and very few community service providers in the
region that cater for both national and international needs.
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History...
In 2002 the Effat College and specialized skills bearing in
mind the cultural and religious
introduced a number of
Our ultimate goal is setting of Saudi Arabia.
continuing education programs
serving the
aimed at serving the inside and
Since Spring 2009, and after
COMMUNITY
outside community and
the status of the institution
providing them with the
reverted from College to
necessary tools to gain access
University, the unit’s name
to today’s fast growing world.
Quote proudly became the Executive
Education and Community
In 2005 the unit developed into Services Institute (EECSI).
“ Be the change
a separate department having
the title of (The Extension The EECSI offers the following
that you wish
Programs). In addition, it liaised programs through the 5 centers
with some of the most that belong to the 3 colleges of
to see in the prestigious institutes worldwide Effat University.
to improve the quality of its
world ” courses and introduce more
customer-oriented ones to help
professionals, female as well as
Mahmata Ghandi male, improve their personal
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3. committed to community,
dedicated to progress!
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At last! Having waited for so long we finally
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celebrate the birth of The EECSI Newsletter.
The center offers courses in eight languages
With summer now in full swing and everyone
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supervised by the College of Humanities and
counting down the days till their summer Social Sciences.
holidays, why not get into the holiday mood by
entertaining with family and friends inside? Paris a. French Diploma
brings you a hot Croissant recipe on page 15.
And for fun that goes on after the sun is down, The Diploma of French Language and Civilization
check our Entertainment section on page 14. (in collaboration with the Sorbonne University in
Our cover page is sure to get you reaching for
Paris) is a 2 years exclusive and extensive French
the hidden world of Effat University, so check
program with culture orientation and a chance to attend
our list of courses on pages 12 and 13. If you
French Courses in France.
are looking forward to studying abroad, our
Education section on page 10 will give you a
b. English for Specific Purposes
taste of studying in Germany. If you are looking
for ways to keep busy and learn new skills, why
Extensive English Courses tailored to improve English
not check our upcoming activities on page 11.
skills in specific work fields such as tourism, business,
Looking forward to spending a cheerful
medicine, journalism, information technology and
summer? Read our Top 10 Study Tips on page
engineering.
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break! With so much going on and so much to
learn, there’s no place like the EECSI this c. Intensive English Program
summer and all year round!
This is a general English course specifically designed
From now on we will be visiting you twice a year to meet the needs of students seeking proficiency in
in different shapes and forms and with more to English, and professionals looking for an effective
share – keep watching your mailbox and we’ll communication environment at their workplace. The
keep watching ours for your input. course can be tailored to suit the needs of individuals
and organizations. Focus is on the four language
skills : reading, writing, listening and speaking. By
Zainab Abuelma’atti
learning English you gain access to the cultures of the
world.
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4. Do you want to travel, and experience the different
cultures and lifestyles the world has to offer?
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course you will acquire the skills
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different levels. Learn the I. Turkish
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language and gain access to the
English speaking skills In collaboration with the Turkish
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legendary Spanish culture.
through role playing, and consulate, the Foreign
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Students are expected to comprehensive Turkish language
actively participate in Learn Mandarin Chinese quickly course. Our Turkish course
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classroom discussions and and easily and gain access to brings you three levels of Turkish
activities. The course can the world’s strongest economy. language and culture:beginner,
be designed to suit specific elementary, and intermediate.
workforce requirement.
Thank You 2-Information Technology
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Grazie
Non-Native Speakers
Offers courses supervised by the
Gracias College of Engineering
Provides an opportunity for
Non-Arabic speakers to
Danke a. CISCO Networking
acquire skills necessary to Merci Academy Program
read, write, speak, and
teşekkür ederim Effat University in collaboration with
understand Arabic at
謝謝 Cisco Networking Academy is a
different levels, field trips and
certified Cisco Regional and Local
Jeddawi accents.
ありがとう Academy that trains individuals to
become CCNA -Certified - an
f. German ‫$#"ا‬ internationally recognized certificate
In this course students acquire the of six months courses on
skills necessary to read, write, Networking in addition to
speak and understand German at i. Japanese Academic Program Courses that
different levels. Through intensive provide an opportunity to improve
Provides you with knowledge
practice of everyday expressions, careers.
about the Japanese language,
you will gain access to German
culture, customs and Art. you b. Women
in
Technology
language and culture. The course
will learn: Program-­‐(WIT)
is offered in Cooperation with
German Academic Exchange
ORGAMI (Japanese Traditional WIT is specifically designed for
Service DAAD.
Paper Crafts) women an intensive training in
SHODO ( Calligraphy ) information technology and
g. Spanish
YUKATA ( Introducing professional
In this intensively practical
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5. Learn the language with a well-qualified NATIVE SPEAKERS
development to meet the needs of helping people in disaster
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the market. The program consists • Video Editing prone areas and people
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of 100 hours of Microsoft courses • Photo Editing-Retouch with disabilities and
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and Professional development • Photoshop participating in local events
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training such as Leadership, Task • Illustrator to contributing to decision
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Management, and Business Writing. • Corel Draw making bodies that affect
in collaboration with international • Dreamweaver the lives of Jeddah citizens
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Institute of Education on (IEE) and • Image Ready and the neighboring areas.
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Microsoft. • 3D Max The EECSI and EU work
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• Free Hand Drawing departments and councils
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Driving License – ICDL 5. Preparation Center for investigate areas of
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International Exams possible collaboration and
ICDL is an opportunity to have the find out how we can
training necessary to complete the The center offers preparatory contribute to the wellbeing
ICDL test and obtain the courses for international and awareness of the city
recognized certificate that examinations such as: and its residents.
guarantees better career • SAT
In order to make sure we
opportunities. The ICDL is a 7 • iBT TOEFL
meet the needs of the community,
weeks training in specific computer • GRE
the EECSI engages with a wide
application programs. At the end of • GMAT
range of people and organizations
the course, trainees sit for a test • IGCSE
in Jeddah, as well as regionally,
designed for each program. Upon • IELTS
nationally and internationally.
completion of the course, the
trainee receives the ICDL Let’s be multilingual! Effat University is a non-profit
certificate. organization and is recognized as
The EECSI provides being at the forefront of community
3. Business Studies Center
you with the engagement. For us, community
engagement is about working with
The center offers different short opportunity to learn people from outside the University
courses in HR ,Finance, Operation so that we reach a mutual
Management, Entrepreneurship different languages understanding.
and Marketing that provide
professionals and non-
at the same time! In order to achieve this aspiration,
professionals the opportunity to the EECSI in collaboration with
The Community Services division
excel in their communities and Effat University’s specialist staff and
within the Executive Education and
work fields. Courses are supervised academic expertise launches three
Community Services Institute is an
by the College of Business. new services:
integral part of Effat University (EU)
and the local community. The • Entrepreneurship Clinic
4. Art and Design Center EECSI and EU strive to make a • The Language &
Translation Clinic
positive contribution to Jeddah and
The Art and Design Center offers
its citizens in a variety of ways.
ten courses supervised by the
College of Engineering. These range from volunteering in
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6. Effat and the Community!
The 9th Learning and Help Center: Help children with intellectual disability and
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Technology Conference intellectual with physical disability.
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Learning by Design: Purpose,
Volunteers: Alaa
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December 12-13, 2011, and was Bin Abdoun,
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open to the community at large. Irina Bokova the Khadija Fatani
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Director-General of the UNESCO was one of the Shaima Mirza ,
speakers. Nada Dabwan
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first TEDx Event in Saudi Students Contributed to the collection development
Arabia. TEDx Effat invited project of the library. Volunteers: Maha Halawani ,
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speakers from all over the world. Majda Mutwali Joud Razzaz, Hind Al-Taj , Noura Alrifi.
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Partnerships with...
Part time teacher
Volunteer: Reema A- Hussien IDB
For three consecutive years Effat
Saudi University has been the Academic
Aramco
Social Club Advisor for the Annual IDB Prize
for Women’s Contribution the
International Development. The University has
Day for older helped in screening around 700
people Volunteer: Malak Bantan
dossiers for the 5th, 6th, and 7th editions of the
Prize. The 8th IDB Prize will be announced very
soon.
JUDRC
Effat University and Jeddah
Urban Development and
Reconstruction Company
are partners in the
development of two Jeddah neighborhoods: Al
Boughdadiah and Bani Malik. Students and
f a c u l t y m e m b e r s f ro m t h e A rc h i t e c t u re
Department at the University have helped design
the new layout of the two areas.
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1. Find your study space 5. Plan your time (and use it 7. Use your notes
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feeling your best. Save the easy stuff Think up some practice exam
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for when you’re tired. questions or create you own
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flash cards to help you study.
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Set yourself a time limit for each task This way you learn it all twice:
Make sure you have all the materials and follow it. once when you make the
you need in your study space before
study materials and twice
you start studying. Getting up to look
when you use them to revise.
for a pencil sharpener or ruler will
break your concentration and waste 9. Test yourself
your time.
Don’t wait for an exam to test your
3. Clear your mind
knowledge – test yourself first. Get a
friend or family member to quiz you
If you’ve got a lot on your mind take
on key concepts or offer to help
a moment to write yourself some 6. Know your learning style
other students with their work. It’s a
notes about what you're thinking
great way to get confident with what
about before you start studying. This Auditory learners: learn by
you do know and find out what you
will help clear your mind so you focus listening. You could try reading your
still need to learn!
all your thoughts on your work. notes aloud and discussing them
with other people. You might like to
10. Take time out
It’s also a good idea to keep some record key points and play them
spare paper next to you while you’re back.
You study better when you're feeling
studying so if you think of anything
good. So make sure you eat well and
you need to do later you can write it Visual learners: learn by seeing.
get enough sleep. Exercise is great
down and put it out of your mind, You could use colors in your notes
but don’t overdo it.
then get on with the studying. and draw diagrams to help represent
key points. You could try to
It’s also a good idea to schedule
4. Get motivated remember some ideas as images.
regular breaks when you’re studying
and keep hydrated. You’ll study
Think about what it will mean for you Tactile/kinesthetic learners: learn
better if you take care of yourself.
if you do well in your studies. How by doing. You could use methods
will it make you feel? If you keep the like role-playing or building models to
end result in mind it will help you stay revise key points.
motivated.
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8. Let’s Remember!
How Islamic Inventors Changed the World!
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Europe's Gothic cathedrals was an
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G. Algebra was named after al-Khwarizmi's book, (Al-
Jabr wa-al-Muqabilah), much of its contents are still in
use. The work of Muslim math scholars was imported
into Europe 300 years later by the Italian mathematician
Fibonacci. Algorithms and much of the theory of
trigonometry came from the Muslim world. And Al-
Kindi's discovery of frequency analysis rendered all the
codes of the ancient world soluble and created the
basis of modern cryptology.
Did You Know !
While the toothbrush may appear a modern invention the Prophet
Other borrowings from Muslim genius Mohammed made popular the use of a piece from the Meswak
included ribbed vaulting, rose tree to clean the teeth and freshen the breath! It was recently
windows and dome building
proven that Meswak contains substances similar to that found in
techniques. Europe's castles were
modern tooth paste which help protect teeth and freshens the
also adapted to copy the Islamic
breath.
architecture - with arrow slits,
battlements, a barbican and parapets. The Swiss pharmaceutical company Pharba Basle Ltd carried out
Square towers and keeps gave way to experiments on extracts of Meswak, botanically known as
more easily defended round ones.
Salvadora Persica. It was found that it contains antibacterial
Henry V's castle architect was Muslim.
substances which destroy the harmful germs in the mouth which
cause gum infections and tooth decay. Independent tests
conducted on the Meswak extracts in the Departments of
Chemistry, Riyadh University, Saudi Arabia and Indiana University,
Indiana, USA, have confirmed its anti-inflammatory and antibiotic
activities.
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9. Motivational Stories...
Helen Keller
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Helen Keller. Even today, her story fascinates people. many things that Helen Keller was famous for
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her hearing and sight
when she was only 19 “Alone we can do so little; together we can
months old. After losing do so much.”
both, she became wild
and uncontrollable due to “The best and most beautiful things in the
her inability to world cannot be seen or even touched -
communicate and learn. they must be felt with the heart.”
Anne Sullivan Comes Into Helen's Life “The highest result of education is tolerance.”
Almost as well known as Helen Keller is the work of
Anne Sullivan, who became her teacher in 1887- a role
known today as an intervenor. Helen finally learned that
things have names when Sullivan had made water flow
between Helen's fingers and pumped water for Helen to
What did I learn from this story?
feel.
That one can read all the literature, visit
Helen Keller's Further Progress all the countries and view all the scenery
he/she wants with ones eyes, but
After that breakthrough, there was no stopping Helen
Keller. She went on to attend a school for the blind and without vision, ones life amounts to
other schools, learned how to talk, learned how to
nothing. One can listen to all the
lipread with her fingers, and graduated from Radcliffe
College. speeches of powerful people or
harmonious music for all ones desires,
Helen Keller's Adulthood
but without hearing ones creative
Helen Keller never lived independently (unlike today thoughts, will achieve nothing.
where many deaf-blind people live independently). She
always lived with either Anne Sullivan (and for a few
years, Anne Sullivan's husband too), or Polly Thompson
who joined the household in the 1930s and stayed on
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Education...
Higher Education in Germany
Student organizations and services: The German Academic Exchange
Germany In most German states, you Service (DAAD) offer scholarships for
automatically become a member of the study and research in Germany.
Let’s discover Studentenschaft (student body) when Publications available from DAAD
you register - an organization established include:
Education in to help students look after their own
Germany interests. The Akademisches • Studying in Germany - Information for
Auslandsamt looks after your overall Foreign Students on
Universities’ (separate editions are
interests as a foreign student.
available for the Fachhochschulen and
The advisory service will provide general for the Colleges of Art).
tips to help you organize your studies
when you arrive. Student welfare offices • ‘Postgraduate Courses in the Federal
will give you assistance with budgetary, Republic of Germany’.
social or medical problems. German as
well as foreign students receive a student
ID card upon registration at any higher
education institution which allows them
to use public transport at reduced price
and enjoy exquisite traditional meals in
student canteens.
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September
Activity Date Duration Language
1. Computer Maintenance 19.9.2012 2 Hours English/Arabic
2. English Movie 24.9.2012 2 Hours English
October
Activity Date Duration Language
1. Studying in France Session 8.10.2012 2 Hours English
2. Image Ready Session 17.10.2012 2 Hours English/Arabic
November
Activity Date Duration Language
1. French Cuisine 6.11.2012 2 Hours English
2. Vocabulary Bingo Day 18.11.2012 2 Hours English
December
Activity Date Duration Language
1. EECSI Got Talent 10.12.2012 2 Hours English/Arabic
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Note: “Please contact the EECSI for the list of courses on offer for summer 2012.”
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Course Date Duration Hours Language
1. ICDL 1.9.2012 7 weeks 70 Hours English/Arabic
2. English (L1) 1.9.2012 10 weeks 80 Hours English
3. iBT TOEFL 1.9.2012 7 weeks 48 Hours English
4. French A1 (131a) 1.9.2012 10-12 weeks 60 Hours French
5. French A1 (131b) 1.9.2012 10-12 weeks 60 Hours French
6. French A2 (231a) 1.9.2012 10-12 weeks 60 Hours French
7. Photoshop 15.9.2012 2 weeks 20 Hours English/Arabic
8. Turkish 22.9.2012 10-12 weeks 60 Hours Turkish
9. Arabic for Non-Native Speakers 15.9.2012 10 weeks 50 Hours Arabic
10.Japanese 29.9.2012 10-12 weeks 60 Hours Japanese
11.German L1 24.9.2012 10 weeks 60 Hours German
12.German L2 26.9.2012 10 weeks 60 Hours German
13. Photography 29.9.2012 3-4 weeks 30 Hours English/Arabic

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October 2012
Course Date Duration Hours Language
1. Chinese 1.10-24.12 10-12 weeks 60 Hours Chinese
November 2012
Course Date Duration Hours Language
1. Web Design 3.11.2012 2 weeks 20 Hours English/Arabic
2. GRE 3.11.2012 8 weeks 48 Hours English
3. ICDL 3.11.2012 7 weeks 70 Hours English/Arabic
4. English L2 17.11.2012 10 weeks 80 Hours English
5. Flash 24.11.2012 2 weeks 20 Hours English/Arabic
December 2012
Course Date Duration Hours Language
1. Illustrator 15.12.2012 2 weeks 20 Hours English/Arabic
2. IELTS 29.12-4.2.2013 5 weeks 30 Hours English
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15. Break Time...
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Croissant Recipe
Ingredients Directions
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• 1 1/4 teaspoons Combine yeast, Massage butter until pliable, but not soft and oily.
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active dry yeast Pat dough into a 14 x 8 inch rectangle. Smear
warm water, and 1
butter over top two thirds, leaving 1/4 inch margin
• 3 tablespoons warm teaspoon sugar.
all around. Fold unbuttered third over middle third,
water (110 degrees Allow to stand
F/45 degrees C) and buttered top third down over that. Turn 90 degrees, so
until creamy and frothy.
• 1 teaspoon white that folds are to left and right. Roll out to a 14 x 6 inch
sugar Measure flour rectangle. Fold in three again. Sprinkle lightly with flour, and
into a mixing put dough in a plastic bag. Refrigerate 2 hours. Unwrap,
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bowl. Dissolve sprinkle with flour, and deflate gently. Roll to a 14 x 6 inch
purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons white 2 teaspoons rectangle, and fold again. Turn 90 degrees, and repeat. Wrap,
sugar and salt and chill 2 hours.
sugar
in warm milk.
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
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• 2/3 cup warm milk along with yeast and oil.
• 2 tablespoons in half crosswise, and chill half while shaping the other
Mix well; knead until
vegetable oil smooth. Cover, and let half. Roll out to a 15 x 5 inch rectangle. Cut into three
• 2/3 cup unsalted rise until over triple in 5 x 5 inch squares. Cut each square in half diagonally. Roll each
butter, chilled volume. Deflate gently, triangle lightly to elongate the point, and make it 7 inches long.
• 1 egg and let rise again until Grab the other 2 points, and stretch them out slightly as you roll
• 1 tablespoon water doubled. Deflate and chill
it up. Place on a baking sheet, curving slightly. Let shaped
20 minutes.
croissants rise until puffy and light. In a small bowl, beat
5 Bake in a preheated 475 degrees F (245 degrees
C) oven for 12 to 15 minutes.
together egg and 1 tablespoon water. Glaze
croissants with egg wash.
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Contact Us!
Newsletter Effat University
Executive Education and Community Services Institute
Team Tel: 6364300 Ext: 1731
Mobile: +966 554 136 469 / +966 590 120 281
Email: Effat.EECSI@effatuniversity.edu.sa
Contributors
Social Networks!
Zainab Abuelma’atti
Aida Omet EECSI Effat University
Alia Al-Badawi
Executive Education & Community Services Institute
Geraldine Biarnes
@EffatEECSI
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Maha Al-Madhi
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