Final Projects

For their final projects, MERGE participants shared a mental resilience strategy they learned during the exchange and discussed why building these skills is beneficial. These team-based projects were created in conjunction with exchange facilitators during the last two weeks of the program.”

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Theme #1: Health and Exercise

Project topics covered exercise, nutrition, and the effect of sports and team activities.

HEALTH AND WELLBEING WHEEL

Class 8 Ekram Mahmoud

EXERCISE AND NUTRITION

Class 8 Heba Eldmerdash

Class 7 Raghad Bareedy and Avery Sullivan

Class 6 Shaza Harby and Rowida Shehabi

Class 3 Farah Weshahy, Ellen Wolstenholme, and Raghad Bhar

Class 2 Doaa (Menha) Alsharif, Aya Ali, and Anastasia Hill

SPORTS AND TEAM ACTIVITIES

Class 8 Amina Adawy and
Zainab Riyadh

Class 2 Hoda Alshennawy, Qamar El-Haj, Donia Khalil

Theme #2: Resilience through Networks

Project topics explored how friendship support networks, role models, and other mind-body strategies develop mental resilience.

MENTAL RESILIENCE

Class 10 Hana Essam

Class 10 Raniya Fenniri

Class 7 Laila Sayed, Callie LaValle, and Aditi Mungale

Class 5 Hoda Magdy and Rawan Abdelaziz

Class 4 Eva Anderson, Navya Dronamraju, and Nhi Nguyen

Class 3 Nafahat Al Gourshi, Rihabe El Houmili, Ariana Perez

ROLE MODELS

Class 9 Selen Qarajeh and Ikram Atchany

FRIENDSHIP/SUPPORT NETWORKS

Class 7 Menna Allah Hussin and Raneem El Saidy

Class 5 Sagda Kamel and
Afnan Ammar

Class 2 Basma Yahia, Shahd Tamer

Class 1 Reka Suranyi

Theme #3: Strategies for Stress

Project topics covered journaling, meditation, and positive affirmations.

JOURNALING

Class 10 Mariam Nasser

Class 10 Nour Marzouk and Salma Smougueni

Class 9 Yara Ghazy, Malak Hatem, and Souad Saaden

Class 7 Hanan Mohammed and Kaitlyn Sullivan

Class 6 Tenaya Lin

Class 5 Salma Abbas, Anna Maria Azar, and Emilia Godinez

Class 5 Basant Osama, Bouthaina Yasser, and Juliet Katz

Class 3 Alaa Abdelfattah, Takwa Ben Hamed

Class 2 Noor Alwash,
Judith Gibson,
and Zahraa Alkabeh

POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS

Class 10 Tifaf Asmae and
Meriem Ksilli

Class 4 Sondos Aldomiati, Nadeen Mostafa, and Cece York

STRESS AND MEDITATION

Class 8 Haneen Hosny, Lojayn Abdelhafiz, Elizabeth Frost, and Hannah Williams

Class 4 Elzhraa Kamel, Malak Adnan, and Rand Hussein

CUSTOM

Classroom 1 Emma Sleiman

Theme #4: Self Confidence and Personal Goals

Projects explored the importance of self-confidence and goal-setting for maintaining mental health.

Self Confidence and Personal Goals

Class 10 Rabiaa Barboucha, Rosemary Atieno, and Samantha Zehner

Class 9 Sofia Khedidja Chelali, Sarah Radwan, Yostina Khalf, and Sierra Fox

Class 9 Salma Shawky, Nour Mustafa, and Aya Lazaar

Class 9 Asmaa Abo-Fatma, Raghd Elsayed, Sajida Rida, and MaryRose Wainaina

Class 8 Dina Medhat, Fatma Hany, Hana Yasser, and Annabella Ritter-Pleitez

Class 7 Nourhan Atres (Nora Fahmy) and Dina Ashour

Class 6 Zeinab Mohammed Awadallah, Shourouk Mohamed Abd El-lah, Shahd Nooh, Omnia Ali, and Rana Kabardy

Class 5 Malak Ahmed Saad, Rewan Elbebawy, Ryan Yutan, Sophia Hernandez

Class 3 Tasneem Hessian, Walaa Saber, Yara Ahmed Mohamed, and Hager Hasan

Class 2 Afaf Kamel, Nourhan (Mazin) Ahmed Samy, and Naima Rahman

Class 2 Alae Labhal and Ilinca Drondoe

Class 1 Carol Gamil, Habiba Imad, Natasha Alnawaiseh, and Mariam Saber

Class 1 Esraa Khalifa

Class 1 Afaf Ouardi, Banen Emad, Haneen Majeed

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