The Yale Arab Alumni Association serves as an international network for alumni, students, faculty, and affiliates with an interest in the Arab World. This community includes Arab nationals, Arab-Americans, and American residents of the Arab World. The YAAA connects Yale and the Arabic-speaking Middle East by functioning as a centralized portal for resources and a forum for exchange.


The YAAA announced its launch at a luncheon in May 2007. Key Yale administrators attended, including Martha Highsmith (Acting Secretary), Mark Dollhopf (Director of the Association of Yale Alumni), Ann Kuhlman (Director of the Office of International Students and Scholars), and Ellen Lust-Okar (Director of the Center for Middle East Studies).

YAAA Press Coverage

Yale Arab Alumni Association Launched This Summer
Yale Bulletin & Calendar
"This summer marked the launch of the Yale Arab Alumni Association (YAAA), an international network for alumni, students, faculty and affiliates with an interest in the Arab world. "

Arab Alums to Form Group
Yale Daily News
"Yale students and alumni hailing from different parts of the Arab world may soon find it easier to find each other..."

Pack of Cards
Al Ahram Weekly (scroll down)
"In collaboration with Al-Sawy Culture Wheel, the Yale Arab Alumni Association (YAAA) will present the Yale Whiffenpoofs..."