2025-05-07

Communication Senior Wala Al-Sadi Awarded the McCall MacBain Scholarship

She is the first from Yemen and the second from LAU to receive the internationally sought-after honor.

Wala Al-Sadi, a senior communication student at LAU and a Middle East Partnership Initiative-Tomorrow’s Leaders (MEPI-TL) undergraduate scholar from Yemen, has been granted the McCall MacBain Scholarship, a globally competitive opportunity to pursue a fully funded master’s degree and leadership program at McGill University in Canada.

Chosen among thousands of international applicants, Al-Sadi has become the first McCall MacBain scholar from Yemen, and the second from LAU to be selected, following in Zina Kamel’s (BS ’24) footsteps.

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