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In September, Banaa welcomed our second scholar, Mo Hassan! Mo is studying on a full Banaa scholarship at the
University of Rochester.
Click here to learn more about Mo!

In April, the Clinton Global Initiative honored Banaa and Makwei at their annual CGI-U conference. Click here for the story!

Banaa has received over 170 applications since our first call for applications in 2008! Dozens of qualified peace-builders are awaiting scholarship opportunities. Bring a scholar to your campus!

Samir Hummad

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Born: Nuba Mountains

Desired Major: Business Administration, Economics, or Government

Samir Hummad, has developed a nuanced understanding of the complex sociological and political forces at work in his native Nuba Mountains, where there is “no war, but no peace.” He seeks an education that will help him promote “balanced” development in Sudan.

"Northern Arab is not one block [,] most of them are good hearted, special those who are out of power circles…And if we think about revenge, Sudan will enter into closed circles of violence which will finish the green and dry, I heard som young men from south Sudan Nuba mountains and Darfur saying that one day we will force Arab to drink from same cup which we already drunk, I told them “two wrongs don’t make correct."

-Excerpt from Samir's Banaa Application Essay