Mazen Al-Natour was born in Syria in the spring of 2001. In 2012 he moved to Jordan due to the war in Syria and is now a student at Zarqa University under EDU-SYRIA Program funded by EU, studying electrical engineering. An ambitious and loving young man who started his story with volunteer work since 2015. He implemented and participated in many charitable initiatives aimed at community service. Mazen has some talents such as acting and photography, and these things he exploited in voluntee...
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Students Stories
EDU-SYRIA Inspiring Story: Amer Hijazi
Amer was studying for his computer technologies diploma back in Syria when his passion for technology had led him to open a Computer maintenance and supplies store. yet soon after he graduated he was eager to continue learning and study graphics design, and therefore he traveled to Jordan to study.
Unfourtently when he was just about to graduate; the war erupted in Syria and he stayed in Jordan, not as a student anymore but as a refugee.
To provide for himself, Amer worked as a designer ...
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Suad’s Story: Lend a Hand, Grant a Heart
Meet Suad!Su’ad is a Syrian bachelor’s graduate, who received a scholarship from EDU-SYRIA program funded by the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis (Madad Fund). She finished her Educational Sciences degree from Zarqa University with an excellent GPA of 92.7%.!
After the crisis of COVID 19 hit the region and Jordan in particular, Su’ad started volunteering with Amal Center of the Arab Medical Relief Society-ACAMRS, an active NGO at Al-Zaatari Refugee Camp-Al-Mafraq City....
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Amer: “This was my Dream!”
Amer Rida Alazab has received a scholarship from EDU-SYRIA in 2016 to study for a bachelor's degree in civil engineering at Zarqa University
Growing up, Amer always felt in his heart that he wanted to become a civil engineer.
Sadly, because of the Syrian crisis he was not able to fulfill his dream. The EDU-Syria scholarship at Zarqa University enabled him to pick up his dream and make it a reality that he excelled in accomplishing!
Amer graduated last week and was ranked first in his c...
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Sajedah: “Best experience ever!”
Sajedah Bani Irshid is a master student in geology at Yarmouk University who received a scholarship from EDU-JORDAN/EDU-SYRIA in 2016.
Last September she started her exchange semester under the Erasmus+ program at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
Sajedah told us about her experience:
"I had the privilege of going on the higher education exchange programme in 2017 to Erlangen, a nice city in Bavaria, Germany. This journey was the most beautiful experience in my ...
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