12 July 2010
Under the auspices of H.E. Minister of Oil and Minerals, Mr. Ameer Salem Al-Aidaroos and of H.E. Ambassador of Republic of France to Yemen, Mr. Joseph Silva, the Yemen LNG Company awarded on Sunday, 11 July 2010, scholarships to 13 Yemeni students to study abroad in various universities in France.

Offered by the Yemen LNG Company, the scholarships are granted to students from across Yemen, including 4 young women. Nine of the grantees will participate in undergraduate programme and four in master degrees.

The General Manager of Yemen LNG Company, Francois Rafin, congratulated the winners for their admission to French universities. He wished them all success for their academic studies and underscored the expectations of their future contribution to Yemen economic wealth and cultural life.

The event was attended by some high ranking government officials, representatives of the French embassy and the French Cultural Center and representatives of the media.

The list of scholarship winners include:

Master Degree:
• Mr. Alem Al-Nagashi
• Ms. Shatha Al-Shargabi
• Mr. Nasser Al-Qadri
• Mr. Qassim Al-Hamadi
Bachelor Degree:
• Mr. Mohamed Fahim Al-Hadhrami
• Mr. Salahaddin Al-Bazili
• Mr. Helmi Jaber
• Mr. Wail Tareq Mohammed
• Ms. Hend Yaqoob
• Mr. Amr Zaid
• Ms. Maha Al-Salehi
• Mr. Hamoud Agha
• Ms. Reem Al-Jebzi