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Pomona
College Delegation Wins Model Arab League Western
Regional Competition
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The Pomona College Model Arab League (MAL) team,
representing the country of Bahrain, sent a delegation to
the Western regional competition held April 13-15 at Mills
College in Oakland, Calif. and won the Overall Outstanding
Delegation award. This is the highest honor at the
conference and the second year in a row that the team won
this award. Additionally, Pomona College was named as the
site for the 2008 conference.
Similar to the Model U.N., the Model Arab League is a
diplomatic simulation, which gives students the opportunity
to engage in research, public speaking, and debate. The
objective is to learn as much as possible about the region,
and the assigned country, in order to later represent that
country in one of five councils in a mock meeting of the
League of Arab Nations. These five councils include: the
Councils on Joint Defense, Political Affairs, Palestinian
Affairs, Environmental Affairs, and Arab Social Affairs.
Each of the 12 student delegates received an award—Pomona’s
team was the only delegation to be distinguished in this
way. The team included two Pitzer College students and one
from Scripps College. The Oldenborg Center and the
Departments of International Relations and Economics
sponsored the Pomona MAL team.
Two Pomona students, Jemel Derbali ’10 and Stephen Laux ’09,
were nominated to be secretary general for next year’s
conference. Derbali declined because he will be studying
abroad, but Laux accepted his nomination and was voted in as
secretary general for the 2007-08 academic year.
Jessica Alampay Lozano served as the program coordinator for
Pomona’s MAL team and the faculty trip member was Fernando
Lozano, Pomona College professor of economics.
Pomona College is one of the nation’s premier liberal arts
institutions, offering a comprehensive program in the arts,
humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Its
hallmarks include small classes, close relationships between
students and faculty, and a range of opportunities for
student research. Visit Pomona College on the web at
www.pomona.edu.
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