![Rebecca Hyde](/cas/news/images/images/rebecca_hyde.jpg)
In 2014, Hyde was awarded the Critical Languages Scholarship, which took her to Oman to study Arabic. This summer, she studied at the American University in Dubai after being awarded the William Jefferson Clinton Scholarship.
“With a degree in international studies and a media studies interdisciplinary minor, I hope to create educational programming about the cultures of Middle East here in the United States,” Hyde says.
Elora Robbani, a senior philosophy major, has also been awarded the William Jefferson Clinton Scholarship to study at American University in Dubai this fall.
![Elora Robbani](/cas/news/images/images/elora_robbani.jpg)
Robbani is a member of the UAB Honors College’s University Honors Program and the Early Medical School Acceptance Program.
While in Dubai, Robbani will explore academic interests in Middle Eastern studies in preparation for a career in optometry. She will enter optometry school in the fall of 2016.