AMIDEAST

America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc. (AMIDEAST) is a private, nonprofit organization with a mission of strengthening mutual understanding and cooperation between Americans and the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa. Every year, AMIDEAST administers educational exchange programs, and Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program is one of them. AMIDEAST is helping to administer the YES program as part of a consortium that is headed by AYUSA International; it manages the application and screening process for the YES program in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Syria, Tunisia, West Bank/Gaza, and Yemen .