NUSACC Supports Iraq Higher Education Roadshow to the United States

WASHINGTON - June 25, 2026 - PRLog -- The National U.S. – Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) – America's #1 commercial gateway to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region – recently completed a historic U.S. roadshow in support of higher education in the Republic of Iraq.  In partnership with the Office of the Prime Minister and the Embassy of Iraq in the United States, the tour focused on universities in three states: Colorado, Nebraska, and Iowa.

Leading the delegation was H.E. Dr. Hamid Khalaf Ahmed, Advisor to the Prime Minister and Executive Director of Iraq's Higher Committee for Education Development (HCED).  He was joined by NUSACC's President & CEO, David Hamod and two senior officials from the Iraqi Cultural Office in Washington DC: Dr. Hussein Alsheakh, Director of Administration, and Dr. Alaa Alhusainy, Deputy Cultural Attaché.

With decades of experience in higher education, Dr. Hamid is responsible for sending an initial cohort of 1,000 Iraqi graduate students to U.S. universities.  In this initiative, he is being supported by NUSACC and the Office of the Cultural Attaché, which represents Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the United States.
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To read the full report, please click here (https://www.nusacc.org/uploads/2/2/9/7/22977530/26iraq-pr...).