Middle Eastern & North African (MENA)

ABOUT US

The Middle Eastern and North African Society serves to celebrate and increase awareness on both the similarities and differences between all aspects of Arab, North African, and Persian cultures. This society will provide its members, inclusive of all ethnicities, with an opportunity to create a network with fellow MENA individuals allowing both social and professional connections, creating a safe space to learn, embrace, and share our customs and cultures.

We aim to create a community for MENA individuals to feel welcome and at home in, with a broad variety of different activities to suit anyone’s preferences. This will include social events such as dinners and game nights, but also events that encourage discussion and debate to further our success as a community.

Anyone interested in MENA culture, from any background or ethnicity, is welcome to attend the events and/or buy membership. However buying membership would allow free access to most of the years events. 

 

EVENTS

  • MENA movie nights 
  • Game nights 
  • Football matches 
  • Bellydancing sessions (girls) 
  • Dabke sessions
  • Events with guest speakers 
  • Debate Nights
  • Henna Nights
  • Fundraising events for charity
  • MENA ball
  • Cuisine Nights
  • Shisha Nights
  • Inter Uni Events 
  • Dinners

Summer Elections 2024

This election period will elect all the student leaders within our student groups, as well as our unfilled Community Officer positions, who are there to represent underrepresented groups on campus, and members of our Societies, Sports and Opportunities Executive, who work with the VP Societies and Sport to develop policy and plans in their area of engagement. For student group elections, if you are a current student and a paid, standard member of any group you can stand and vote for the committee for the coming year. Please note, you must also be a student in the 2024/2025 academic year in order to stand in the election.

1134 posts are up for election.

Nominations close at 23:59 on Friday 3 May 2024 (in 7 days)

The polls open at 12:00 on Tuesday 7 May 2024 (in 10 days)

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  • MENA - Standard Membership£5.00

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Co-Sports Officer
Seeyar Hafiz
Saim Zafar
Events Manager
Ula Medani
President
Bana Asqalan
Public Relations
Jenna Ayoub
Secretary
Fairdaws Elhichou
Social Media Manager
Arpi Ohanian
Treasurer
Sofiane Bensebaa
Vice President
Taha Fakeih
Wellbeing Officer
Yusur Taha