Ismael Charrouf, ’12

Ismael Charrouf, ’12

Ismael Charrouf is finishing his last semester at the University of Central Florida, majoring in Latin American Studies with a minor in Middle Eastern Studies. Over the course of his time at UCF, Ismael has participated in a number of international programs and has gotten the opportunity to travel and represent his school abroad. Last summer he went to Istanbul as winner of the “High and Dry: Addressing the Middle East Water Challenge” essay contest, where he met with American, Arab and Turkish experts on water scarcity in the Middle East from both the public and private sectors. The conference was sponsored by the Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Program for Strategic Research and Studies at UCF, where Ismael has been awarded the program fellowship this semester, focusing the core of his research on Saudi food security. Most recently, Ismael was chosen to compete in the 16th annual London International Model United Nations conference as part of a team of 12 students from the United Nations Association at UCF. There he represented the Sudan in the League of Arab States, this being the first year that the committee was simulated in Arabic. Ismael is currently also working on the capstone project for his Latin American Studies degree which will discuss the concerns over the newly proposed Nicaragua Canal and the opportunities it presents to that country.