2017

U.A.E. Embassy - Cultural Division

Inside this issue:

UAE National Day 46 Flag Day

UAE Students Forum 2017 Future Leaders Forum

Students Achievements Excellent students

and more ...

Newsletter

Message From The Cultural Attaché

UAE National Day

Our Embassy celebrated UAE’s 46th National Day, hosted by Am-bassador Yousef Al Otaiba, highlighting how the UAE and US are “United in Prosperity” and working together to deepen trade and economic relations for the mutual benefit of UAE and USA

UAE Commemoration Day

Honoring our heroes who have given the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country in pursuit of securing peace and prosper-ity, Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba led diplomats and staff in a mo-ment of silence in observation of UAE Commemoration Day.

Flag Day

Diplomats and staff of our Embassy in Washington, DC celebrated Flag Day on 11/02/2017 by raising our flag, a symbol of unity, strength, loyalty and in honor of past and present leaders and citizens who sacrificed in the pursuit of peace and prosperity.

UAE Students’ Forum 2017

Our Embassy in Washington organized the 8th Annual UAE Students' Fo-

rum, from November 23 to 25, 2017 in the presence of Sheikh Sultan bin

Hamdan bin Zayed, Al Nhyan, Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed bin Zayed AL

Nhyan, Sheikh Mohammed bin Tahnoon AL Nhyan, as well as Dr. Ahmed

Bahloul the Minister of State for Higher Education, Sara Al Amiri the Min-

ister of State for Advanced Science and Ohoud Al Roumi, Minister of State

for Happiness .

Members of the World Youth Council

Students presented their experience as members of the youth council in

the United States and other countries.

Official Guests from the UAE

Customarily, during the Students Forum, our Embassy hosts nu-

merous of officials from the government and different private sec-

tors in the UAE. They provide opportunity to during the student’s

forum as the students got the to meet with them from different

public and private sectors, who provided job opportunities to our

students through the job fair. The forum also encourages students

to strive for educational achievement and develop perseverance .

UAE Students Forum 2017

Future Leaders Forum

The Future Leaders Forum was hosted in Los Angeles for the third year to bring Emirati students on the West Coast together. The high-level speaker was H. E. Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education.

Ambassador Yousuf Al Otaiba

Promoted to Rank of Minister

Our Embassy supported & participated in Breast Cancer Awareness

Student life in the United States Film

In October and November, the Cultural Division hosted Nahla Al Fahad to produce a video about student life in the United States in an effort to promote study abroad opportunities in the US. With the assistance of the Cultural Division, Ms. Al Fahad was able to visit univer-sities in three Metro areas to interview UAE students and display their lives as international students in the US.

Ms. Al Fahad began in the DC area, where she met students Sultan Salem Almansoori and Mohamed Eissa Almehairbi, two undergradu-ates from American University; Khawla Hasan Alhebsi, a graduate student at George Mason University; Wafa Khamis Alnakhi, a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University; and Ab-duljaleel Saeed Alfaheem, an undergraduate from George Washington University.

She then traveled to Tempe, Arizona and was welcomed by students and staff at Ari-zona State University. There, she interviewed and filmed Abdulrahman Mohamed Al-madani, Mohamed Ebrahim AlNuwais, Abdulla Hamad Alshamsi and Hanan Sami Alhashmi.

Her final stop was to the Los Angeles area, where she got to meet and film Meera Jamal Almidfa, a Master of Fine Arts student studying Directing from the American Film Institute. She had the opportunity to film Ms. Midfa and her team working on their thesis project. She also met with two PhD students studying Leadership: Ebtesam Ali Altenaiji from University of San Diego, who traveled to L.A. to help with the project, and Fatma Juma Alblooshi from Pepperdine University. She also visited the University of Southern California campus and interviewed Abdulla Jasem Alman-soori, a Masters degree student in Computer Science.

What do You Know about Ajman University?

Ajman University located in the Emirate of Ajman. The University was founded

by His Highness Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi on July 17, 1988. The Univer-

sity offers 28 accredited undergraduate programs and 11 graduate programs. The-

se programs are offered through 8 colleges:

College of Mass Communication and Humanities

College of Dentistry

College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

College of Engineering

College of Information Technology

College of Business Administration

College of Law

College of Education and Basic Sciences

Unit of General Studies

The university offers, for its students, community service opportunities, semi-

nars and lectures as well as the opportunity to participate in competitions and

earn awards. As an accredited University, it offers a broad range of academic pro-

grams.

For More Information:

Please visit www.ajman.ac.ae

Email: inquiry@ajman.ac.ae

Thuraiya Alhashmi graduated the last summer from Tufts University, the Fletcher School of Law and Di-plomacy, with a master’s degree in International Business focusing on strategic mana gement and interna-tional consultancy. The cultural Division helped Thuraiya to find a full time job in the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington

(AGSIW) doing research related to gender, economic diversifica-tion, and technology. The exposure she got by working with the institute has helped her grow a professional network in Washington and the Arab Gulf. We advice our students to take advantage of this opportunity to get internship or training program in the U.S. This kind of experi-ence can help students to enhance and strength the knowledge they learned in the classroom.

Thuraiya Alhashmi

The Cultural Division contributes

in Student’s Success Story

نجاح صقص

Mohamed Alhosani graduated from Oregon Tech in June 2017 with a degree in Renewable Energy- Electrical Engineering and minored in Applied Mathematics. He was chosen as the outstanding student of the Electrical Engineering class of 2017. Due to his active participation in the cam-pus life and determination, he was awarded as the most dedicated student Award. Mohamed was also chosen as the winner of the

President's Senior Cup for the College of Engineering, Technology, and Man-agement. He was also helped developing laboratory experiments for one of the electrical classes (Electricity and Magnetism with Transmission Lines), and presented at the ASEE Section Conference along with his advisor.

أ لف مربوك اي محمد...

Mohamed Alhosani

Success Story نجاح صقص

Mohammad Khoori, Ministry of Education scholarship student. He graduated from Arizona State University in Spring 2017 Magna-Cum Laude with a degree in Entre-preneurship. Mohammad is the founder of Vendors.ae, a multi-vendor e-commerce service designed to assist small businesses in the United Arab Emirates. He is try-ing to help small enterprises in carrying out sales and ul-timately developing a stronger online presence. Khoori came up with the startup idea while he was in Dubai. He realized that there is a great need for a platform like Vendors.ae. Now that he achieved part of his goal, Mohammad is planning to announce other services to empower local businesses in the digital era and help their businesses accelerate.

أ لف مربوك اي محمد...

Mohammad Khoori

نجاح صقص

Success Story

Graduation—2017

Graduated Students

Student Name MAJOR Institution Name No.

Abdelrahim Mohamed Saleh Safar Criminology Wilkes University 1

Abdulla Ahmed Alsayegh Business Administration University of Tampa 2

Abdulla Darweesh Mohamed Alremeithi Law Case Western Reserve University 3

Abdulla Ibrahim Khamis Bin Desmal Economic and Finance Northeastern University - Boston 4

Abdulla Mohammed Aldhaheri Finance Michigan State University - East Lansing 5

Abdulla Mohammed Salem Aldhaheri Urban Planning Arizona State University - Tempe 6

Abdulla Nasser Aldarei Finance DePaul University 7

Abdulla Saif Abdulla AlShehhi Mechanical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park 8

Abdulla Salah Mohamed Khoory Marketing Suffolk University 9

Abdulla Sultan Aleryani Finance Michigan State University - East Lansing 10

Abdulla Zayed Almansoori Finance California State University - San Bernardino 11

Abdullah Mohamed Abdulla AlAmoodi Industrial Engineering University of South Florida -Tampa 12

Adil Younis Yousif Al Ansari Mechanical Engineering University of North Carolina - Charlotte 13

Ahmad Sadiq Ahmad Darwish Electrical Engineering University of Colorado - Denver 14

Ahmed Abdulla AlRomaithi Finance Southern Methodist University 15

Ahmed Mohamed Salem Aldhaheri Civil Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe 16

Ahmed Mohammed Saif AlKaabi Information Technology SW Collegiate Institute for the Deaf 17

Ahmed Mubarak Almessabi Mechanical Engineering Robert Morris University - Moon Township 18

Ahmed Saif Alneyadi Finance DePaul University 19

Ahmed Yousif Ahmed Alhammadi Business Administration Barry University - Miami Shores 20

Ali Abdulla Almansoori Finance University of Oregon 21

22 Ayesha Sehamuddin Hussain Galadari Psychology Northeastern University - Boston

ألـــف مــــبروك

Spring

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Graduated Students

Student Name MAJOR Institution Name No.

Eid Rashed Bakheet AlMansoori Translation University of Maryland - College Park 23

Fahad Jasem Mohamed Al Hosani Political Science University of Colorado - Denver 24

Fareed Abdul Rahman Mohamed Al Aulaqi Mechanical Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe 25

Fares Humaid Redha Alansari Banking and Finance San Jose State University 26

Fatheya Ali Sulaiman Al Sharji Law George Washington University 27

Fatima Murad Ali AlMazam Educational Leadership University of Florida 28

Ghanem Suhail Seddiq Alkhoori Finance Suffolk University 29

Hamad Jaffar Suhail Alketbi Business Administration University of Portland 30

Hamad Saeed Abduljalil Alfaheem Business Administration Suffolk University 31

Hamdan Mohamed Abdulla AlMarzooqi Chemical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park 32

Hamed Mohamed Alktebi Finance University of Oregon 33

Hamid Jasim Al Ali Mechanical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park 34

Hind Mohammed Yousuf Alboom International Relations Boston University 35

Khaled Abdul Majeed Al Zubaidi Mechanical Engineering Auburn University 36

Khalid Ali Alremeithi Finance George Washington University 37

Khalid Mohammed Aldhaheri Finance Pennsylvania State University - University Park 38

Khalifa Helal Aida Almazrouei Finance University of Oregon 39

Khamis Mugheer Alkhaili Finance Bentley University 40

Majid Eisa Mohamed AlNuaimi International Relations Boston University 41

Manea Mohammed Saif AL Kaabi Special Education SW Collegiate Institute for the Deaf 42

Mansoor Ibrahim Mohamed Aljanahi Mechanical Engineering Wentworth Institute of Technology 43

44 Mayadah Malallah Almansoori Political Science California State University - Northridge

45 Mohamed Abdalla Ibrahim Al Juwaied Business Administration Texas A & M University - Commerce

ألـــف مــــبروك

Spring

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Graduated Students

Student Name MAJOR Institution Name No.

Mohamed Abdulla Saleh Almenhali Chemical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology - Rochester 46

Mohamed Ahmed M. Alkarbi Engineering Science Tennessee Technological University 47

Mohamed Jasem Mohamed AlHosani Electrical Engineering Oregon Institute of Technology 48

Mohamed Yahya Mohamed Al Seiari Medicine - Internal Medi-cine

Brown University 49

Mohammad Ali Obaid Ali Alhamly Economics Pace University - New York 50

Mohammad Talal Mir Khoori Entrepreneurship Arizona State University - Tempe 51

Mohammed Abdulla Aljaberi Economics University of Oregon 52

Mohammed Jamal Mohamed Ahmed Dentistry Boston University 53

Mohammed Matar Mohammed AL Mheiri Public Administration California State University - San Bernardino 54

Mohammed Rashed Alhamiri Finance University of Richmond 55

Mohammed Saleh Alameri Finance University of Oregon 56

Mohammed Suwaidan Alnuaimi Economics Michigan State University - East Lansing 57

Mubarak Jumaa Ibraheem Alhammadi Mechanical Engineering Gannon University 58

Nader Atiq Mubarak Khamis Bio Medical Engineering Cornell University 59

Noura Abduljabbar Mohamed Al-Ali Medicine - Surgery Cornell University 60

Nujoud Salem Al Eisaei Political Science Northeastern University - Boston 61

Omar Abdulaziz Almutawa International Studies Columbia University in the City of New York 62

Omar Mohammed AlShemeili Medicine - Internal Medi-cine

Cornell University 63

Omar Musallam Mohd Juma Alrizaiqi Business Administration Barry University - Miami Shores 64

Omar Zayed Bakheet AlMuharrami Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Northern Arizona University 65

Rashed Aadel Rashed Al Zaabi Engineering Management Missouri University of Science and Technology 66

67 Rasheed Ayed Muaid Alateibi Project Managment Northeastern University - Boston

68 Rashid Abdullatif Abdulla Al Mulla Finance Suffolk University

ألـــف مــــبروك

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Graduated

No. Student Name MAJOR Institution Name

69 Saeed Ali Mohammed Almansoori Finance University of Oregon

70 Saeed Ali Aljaberi Finance Marquette University

71 Saeed Barqash Alameri Finance University of Oregon

72 Saeed Helal Aldhaheri Finance Bentley University

73 Saeed Matar Mohammed AlMheiri Public Administration California State University - San Bernardino

74 Saeed Saleh Mohammed Alblooshi Mechanical Engineering Florida Institute of Technology

75 Sahar Ahmed Almarzooqi Biology Pennsylvania State University - University Park

76 Saif Mohamed Mohamed Alnaqbi Civil Engineering Portland State University

77 Salim Ali Mohamed Almarzooqi Mechanical Engineering Wright State University

78 Samar Ahmed Al Marzooqi Biology Pennsylvania State University - University Park

79 Sara Mohamadamin Abdulla AlHammadi Organizational Behavior Indiana University - Purdue University - Fort Wayne

80 Sara Salahaldeen Aljanahi Mathematics University of Oregon

81 Shamsa Mohammed Abdulla Basaeed Public Policy University of Southern California

82 Shoaib Ahmad Mohamed Lengawe Finance University of Tampa

83 Shogue Mohammad Hassan Fardan Fashion Design The New School University

84 Sulaiman Faisal Hussain AlMarzooqi Aviation Management Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

85 Sultan Abdulla Juma Al Kaabi Banking and Finance Indiana State University - Terre Haute

86 Sultan Adel Mohamed Belshalat Finance Boston University

87 Sultan Yousef A. Alharmoodi Accounting University of Massachusetts - Boston

88 Tarek Jaber Saeed Almunthari Mechanical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park

89 Tarik Ibrahim Moosa Jamel Mechanical Engineering Colorado State University - Fort Collins

90 Thuraiya Hamad Mohamed Alhashmi International Business Tufts University

91 Yousef Ali Abdulla Al Mansoori Civil Engineering California State University - Northridge

92 Yousuf Mohammed Ahli Management University of San Diego

ألـــف مــــبروك Spring

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17

Badria Almurshidi

Excellent Students

GPA Greater Than 3.8

Nahar AlBudoor

Mohamed AlKhatib Abdalla AlGhfeli

Sara Mualami

Ahmed Alyousuf

Abdullatif Alhashmi Saeed Alameemi Abdulla JAlmansoori

Sarah Alhosani

No Name Term MAJOR_E INST_NAME

1 Abdalla Faisal Abdulla Al-Ali Summer 2017 Mechanical Engineering Auburn University

2 Abdalla Mohamed Ahmed Saif AlGhfeli Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Florida

3 Abdolrahim Mohammad Arjomand Summer 2017 Energy Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park

4 Abdulla Ahmed Ali Alhosani Spring 2017 Accounting University of Tulsa

5 Abdulla Hamad Abdulla Alshamsi Spring 2017 Industrial Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe

6 Abdulla Hassan Abdulrahim Abualhassan Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

7 Abdulla Jasem Ahmed Almansoori Spring 2017 Computer Science University of Southern California

8 Abdulla Saood Mohamed Al Ameri Spring 2017 Chemical Engineering Colorado State University - Fort Collins

9 Abdulrahman Mohamed Almadani Spring 2017 Civil Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe

10 Adil Naushad Nour Hussain Spring 2017 Economic and Finance Columbia University in the City of New York

11 Ahmad Abdulla Habib AlYousuf Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado - Denver

12 Ahmad Najib Mohammad Saleh Ahmad Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe

13 Ahmed Mohammed Khamis AlKaabi Spring 2017 Educational Leadership University of Georgia

14 Ahmed Saleh Salem AlAmeri Spring 2017 Management Barry University - Miami Shores

15 Ali Hussain Ali Muhmel Alhbabi Spring 2017 Political Science Rutgers - State University of New Jersey - Newark

16 Amir Adnan Abdulghaffar Almaimani Spring 2017 Finance Boston College

17 Amir Younis Alansari Spring 2017 Infrastructure and Envi-ronmental Systems

University of North Carolina - Charlotte

18 Ammar Hassan Hamdan AlZaabi Spring 2017 Civil Engineering University of Texas - Arlington

19 Amna Abdulla Nasser AlEaisaei Spring 2017 Educational Leadership Boston University

20 Badreyya Rashed Mohamed AlKhanbooli Spring 2017 Applied Linguistics University of Memphis

21 Badria Hasan Mohamed AlMurshidi Spring 2017 Environmental Science University of South Carolina - Columbia

22 Ebtesam Ali Saif AlTenaiji Spring 2017 Leadership University of San Diego

23 Eisa Abdalla Abdelrahim Alfahim Spring 2017 Finance Suffolk University

24 Eissa Mohamed Jamaan Omar Bamatraf Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina - Columbia

25 Fatima Hassan Ali Mohammed Spring 2017 Finance Kent State University - Kent

26 Fatima Mohammed Abdulrahim Alwari Spring 2017 Strategic Communica-tion

Columbia University in the City of New York

27 Fatma Juma Abbas AlBlooshi Summer 2017 Leadership Pepperdine University

28 Ghadeir Darweish Mohamed Alkindi Spring 2017 English Literature Claremont Graduate University

Excellent Students — GPA > 3.5

Excellent Students — GPA > 3.5

No Name Term MAJOR_E INST_NAME

29 Hamad Ahmed Jasim Mohamed Darwish Spring 2017 Pre-Business Colorado State University - Fort Collins

30 Hamad Jassim Saleh Ahmed Rashid Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado - Denver

31 Hamad Mohammed Ali AlKhoori Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park

32 Hanan Sami Abdulla Alsayed Alhashmi Spring 2017 Urban Planning Arizona State University - Tempe

33 Hassan Nabil Ali Mukhtar Alyousuf Spring 2017 Finance North Carolina State University - Raleigh

34 Humaid Sami Abdulaziz Alkhuwaiter Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina - Columbia

35 Janan Taher Abdulghafour Al Khaja Spring 2017 Public and Global Health

University of California - San Diego

36 Jasem Abdulrahman Jasem AlZaabi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering New York University

37 Khaled Adel Ali M. Al Samri Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering Florida Institute of Technology

38 Khaled Mohammed Khalifa Aldarmaki Spring 2017 Banking and Finance University of Illinois - Chicago

39 Khalid Khalid M. Saleh A. Anwahi Spring 2017 Nuclear Engineering Missouri University of Science and Technol-ogy

40 Khalid Mohamed Ishaq Abushousha Spring 2017 Environmental Engi-neering

Northern Arizona University

41 Khalifa Ali Mohamed Albeshr Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology - Roches-ter

42 Khalifa Mohamed Ali Alhammadi Spring 2017 Electrical & Computer Engineering

Oregon State University - Corvallis

43 Latifa Salem Alketbi Spring 2017 Early Childhood Educa-tion

Florida State University

44 Lemya Saeed Khamis AlHmoudi Spring 2017 Special Education University of Kansas - Lawrence

45 Majid Ahmad Yaqoob Altamimi Spring 2017 Finance University of Tampa

46 Mansour Humaid Saif Saeed Alqemzi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Hartford

47 Mariam Saad Abdulla Saad Al Kobaisi Spring 2017 English Literature Binghamton University - SUNY

48 Marwan Essa Alnoaimi Spring 2017 Finance University of Colorado - Boulder

49 Mohamed Abdulla Mohamed Alkamali Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park

50 Mohamed Ahmed Almusallam Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Portland State University

51 Mohamed Ramadan Alharmoody Spring 2017 Finance Arizona State University - Tempe

52 Mohamed Redha Mohamed AlKhatib Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - University Park

53 Mohammad Hashim Omad Alhashemi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado - Boulder

54 Mohammad Humaid Alqutami Spring 2017 Industrial Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe

55 Mohammad Shafiq Abdulla Galadari Spring 2017 Chemical Engineering University of Washington - Seattle

56 Mohammed Saif Mohammed Alkalbani Spring 2017 Chemical Engineering University of Tulsa

No Name Term MAJOR_E INST_NAME

57 Mohammed Tareq Sharaf Alnuaimi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Vermont

58 Mona Khameis Saif Alshamsi Spring 2017 English Literature Binghamton University - SUNY

59 Nael Akram Odeh Eid Spring 2017 Dentistry Boston University

60 Nahar Khalid AlBudoor Spring 2017 Communication Science and Disorder

University of Texas - Austin

61 Naser Ahmed Saeed Altamimi Spring 2017 Finance Auburn University

62 Omar Ahmed Aidarous Alhabshi Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Colorado State University - Fort Collins

63 Omar Yaqub Yousif Al Ansari Spring 2017 Industrial Electronic Eng. Arizona State University - Tempe

64 Omer Hamed Ali Alsafi Alhashmi Spring 2017 Economics Arizona State University - Tempe

65 Osama Shaker AlBehandy Spring 2017 Law Loyola Marymount University

66 Rashed Essa Abdulfattah Al Mulla Spring 2017 Finance Northeastern University - Boston

67 Saad Ibrahim Saad Yaaqeib Summer 2017 Psychology University of Missouri - Columbia

68 Saeed Khalfan AlNuaimi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering Virginia Tech

69 Saif Ahmad Abdulla Almulla Alshehhi Spring 2017 Pre-Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe

70 Sara Abdulla Ahmed Aljanahi Spring 2017 Medicine - Dermatology Boston University

71 Sara Abdulrahim Muallemi Spring 2017 Aviation Administration Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

72 Sara Salem Musabbeh AlKaabi Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering University of Alabama – Birmingham

73 Sara Wesam Lootah Spring 2017 Sustainable Environmental Design

University of California - Davis

74 Sarah Mohamed Yousif Ali Alansari Spring 2017 Information Technology Arizona State University - Tempe

75 Sarah Salem Mohammed Alhosani Spring 2017 Electrical Engineering Wright State University

76 Sarah Yousuf Abdulla Arif Spring 2017 Chemical Engineering San Jose State University

77 Shahla Mohammed Habib Al Ghareeb

Spring 2017 Psychology University of Colorado - Denver

78 Wadha Hamad Salem AlHanaee Spring 2017 Public Administration Seton Hall University

79 Yousef Waheed Yousef Mohamed Spring 2017 Chemical Engineering Pennsylvania State University - Universi-ty Park

80 Yousif Mohamed Alansari Spring 2017 Mechanical Engineering Arizona State University - Tempe

81 Yousif Yaqoub AlSharif AlHashemi Spring 2017 Management Information System

Virginia Commonwealth University - Richmond

Excellent Students — GPA > 3.5