JEDDAH: Effat University hosted on Saturday a meeting between students from Harvard and Effat universities. “The meeting was a major success. Both sides shared their opinion about politics, religion, education and many more,” said Amal Al-Refai, public relations manager at Effat University.

“What made this meeting even more interesting was that our students gave them a presentation at the beginning of the meeting explaining how a Saudi student spends her day between home and school. With that they started their discussion." The meeting was organized by the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education jointly coordinated with the Royal Embassy in Washington.

“I was extremely impressed with the priority that the Kingdom has placed on education," said Matt, one of Harvard students. "This investment will pay large dividends for Saudi Arabia. In particular, the attention being paid to developing science and technology skills will place your country in a strong position as the world moves toward a knowledge economy.”

Effat University students were very excited to have met students from Harvard.

“I felt that they were really excited to know more about our culture, especially when they asked us about our hijab. We, on the other hand, were eager to answer their questions as

if we were waiting for the questions to be asked,” said Heba Al-Saggaf, an Effat University student.

"I always felt that we knew about their society more than they knew about ours. That is why it was easier for us to understand their culture and why we had almost no questions to ask them."