Tag - Fatima Farheen Mirza

Scholarships

As announced earlier, the Merit and Collegiate scholarship application window will open December 9, 2019, and will close January 21, 2020. Funds have been...

Merit Scholarship Essay Prompts

The prompts for the Merit Scholarships have been published. NEHS members interested in applying for this category must have read the 2020 Common Reader, A...

Merit Scholarships

Prompts for the Merit Scholarship essays based on the 2019 Common Reader, A Place for Us, by Fatima Farheen Mirza, will be posted on November 4, 2019. Seniors...

Approaches to the Common Reader

A Place for Us rose to the top of the suggested texts for a range of reasons: it is contemporary; it addresses current, very real, societal issues; using it...

2020 Common Reader Selected

After considering a long list of books recommended by many NEHS Advisors, the Advisory Council has selected A Place for Us, award-winning novel by Fatima...

Common Reader Selections for 2019-2020

The Advisory Council currently is considering the following books as we move toward the selection of the Common Reader(s) for the 2019-2020 Merit scholarships...