The U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi today honored three women from the United Arab Emirates for their participation in a U.S. Department of State-sponsored fellowship program, designed to promote legal and business training and employment opportunities for women from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Ms. Raghda Shaheen of the Dubai International Financial Center, Ms. Noura Al Sarraj of the InterPublic Group , and Ms. Sarah Rafeh of the Research Triangle Institute participated in the 2009 Legal and Business Fellowship Program (LBFP), sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI).