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About the MIT-ASOWe are young Arab and Arab-American men and women studying engineering, science and management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). We are graduate and undergraduate students with an interest in the Arab world and in working together and with others in pursuing these interests.The MIT Arab Student Organization was formally established in 1958, and gained MIT recognition in January 1961. The MIT Arab Students, however, reportedly seem to have had an active informal student group as early as 1954. Today, the MIT Arab Student Organization (MIT-ASO) is an event-driven student group for members of the MIT community to engage in cultural, social, political and educational activities that encourage dialogue and understanding between the Arab world and the US. Membership in the ASO is open to all MIT graduate and undergaduate students, Faculty, Staff and Alumni who identify with our group's mission and are willing to devote some of their time, skill, and effort to help us achieve our goals. You do not need to speak Arabic or be an Arab to be a member of the ASO. Members need to sign-up to the arab-announce mailing list. There are no membership fees. Our logoThe MIT ASO logo is the primary symbol of our Organization's graphic identity and should be used on all brochures, business cards, stationery, websites, T-shirts and in all ASO publications. The Logo was commissioned by the president of the ASO in June 2004 from the leading Arab artist and master calligrapher Mokhtar Baba.Mokhtar's son Omar Baba is an MIT Alum. The Logo is designed in the Arabic tradition in black, grey and red. Red and grey were adopted and the official MIT school colors in May of 1876. The logo states in a balanced circle of text in the Thuluth script:
Arab Student's Organization "Munazzamat attulaab al-'arab" Massachusetts institute of Technology "jaami'at maasatuusish lil-teknuluujia" 
Under the circle a line of Arabic text in Thuluth states a loose translation of MIT's Latin Motto Mens et Manus: Knowledge and Action "al'ilm wal'amal" Our values:
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