By Saif Ur Rehman, YES 2014-2015, Pakistan, hosted by YFU in Ann Harbor, MI I am Saif Ur Rehman, an exchange student from Pakistan. I have been meeting wonderful people and learning a lot about America since the day I arrived. YES has given me so much to be grateful ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah. Asmat Jogezia had found his experience in the journalistic world to be an eye-opener to the realities of the world before him. This time around, when he was joining a diverse group of participants for an interfaith harmony seminar, he was not too sure what to ...
By Aimen Tahir When I was sent to the United States of America for the IVLP Program 2015, I went with many expectations, both good and bad – but I was surprised to find out how wrong I was about the country. To be nominated by the U.S. Embassy for ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah. “Would you call a person disabled if they are unable to read in a room that is pitch black?” Or would that be an external limitation? Can we define what is “normal”? If not, how can we define “disability”? Atif Sheikh, founder of Special Talent Exchange ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah. “Lahore, Lahore, Ae!” (Lahore is Lahore) sums up the colorful cultural vistas of this historic city. Lahore, also known as the “Walled City,” holds vestiges from the Mughal Era, including 6 of the original 13 gates, historic mosques, and magnificent forts. The city’s rich cultural heritage ...
By Mashal Akram. Success is where preparation and opportunity meet. When I came to the United States as a participant of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program (YES), I learned first-hand the true essence of community service. While we had to complete 100 hours of community service as part ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah “For the first five years after my accident, I was bedridden and oblivious; there was no guidance available for a person like me with such a severe disability because of my spinal cord injury.” Fast forward to the present. An independent and self-assured Maria Qureshi was ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah. “Even as a student of business administration, I was aware of what I wanted to do in life: change lives – and not in the cliché term, but with actionable change through policy and legislation.” In this month’s spotlight profile, we document the journey of Afzal ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah Decorated with smiles, chatter, and giggles, the Pakistan-American Cultural Center was alive and full of pleasant nostalgia on the evening of April 16, 2016. Despite the humidity encapsulating Karachi that evening, alumni from across Sindh and Gwadar decided that “the show must go on!” The Sinder ...
By Rimsha Ali Shah. “As an educator from Pakistan’s higher education sector, this symposium has helped me learn the cutting-edge technologies and pedagogies that are out there,” said Tanzeel, an attendee of the first ever international conference for educators in Pakistan. Addressing these key developments in an age of education ...
