My Exchange Experience

Shaping a Brighter Future: Kamran Khan’s Access Program Journey

PUAN EDITOR

August 18, 2023

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Shaping a Brighter Future: Kamran Khan’s Access Program Journey

By: Shehneela Mazhar Introducing Kamran Khan, affectionately known as ‘Kamran Adam Khel’. Hailing from FATA FR Kohat, Kamran, has graduate with a degree in mass communication. Kamran shares that his academic life was enriched through the English Access Micro scholarship program at FATA University, a program sponsored by the US ...

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Persistence Guarantees that Results are Inevitable, Tells Mehwish Abbasi’s Story of Life

PUAN EDITOR

July 13, 2022

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Persistence Guarantees that Results are Inevitable, Tells Mehwish Abbasi’s Story of Life

An inspiring story becomes extremely valuable when it contains real life experiences and in connection to this, we are sharing with you today an inspiring story of our International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumna Mehwish Abbasi. She is an accomplished journalist and peerless writer who works in areas of women’s ...

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Wali Applies Learning from Exchange Program to Reshape Lives

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January 26, 2021

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Wali Applies Learning from Exchange Program to Reshape Lives

Abdul Wali Khan hails from Hundrap, a far-flung mountainous village of district Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan. Currently, he is pursuing his doctoral studies (Doctor of Policy Studies) at Lingnan University Hong Kong. Before joining the doctoral program, Mr. Khan has served as a teacher and headteacher for more than 10 years in ...

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Virtual Reception of IVLP Alumni ‘My IVLP Moment’ Concludes

PUAN EDITOR

December 10, 2020

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Virtual Reception of IVLP Alumni ‘My IVLP Moment’ Concludes

With over 225,000 International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) alumni, each had a story to tell and had become a “face” of exchange, the theme of our 80th anniversary celebration. On December 9th, the #FacesOfExchange initiative came to a close with a virtual reception and storytelling workshop tilted, “My IVLP Moment.” ...

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Alumni Success: Danielle Sharaf – Inspiring Young Entrepreneurs

PUAN Editor

November 25, 2018

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Alumni Success: Danielle Sharaf – Inspiring Young Entrepreneurs

“Pakistan is a country where I, as a woman from a minority community, have been able to make a dent in the male dominated tech world without discrimination” Whether representing Pakistan in the United States or working on communicative technological innovations, Danielle Sharaf knows what a successful role model ...

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First Person: My Impressions of a Never-Ending Journey

PUAN EDITOR

January 25, 2018

11 min read

First Person: My Impressions of a Never-Ending Journey

The following is a heartfelt post by Fulbright alumna, Amna Yameen, describing her journey as a Pakistani, Muslim student in the U.S. on a Fulbright scholarship. She returned in 2016 with a Master’s degree in Human Resource Development from the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. Love. That is the first word ...

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Madiha’s Tale of Taste and Technology in Silicon Valley

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December 27, 2017

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Madiha’s Tale of Taste and Technology in Silicon Valley

Madiha Hamid traveled to the United States on a U.S. government-funded program to attend the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in the Silicon Valley, California. She is a tech-entrepreneur by profession and runs her own ventures.We recently sat down with Madiha for a conversation while enjoying a plate of biryani, prepared ...

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Turbat to America: Shazia’s Unforgettable Journey

PUAN EDITOR

December 11, 2017

8 min read

Turbat to America: Shazia’s Unforgettable Journey

Shazia Akhter Baloch is a Human Rights Activist and a Teacher from Turbat, Balochistan. She participated in the Teaching Excellence and Achievements (TEA) program through which she visited the United States. The following is her story as an exchange participant in the United States where she experienced a completely new ...

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TechWomen: Inside my Journey to Silicon Valley

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November 28, 2017

6 min read

TechWomen: Inside my Journey to Silicon Valley

The following is a heartfelt post by Zahra Andleeb, describing her journey as a Pakistani, Muslim participant in the United States for the TechWomen 2017. Zahra was a part of the first-ever cohort to represent Pakistan at Tech Women. It all started with the email, “Congratulations! You have been ...

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First Person: Broadening Horizons at UC Berkeley

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October 24, 2017

8 min read

First Person: Broadening Horizons at UC Berkeley

Abdul Wahid Khan, a Kennedy-Lugar Youth and Exchange Study (YES) program 2011-12 alumnus, has just returned from the United States, where, he attended summer school at the University of California (UC Berkeley) which was partially sponsored by the U.S. Mission in Pakistan. He spent a busy month studying ecology and society; ...