by Zaid Alamarat | 18 Apr 2019 | King's Academy, Middle East, Personal Reflections, Student Posts, Youth Voices
A Jordanian youth reflects on the tangible and intangible objects, the memories and values that he carries with him each day. A pupil’s backpack. (EPA/Pablo Gianinazzi) I carry my black Hawaii Y5 phone. It’s not the newest technology, but it satisfies me. I...
by Souleymane Diallo | 9 Apr 2019 | Africa, African Leadership Academy, History, Student Posts, Youth Voices
The African man is in an impossible situation. He is neither the man before colonialism nor a true Westerner. He is lost in a chasm between two worlds. Hawkers sell patriotic merchandise ahead of Ghana’s 50th anniversary of independence, 2 March 2007. Ghana was the...
by Ella Steinhilber | 8 Apr 2019 | Americas, Education, Europe, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Youth Voices
I’ve spent the past school year studying overseas. It’s given me a new perspective on my own homeland and on the polarization that divides us. A protest against efforts to repeal the U.S. Affordable Care Act, New York, 24 July 24 2017 (EPA/JUSTIN LANE) I...
by My Van | 2 Apr 2019 | Art, Contest winners, Personal Reflections, Student Posts, Westover School, Youth Voices
Everyone prayed I would be a boy. I was born a baby girl. My photographs show how the genders “girl” and “boy” can coexist as they interact. Two figures standing in two doorways in front of a multicolored cyclorama, one figure bathed in green...
by William Mulloy | 13 Feb 2019 | Americas, Indiana University, Student Posts, United States
The plight of these “Lost Boys” didn’t stop after they escaped danger. They’re U.S. citizens today but wrestle with what it means to succeed in America. Sudanese refugee Kuol Deng laughs as he explains how he watches Western movies with his...