Stories

The NSLI-Y program languages include Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Indonesian, Hindi, Korean, Persian (Tajiki), Russian and Turkish. Listed below are all multimedia stories written, and shared by NSLI-Y students, alumni, partners, and supporters. These stories include all NSLI-Y program languages and are ordered chronologically from the most recent post.

Alumni and current students, join the conversation by submitting your own story.

Click on a language below to see stories and media related to a specific NSLI-Y program language:

Displaying Arabic stories from .

NSLI-Y Jordan Cohort poses together in front of a mountainous view

Arabic

Reflecting on My Time in Jordan

Kate is from Norfolk, VA and participated in the Jordan Summer 2017 program. Looking back, the application process for NSLI-Y went by in a flash; before I knew ...
An image of a plate of couscous

Arabic

A Mistake Turned Life Lesson

Lillian is from Fargo, ND and participated in the Morocco Academic Year 2017-2018 program. In late November of 2017, I found myself huddled with two of my frien...
An image of the NSLI-Y Morocco cohort looking out over a mountain towards to the blue city of Chefchaouen

Arabic

Bonding Through the World Cup

Aidan is from Drexel Hill, PA and participated in the Morocco Summer 2018 program. Traveling to another country for an extended period of time is hard in any si...
A banner with the text "Summer highlights: Community service: Working with Youth" overlayed over a blurred photo of a NSLI-Y cohort volunteering

Global

Summer Highlights Community Service: Working with Youth

Community Service related highlights from the 2018 NSLI-Y Summer programs!
Banner image that reads "Summer highlights: 21st century skills Part 1" and is overlayed over blurred photos from NSLI-Y cohorts

Global

Summer Highlights: 21st Century Skills (Part 1)

Highlights showcasing the 21st Century skills NSLI-Y students developed during the 2018 NSLI-Y Summer programs.
Banner image that reads "Summer highlights: Events with local peers" and is overlayed over a photo of someone feeding a giraffe

Global

Summer Highlights: Events with Local Peers (Part 1)

Tour of the City with Language Partners NSLI-Y students took a self-guided tour of the city with their language partners as part of a scavenger hunt. Students ...
Image of the NSLI-Y cohort in class

Arabic

Looking to the Future

Tanya is from Irving, TX and participated in the 2018 Arabic summer program in Jordan. I was always fascinated by Ancient Egypt since childhood and in 2013 when...
An image of Allan in Morocco

Arabic

Alumni Spotlight: Allan

Allan is from Burke, VA and participated in the Arabic program in Morocco. At school, Allan sat next to a girl from Morocco and learned about the diversity and ...
CJ posing with a friend in front of a door with intricate designs

Arabic

Alumni Spotlight: C.J.

C.J. is from Albuquerque, NM and participated in the Arabic programs in Egypt and Morocco. There is a saying in the NSLI-Y community that, "you are just one C...