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 .

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...
An image of the sun setting in Rabat

Arabic

What I’m Going to Miss

Lillian participated in the Morocco 2017-2018 academic year program. As of today, I have only 2 months left in this amazing country. Now that I've been livi...
An image of Elise in front of a sunset

Arabic

The Beauty of the Struggle

Elise is from Tucker, Georgia and participated in the Morocco Summer 2015 program and the Morocco Academic Year 2017-2018 program. As of today, it has been 186 ...
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Global

Summer Highlights Series - USG Programs

Morocco - YES NSLI-Y Rabat led a session at the YES Inbound Pre-Departure Orientation at the end of their second week. In the picture on the right, NSLI-Y stud...
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Global

NSLI-Y Interactive Summer Highlights: Community Service Abroad [Part 3/3]

Community service continues to shape NSLI-Y participants' interaction with their host country in a manner that transcends spoken language: volunteering. By volu...
A banner that reads Let's talk about food and shows images of food

Arabic

Let's Talk About FOOD

Lillian is from Fargo, North Dakota and currently participates in the 2017-18 Morocco academic year program. As any exchange student knows, food is one of the b...