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 .

image of Dana

Arabic

Alumni Update: American Abroad Student of the Month – Dana in Morocco

Dana, NSLI-Y Arabic alumna and former American Abroad Student of the Month, shares an update on how Arabic and regional studies has impacted her career and on her upcoming move to Algeria with Fulbright.
A banner image that reads "summer highlights: communtiy service part two" and is placed over an image of a group of students cleaning up an area

Global

Summer Highlights: Community Service, Part 2

Community service is an important component to all NSLI-Y programs. Community service allows NSLI-Y scholars to build relationships with and give back to their ...
an image of a Moroccan tagine and fruit

Arabic

Finding Comfort in Food Abroad

Diana Pham is from Chicago, IL and participated in the 2017 Morocco summer program. Throughout my summer in Morocco, I loved eating all the tajines...
Image of Shraddha posing next to a sign that says "Rue Hind"

Arabic

I Would Go Again in A Heartbeat

Shraddha is from Round Rock, TX and participated in the 2017 Jordan summer program. When I saw the NSLI-Y challenge for International Education Week, the quest...
An image of two Moroccan summer participants next to the title "summer highlights"

Global

Summer Highlights: Alumni Interactions with Current Participants

NSLI-Y Interactive not only describes the name of our blog, but also the sense of culture within the NSLI-Y community. NSLI-Y alumni interact with the community...
An image of the NSLI-Y Rabat cohort together and smiling

Arabic

Friendship and Cross-cultural Understanding through NSLI-Y

Michael is an alumnus of the 2017 summer Arabic program in Rabat, Morocco. He is originally from Leawood, Kansas. Last summer, for six weeks I studied Arabic in...
Banner image with the title "NSLI-Y Summer Hihglights: twenty first century skills"

Global

Summer Highlights: Developing 21st Century Skills, Part 1

Whether through public speaking, research projects, or global cooperation and diplomacy, NSLI-Y participants are constantly developing skills to advance interna...
Image that reads "alumni spotlight" Patrick Deem"

Arabic

Patrick Deem: Entering the Global Market through the Arabic Language

In 2009, Patrick Deem spent an academic year in Egypt on the NSLI-Y program. His interest in the Middle East grew from a combination of factors. Patrick's gra...
image of nsli-y students over the image "nsliy summer highlights"

Global

Summer Highlights: Increasing Mutual Understanding Through Local Friendships, Part 1

As an immersive language program, NSLI-Y helps American youth become part of local communities abroad. As a result, long-lasting friendships are made. These fri...