Underage Moroccan girls married off with judges' consent
Salima Dakani is just one of many young girls married under the legal age of consent in Morocco, about twice as many as 10 years ago.
View ArticleOnes to Watch | Jelena Bulajic
Jelena Bulajic, a young Serbian artist, is already making a big splash with her gigantic, incredibly detailed images of aging faces.
View ArticleMorocco's young entrepreneurs face barriers
A lack of an entrepreneurship culture is among key challenges facing young entrepreneurs in Morocco.
View ArticleAnother shore: Morocco's child migrants
When there is no school or work, migration presents a literal way out, even for the country's children.
View ArticleSIT Study Abroad Mongolia Program Named One of the Most Adventurous
Go Abroad just included SIT Study Abroad's Mongolia: Geopolitics and the Environment program, which features a homestay in a rural nomadic community, in its list of the Top 5 Most Adventurous Study...
View ArticleSara Rahim: Champion for Interfaith Dialogue
SIT Study Abroad Morocco alumna Sara Rahim is dedicated to promoting mutual understanding between people of different faiths and cultures and finding ways individuals from different backgrounds can...
View ArticleUniv. Of Alabama Student Brings Peers To Serbia To Give Them The World
Looking to share his own transformational experience traveling in Serbia as a high schooler, University of Alabama student Aaron Brazelton is pioneering an undergraduate exchange with the University of...
View ArticleIn Morocco, Illegitimate Children Struggle for Rights
Children born out of wedlock in Morocco can face life-long discrimination and many difficulties, including obtaining government documents to prove they exist. Lauren Kopchik and Rachel Woolf filed this...
View ArticleWhy the Future of American Intellectualism Depends on Study Abroad
SIT Study Abroad Argentina student Jordan Houston writes about how spending time abroad helps young people expand their worldview, better understand other cultures, and build relationships with people...
View ArticlePreparing Students for the World
Priscilla Stone, SIT Study Abroad vice provost, explains how experiential and reflective study abroad programs will help US students build the skills and outlooks of global citizens.
View ArticleAgents of Change: Why visit Serbia? Aaron Brazelton's Serbia Fellowship...
World Learning alumnus Aaron Brazelton is leading a program to send fellow students from the University of Alabama to Serbia for a partnership exchange with the University of Nis to promote mutual...
View ArticleWhy One Iraqi Youth Turned Away From Violence
After being shot outside his Baghdad home at age 17, Dr. Al-Nasir Bellah Al-Nasiry could have chosen to seek revenge and continue the cycle of violence in his community. Instead he chose to be a...
View ArticleVermont Students Survive Earthquake in Nepal
SIT Study Abroad students were among those in Nepal when the earthquake struck. Laurie Black, dean of external relations and enrollment management, said all are accounted for and safe. SIT is in the...
View ArticleAging Adventurer Runs and Runs – To Show He Still Can
Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who has been called the “greatest living explorer,” competed in the most recent Morocco ultramarathon at age 71. Ben Bartenstein filed this profile on him while on the SIT Study...
View ArticleChildren affected by HIV/AIDS to benefit from $8-million programme
In partnership with the US Agency for International Development, World Learning is implementing a $70,000 grant assistance program in Jamaica to provide children affected by HIV/AIDS with...
View ArticleSIT Alumnus Returns to Uganda to Study Microfinance
SIT alumnus Jacob Eichengreen is returning to Uganda on a Fulbright Program scholarship to test a new lending model that would encourage vertical integration in local economies.
View ArticleUrban Prep Student From Chatham 'Ecstatic' After Winning Trip to India
Chicago high school-student Dominic Smith was "ecstatic" and "grateful" to find out he'd been selected to participate in World Learning's new Experiment Leadership Institute to India this summer...
View ArticleBeloved Cheesemaker’s Cart A Secret Moroccan Treat
Abdelatif Reda's cheese cart is an institution in the Rabat medina, drawing customers from all over town and even other cities. Zoë Hue and Eloise Schiefrdecker filed this report while on the SIT Study...
View ArticleMcDaniel student survives Nepal earthquake, prompts fundraising effort
SIT Study Abroad Nepal student Leigh Brownell discussed her experience during the country's devastating earthquake last month and how she and others are fundraising to support the relief efforts.
View ArticleWorld Learning Alumna Prepares to Return to Iraq After Studying in the US
Shan Sherwan Hussein, an alumna of the Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program, spent three years at the University of Southern Indiana earning an undergraduate degree in economics and a Master of...
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