Author - Waleed Tariq

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News • Photography

Mall Memorial Honors Victims Of Pakistani School Attack...

December 20, 2014

by Waleed Tariq

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Analysis • News

U.S. Aid To Pakistan: No Simple Approach

January 29, 2014

by Waleed Tariq

KARACHI, Pakistan – While the right-wing political forces of the country under the leadership of...

Perspective

Eagerly Casting My Ballot In Pakistan’s History-Making...

May 11, 2013

by Waleed Tariq

KARACHI, Pakistan – National elections are today in Pakistan and it will be the country’s first...

News

Pakistani Health Officials Say Vaccines Are Key To Combating...

January 6, 2013

by Waleed Tariq

KARACHI, Pakistan – A deadly measles outbreak is killing children in Pakistan. The outgoing year...

Fix • News

Global Intellectuals Call For Movement Through Social Sciences...

December 3, 2012

by Waleed Tariq

Waleed Tariq / youthjournalism.org The conference audience included journalists, activists...

Fix • News

Pakistanis Discuss Role Of Media On Society

May 19, 2012

by Waleed Tariq

By Waleed Tariq Correspondent YouthJournalism International KARACHI, Pakistan – Pakistani actors...

News

Pakistan’s Politics Hang On Judges’ Ruling

April 24, 2012

by Waleed Tariq

KARACHI, Pakistan – Pakistan’s political turmoil further intensified on Tuesday when the Supreme...

Environment • News

How The World’s Youth Celebrate Earth Day

April 21, 2012

by Tasman Anderson, Daniel Gilbert Bwette, Mariechen Puchert, Evangeline Han, Pushkal Shivam, Edrees Kakar, Arooj Khalid, Waleed Tariq, Narine Daneghyan, Caroline Nelissen, Ameni Mathlouthi, Mary Majerus-Collins, Eli Winter, Tamar Gorgadze, Jason Soltys, Roohani Deshpande, Alexandria Garry, Chaewon Kim, Tom Moon, Eric Kim, Joanne Park, Jason Sung

Young people around the globe who observe Earth Day shut off appliances, plant trees and try to...

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The World is Watching is YJI's important ongoing series of commentary on the American election from students outside the U.S. It includes thoughts from Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Morocco, Nigeria and Ecuador. Start with one and read the rest: www.youthjournalism.org/from-turkey-u-s-election-may-encourage-or-erode-global-democracy/ ...

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America and Trump are one and the same, according to YJI writer Bilge Nur Guven of Istanbul. In the latest installment of our ongoing series, "The World is Watching," she warns that the outcome of the U.S. election will impact new or struggling democracies all over the world - for good or ill. "Given its unique power in world affairs, any event in the U.S. has an incredibly large ripple effect all around the globe," she wrote. Read it all: www.youthjournalism.org/from-turkey-u-s-election-may-encourage-or-erode-global-democracy/ ...

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YJI Reporter Zurie Pope takes a look at the influence of religion - or lack of influence - on voters in his small Ohio town: www.youthjournalism.org/in-a-tiny-ohio-town-does-religion-matter-to-voters/ ...

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"In my eyes, I grew up at the polls. I lived for the day of the first Tuesday in November that was known as Election Day to get that sticker. It was that simple.
Little did I realize or understand as a young child the real importance of that date and that sticker," wrote YJI's Norah Springborn from Pekin, Illinois. Check out her piece and even her guinea pigs sporting the coveted stickers. www.youthjournalism.org/watching-my-parents-vote-taught-me-what-it-really-means/ ...

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"When Trump did end up winning the election, I remember being shocked but not thinking much about it. Fifth grade me didn’t fully comprehend how the U.S. election could affect my life," writes Chuying Huo from Ontario, Canada. She's not a little kid anymore and now she really cares about what happens in the American election. Read the fifth installment in our "The World is Watching" series of commentary on the U.S. election from YJI students outside the U.S. Each piece contains links to the others. Dig in!https://www.youthjournalism.org/from-canada-were-counting-on-you-america/ ...

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