Category - Illustrations

by Parnian Shahsavary

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Government must keep its hands off the hijab

August 7, 2020

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by Salma Amrou

Suffolk, Virginia, U.S.A. – In the midst of a pandemic, our bodies have not just become a...

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Lebanon needs our support

August 5, 2020

by Eya Labidi

BAHRAIN – After Tuesday’s horrible explosion rocked Beirut, killing more than 100 people and...

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Do you stand for equality?

August 1, 2020

by Parnian Shahsavary

Emma Watson said, “If you stand for equality then you’re a feminist.” Do you...

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She lived for summer, but coronavirus took it away

July 31, 2020

by Eya Labidi

BAHRAIN – I’ve spent every summer of my life with my grandparents in my homeland of Tunisia. Even...

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Stop expecting young women to be insecure

July 29, 2020

by Aileen Cevallos, Parnian Shahsavary

Quito, Ecuador – I am sure every teenage girl will relate to this image: you and your friends are...

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How a child sees disease: meet the covid monster

July 26, 2020

by Salma Amrou

Suffolk, Virginia, U.S.A. – Toddlers and preschoolers are a force to be reckoned with. Perhaps the...

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Dreaming of travel, but grounded by covid

July 15, 2020

by Hannah Cochrane

Macclesfield, UK – Before the outbreak of covid-19 – and depending on your passport and bank...

Youth Journalism International updated their cover photo.

8 hours ago

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/ ...

8 hours ago

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/ ...

10 hours ago

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/ ...

1 day ago

"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/ ...

1 week ago

"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/ ...