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Ephesus, a city of breathtaking ruins

November 27, 2022

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by Regina López, Mary Majerus-Collins

Ephesus, TÜRKIYE – After a whole day of walking around what used to be the great city of Ephesus it...

Global Conference in Istanbul, 2022 • Reporter's Notebook • Top • Travel

Watch out for Türkiye’s evil eye

November 27, 2022

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by Norah Springborn, Sreehitha Gandluri

ISTANBUL – From the moment our flights touched down in Istanbul, the blue evil eye was everywhere...

Global Conference in Istanbul, 2022 • Perspective • Top • Travel

Foreigners can help you appreciate the beauty of your own country

November 27, 2022

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by Naz Mergen, Lina Köksal, Regina López

SEA OF MARMARA – The ferry is a common form of transportation which is used a lot in Istanbul to go...

Global Conference in Istanbul, 2022 • Perspective • Top • Travel

Immerse yourself in other cultures to deepen your understanding

November 27, 2022

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by Holly Hostettler-Davies, Parnian Shahsavary

YJI students Sreehitha Gandluri and Norah Springborn from the United States, Naz Mergen from...

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A 500-year-old Turkish bath, or hammam, serves people the...

November 25, 2022

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by Erin Timur, Mary Majerus-Collins

ISTANBUL – Passed down from one generation to the next, the tradition of Turkish baths, hammam...

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The rock of Istanbul is its Archeological Museum

November 25, 2022

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by Norah Springborn

ISTANBUL – Blown away, I stood in awe of how the Istanbul Archeological Museum was so much more...

Global Conference in Istanbul, 2022 • Perspective • Top • Travel

Making friends, gaining confidence

November 25, 2022

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by Naz Mergen, Lina Köksal

ISTANBUL – I‘ve always been a person who was afraid to meet people. I always thought they wouldn’t...

Global Conference in Istanbul, 2022 • Perspective • Top • Travel

Finding so much in common and why I’ll never eat Iranian...

November 25, 2022

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by Parnian Shahsavary, Norah Springborn, Regina López

ISTANBUL – My Turkish friend İpek Eser and I were getting simit, a bread in the shape of a circle...

Youth Journalism International

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We're thankful today and every day for our amazing students and our incredible supporters. Happy Thanksgiving! May your hearts be full. Illustration by the talented Christine Marinho, a Senior Illustrator with YJI from Houston, Texas. <3 ... See MoreSee Less

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Youth Journalism International

5 days ago

If you are at least 21 and love rare, delicious bourbon, this auction to benefit YJI is for you! It's a full "Weller Flight" from the generous folks at Buffalo Trace Distillery. Bidding is open now through mid-day Sunday. Tell your fellow bourbon lovers, please and hurry! ... See MoreSee Less

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Youth Journalism International

6 days ago

We are beyond proud of a wonderful YJI alum, Arooj Khalid, who is working to advance education for girls. She's featured in a new book by the Malala Fund, which is cool, and she's on the cutting edge of a much-needed worldwide effort to seek equal education for both sexes, which is even more cool.Anyway, read about her in a new story by YJI's Holly Hostettler-Davies. Here's an excerpt and link:Arooj Khalid realized that although both of her parents wanted her and her brothers to go to good schools and be good students, the expectations that they had for their daughter were different from those they had for their sons.Khalid said she was expected to have a good education and then find a good husband, whereas her brothers were expected to use their good education to secure them successful careers.This was when she first started to realize the differences in gender norms, especially when it comes to education. After visiting schools in the United States, Khalid saw how teachers teach and how the curriculums in other countries worked, making her feel a “deep sense of deprivation.”She realized that the good education she got in Pakistan was not even a good education compared to the education in other countries. “Even though I went to really good schools, I felt like something really huge had been taken away from me,” she said.Since her education, Khalid has been working to create a more gender-equal society – and a better education system for girls particularly, in Pakistan. “I wanted to do something for the students as I felt something had been taken away from me and I felt I still had a better chance of gaining it, somehow,” she said, sharing her motivations behind her work for girls education. youthjournalism.org/her-passion-for-girls-education-earned-her-a-spot-in-malalas-new-book/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Youth Journalism International

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Congratulations to YJI alum Janani Ramachandran, newly elected to the city council in Oakland, California! ... See MoreSee Less

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