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Comment by Monica Solano on January 20, 2013 at 9:43am

Hello everyone, my name is Monica and I am from Colombia, I'm here to improve my English and make new friends.  have a great day.

Comment by Marah Emad Karablieh on January 13, 2013 at 9:21am

a Discrimination Policy in YES Program Instructions

Dear Sir/Madam

I hope you’re good. I’m writing this blog to share my story with you. So, first of all, I’d like to introduce myself.

   I’m Marah Karablieh, a regular teenager in 9^th grade, I’m from Amman- Jordan, it’s a very beautiful small country in the Middle East.  I get the highest degrees in my class & I’m the student who you ask when you don’t understand something.

   YES program (Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program) has been my dream since years, I’ve been imagining myself in America with brand new friends, family, house & school; living the experience of my life, something that will last in my memories for lifetime.

   Now that I’m in 9^th grade, I’ve been visiting AMIDEAST website daily, waiting for them to announce about applying YES 2013-14. And they did in November 7 –it was my birthday- I was so happy & hurried up to fill the pre-application forum, but I was surprised that my birth date should be 1/1/1998 – 31/7/1998, in the last year, the applicant should be born between 1/1/1997 - 31/7/1997. In the next year, the eligible student should be born between 1/1/1999 – 31/7/1999. It was clear that teenagers who were born in months August- December have no chance to get involved. This is discrimination & I think it won’t be accepted by a U.S. citizen beside it’s against equity.

   My dream crashed in front of my eyes, I was miserable. After I had thought that all what I chased for was just a stupid idea “how can I go to America anyway”, I thought why this unfair requirement? My English degree was 98.5% last year, my average was 98%, all my life is around English, all what I wanted is living an American life, and learning their culture, but just because I was born in November, I shall not live my dream. I accept to be rejected by YES program because of failing in the SLEP test or the interview but not because of my birthday.

   I visited AMIDEAST website & read what requirements in other countries were, in Lebanon, for example, teenagers who have a birth date between September 1, 1996 and August 1, 1998 can apply for the scholarship, in Morocco, between August 1st, 1996 and August 1st, 1998  & in Tunisia, July 5th, 1997 and December 9th, 1998, they’re all have opportunities. So, why in Jordan, it doesn’t work the same? Why restricting only 7 months? There’s no reason for restriction. Why intelligent students who were born after July 31^st can’t be exchange students?

   I submitted the pre-application on time ignoring that I'm an eligible applicant "as they allege" and waited until they announced on their website that they were accepting the finale applications. I filled the application completely and submitted it on time, the customer service employee wondered why I didn't take a test,  that's because they didn't call me, because I'm eligible. They accepted the application but I'm afraid they'd ignore me AGAIN.

   I want YES badly, I’m pretty sure it will be the greatest thing happen in my entire life. Its sign is"Say yes toYES" but the reality is "I say yes to YES but YES says no to me".

   I hope you understand me & get the point, may be help me ,either by lobbying and convincing AMIDEAST-Jordan to change their discrimination instructions in YES program or contact me if you have any idea what I can do next: marah_k1998@yahoo.com

   Thank you for reading, have a nice day.

   Sincerely,   Marah

Comment by moctar mohamed ali on January 8, 2013 at 3:56pm

I dont speak Inglish this is my problem in sit www.connect.state.gov

Comment by Samira Gasimova on October 13, 2012 at 9:24am

Hi Jaisha! I'm from Azerbaijan and 15 years old..I wanna say that I'm really impressed and wish health to Malala.God bless her....Sincerely Samira

Comment by Jaisha Syeda on October 13, 2012 at 7:36am

Hello everyone,

As you may all know about Malala Yousufzai. A 14-year old girl from Swat, Pakistan who used to write a blog on BBC under a pen name against the atrocities of Taliban regime in the Northern areas of Pakistan especially condemning Taliban's violent attempts at putting a stop to girls' education in Pakistan by burning female schools and destroying them through bombing. Malala was a runner-up for International Children's Peace Prize and also has been awarded national peace prize by government of Pakistan. On Oct 9th, Malala was shot by Taliban in an assassination attempt. She is currently fighting for her life and is in a very critical condition. 

Can some of you write a message for her below this post, wishing for her to get well soon or how she's a symbol of bravery and women empowerment for the girls across the globe or anything else? YES alumni Pakistan would be running a campaign on Sunday to show our support for her and for that I would be needing messages from all across the globe to be published on our website youthvoicesinternational.com. Your response will be highly appreciated. Please mention your full name, age and country below your message. Thank you all.

Comment by maruliana sitanggang on September 21, 2012 at 12:57am

hi,. my nick name Ana..NIce to be friend with you all. By this group, I want practice my english and develop it. :) thanks

Comment by Yousra Safari on September 15, 2012 at 11:04am

Hello everyone 
My name is Yousra from Algeria , I joined this group to develop my English skills .
All the best 

Comment by yousaf khan on August 22, 2012 at 9:45am

Hi everyone 

i'm Yousaf from pakistan. And i am new here, and i joined this group for the sake that it'll help me to improve my english. Can anyone help me..

thankx

Comment by Jaisha Syeda on July 16, 2012 at 2:32am

Hello wonderful people. 

I hope you are doing great and getting to know English more with every passing day. Keep learning and sharing, and your hard work will pay off one day.

Warm regards,

Jaisha

Comment by nazeer on June 15, 2012 at 5:39am

i want to improve my english in written, speaking, and listening, i will be happy if anybody help me.

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