Author: Kaitlyn Throgmorton

Eiad Alhamed – Have Fun with It! (Arabic, English)

Story taken from interview with Eiad, MBA & MA International Policy & Development, ’18; Written by K.Throgmorton Eiad talks about learning English almost by accident. While his father was teaching his sisters with textbooks and CD programs, Eia…

Adlan – You Never Know What is Best for You (Persian)

  Story by Adlan Margoev, Dual degree NPTS (MIIS/MGIMO), ’18 Since I remember myself, I’ve barely spent a day speaking just one language. My parents come from the Pankisi Gorge, Georgia, where around ten thousand people, called the Kists, have been living for a couple of centuries. Another ten thousand, my family included, live in Russia […]

Madiha Jamal – From Urdu-lish to People-Focused Policy-Making (Urdu)

Madiha grew up listening and speaking Urdu with her parents and older brother. Urdu is a connection for her family to where they come from, her family history and background is rooted in a culture and traditions from a different place. Language is her way of connecting with that culture and family history – it […]

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