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My experience with Inspire Dreams in the Dheisheh refugee camp in the West Bank in 2011 demonstrated the profound impact an educational opportunity can have on young individuals that are not usually afforded such. Many of the participants in this … Continue reading →

There is a tendency in American pop-culture to view the poor of developing countries with a lens of pity. We see commercials featuring images of malnourished children with sad music playing in the background. The narrator speaks in a somber … Continue reading →

A short flight from Kathmandu to Janakpur on Sunday, June 26 marks the beginning of our first lengthy excursion into the field to conduct research. Being perched among the clouds with a cascade of mountains in the distance was surreal. … Continue reading →

In the summer of 2011, following my sophomore year of high school, I returned to the West Bank for only the second time since immigrating to the United States, and for the first time in nearly nine years. During this … Continue reading →