EducationUSA Events & Outreach

Story Submissions Highlight Immense Creative Talent of Pakistan’s Youth

EducationUSA Pakistan held its seventh annual Creative Writing Contest for students aged 16 to 19 this summer. Over 240 high schoolers from across the country participated by submitting original works of fiction on one of the following prompts: Write a story about a never-seen-before magical object that turns up along ...
Continue Reading
EducationUSA

Team EducationUSA Pakistan Takes D.C. and Albuquerque

This summer, EducationUSA advisers Maryam Khan and Ayesha Siddiqi attended the EducationUSA Forum and the International Association for College Admission Counseling (IACAC)’s 2022 conference respectively. EducationUSA Forum The annual forum was held in Washington D.C. from August 2 to August 4. The program included concurrent information sessions, a global showcase, ...
Continue Reading
EducationUSA Events & Outreach Features

Checkmate by Emaan Aqil Abbasi

It was a day that raised the hairs on the back of my neck. A fresh current of wind toyed with the tresses escaping my braid, lifting them up and making them whip my face like a possessed entity. It was particularly picturesque, with wisps of clouds extrapolating the overall ...
Continue Reading
EducationUSA Events & Outreach Features

Dreams of Stardust by Meeral Umar

Yalina was fading into the murky gloom of shifting dreams when she heard her grandsons shout with childish delight. In a state of ebbing pain, she did not particularly cherish the idea of leaving the comfort of her battered charpai, but she had little or no choice. Groaning as she ...
Continue Reading
EducationUSA Events & Outreach Features

First Place Entry by Zainab Khan

I was fifteen. A child at heart, but mature in body, as I’d been told by the swarms of village women who stopped by our home all too often, to offer condolences for the passing of my mother. They always arrived armed with grand garlands of roses, large, earthenware pots ...
Continue Reading