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The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program was established in 2002 by the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to provide scholarships for high school students from countries with significant Muslim populations to spend up to one academic year in the U.S. In 2007, YES Abroad was established to provide a similar experience for U.S. students in selected countries.

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Yemeni Student Discovers a Different Side of America on YES Program

Posted August 25, 2010 | 14:45:28 (EST)

Maad Sharaf is a 17 year-old high school student from Aden, Republic of Yemen. He studied in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin during the 2008 - 2009 school year. The YES program is funded by the U.S. Department of State in association with a group of consortium partners, among them AYUSA International. 

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American Student Finds Family in Morocco on YES Abroad Program

Posted August 10, 2010 | 16:26:57 (EST)

Rozina Kidari is 19-year- old and studying creative writing at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.

Ever since I was 12 years old, I've had this dream about discovering my ethnic heritage. Growing up with my single American mother in Arizona, I always felt this gap inside of me. It...

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