Friday, August 21, 2020

New Student Photo Series 2011 #22 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog

New Student Photo Series 2011 #22 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog Two more incoming students are featured today in our New Student Photo Series. My name is Leena Khan.   I am an incoming MPA-DP student and would like to share the following photos. These photographs were taken in 2008 in the village of Airayan Sadat, which is located in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.   My time in Airayan Sadat gave me some exposure to the types of development challenges faced by rural villages across India and South Asia.   This experience solidified my passion for working on poverty alleviation and other development issues. The first photograph is of the only primary school in Airayan Sadat.   There was one female teacher for this entire school and the ages of students ranged from approximately five to ten years old.   Classes were overcrowded and basic education supplies noticeably absent.     Nonetheless, the smiles and energy exuding from these children filled me both with hope. The second photograph is of a female agricultural worker who shows me some carrots pulled fresh out of the ground.   Women play a significant role in Indias agriculture and rural development but have remained largely unaccounted for in measuring economic performance. The third photograph shows the evening ritual of a local sheep herder leading his flock through the village. Serene Ghneim, incoming MPA student. Monastery This photo was taken in May; thats me sitting on the edge of a cliff overlooking St. Georges Monastery in Wadi Qelt (a valley in the Judean desert) in the eastern West Bank. Its origins date back to the fourth century A.D.   Today, it is active and occupied by Greek Orthodox monks. We Will Return This photo was just beyond a security checkpoint in the West Bank, on the outskirts of Jericho a symbol of Palestinian hope that persists even after more than half a century of wars and peace talks that have produced nothing. Lightning A bunch of my cousins and I set a camera on a tripod and just let this photo happen as we sat on my cousins balcony in Nazareth, Israel, and watched the most spectacular lightning storm the region had seen in recent memory.

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