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Palestinian-Syrian refugee walks a path of dedicated learning and selfless service
Yearning to ease his family’s burden at age 15, Palestinian-Syrian refugee Mohammad Hameed embarked on a path of dedicated learning and selfless service.
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Y shoes? BYU athletes explain sneaker culture
Written and compiled by Ben Winters with photography by Preston Crawley, Addie Blacker and Emma Wiles.
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Faith, politics, personal growth: BYU students share Arabic study abroad impact
BYU students take a truck safari in Wadi Rum, Jordan. BYU's intensive Arabic program allows students to experience Jordanian culture firsthand. (Melena Warden)
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BYU students reflect on time spent in Middle East
Zackery Rowley wears the traditional Arabic scarf, or Kufiya. (Maddi Driggs)
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Study abroad programs see record enrollment
Danielle Cronquist stands in front of the Eiffel Tower during a Winter 2012 study abroad in Paris.
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Online Opinion Outpost: Feb. 10, 2015
The Opinion Outpost features opinions and commentary on the latest hot topics from national news sources. As much as you love hearing from The Universe, we thought you might like to hear from journalists around the nation.
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Jordan says ISIS can be defeated as uproar over burn video continues
Jordan called Wednesday for a decisive battle against the Islamic State group, declaring 'this evil can and should be defeated,' after the militants burned a Jordanian pilot to death in a cage and gleefully broadcast the horrific images on outdoor screens in their stronghold.
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Social media transforms the world of sports
JP Gibson, a 5-year-old from Utah, with leukemia, wanted to play for the Jazz his whole life. The Jazz organization helped Gibson get on the court and play with the team in a scrimmage. When Gibson entered the game, the crowd went wild. Jazz center Rudy Gobert hoisted Gibson up toward the basket during the scrimmage and helped him dunk it.
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The other side of an issue from the other side of the world
A West Bank native introduced his brother's documentary film about the struggles of a Palestinian village against Israeli aggression at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday afternoon.
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BYU graduate students win Boren Fellowhip to study abroad
Two BYU graduate students will ship off to countries around the world to study language immersion and national security issues with the funding they received from winning the David L. Boren Fellowship.
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