After graduating from Dartmouth, Aly Rahim went on to earn a master’s degree ininternational security studies from Georgetown. Subsequently, he spent two years as a conflict and development specialist for Africa with the World Bank. Aly presently works on conflict prevention and peacebuilding for Canada’s deppartment of foreign affairs. He is married and lives with his wife in Ottawa.
Excerpt: My parents always stressed educational attainment, but I never was expected to conform to the conventional image of Canadian Ismaili success. They considered professional success important, but education was an end in and of itself. I was raised to see college as a time to engage the ideas that have animated civilizations; to grapple with the social, cultural, scientific, and political issues confronting societies in wide-ranging disciplines; to read great literature; and to unravel the lessons contained in the history of the world. Though politics were my passion from a young age – I was dedicated to the notion of a liberal arts education.
via Balancing two worlds: Asian American college students tell their life stories By Andrew Garrod, Robert Kilkenny:
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