From Karachi to the Keough School: Siblings find community and path to global impact

Author: Josh Stowe

Saad Kamil, a smiling man in a dark blue jacket and glasses, next to Shiza Kamil, a smiling woman in a teal top. Abstract artwork behind them.
Siblings Saad and Shiza Kamil are students in Notre Dame’s Master of Global Affairs program. Both are majoring in sustainable development. 

Saad and Shiza Kamil are more than 7,000 miles from their parents in Pakistan, but the first-generation college students have found a second home at Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs.

Whether consulting on team projects, learning from leading development experts or bonding with classmates over potlucks and Notre Dame football, they’re continually immersed in a tight-knit campus community committed to making a difference.

The Kamil siblings both have connections to the Ansari Institute. Saad was an intern with Religions for Peace his first year. Shiza is a policy and practice intern this academic year. Read the full story here.