Many graduate students will travel home for Thanksgiving but the majority of students at International House, a graduate housing program located in Morningside Heights, will stay in New York City. Students from all over the world have celebrated the holiday with their new friends. They enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with all of the traditional fixings, played board games by the fire and watched a holiday movie marathon.

During Fireside Fun, students explained what they have learned from their new friends since they entered International House. According to the students, Pakistanis and Indians don’t have to be “mortal enemies” and an Israeli student acknowledged that International House has taught him the similarities between Israeli and Palestinian culture.