Helal Massomi
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Co-Chair @EvacOurAllies | MSc Policy Research |@BristolUni | @CheveningFCDO|Views are purely personal
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04-06-2013 17:42:23
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“I know what it means when a girl’s voice is silenced. I have lived it.” Afghan student Sunbul Reha calls for greater protection of women’s & girls’ rights at #UNGA event with Messenger of Peace Malala Yousafzai, @un_women Goodwill Ambassador Anne Hathaway & others.
The brother of Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal tells Camilo Montoya-Galvez the last time he spoke to him, the 41-year-old Afghan father told him from ICE custody: “I’m not feeling well.” The next day, he says he got another call telling him his brother had died. Paktiawal had no known
Markwayne Mullin once understood that duty extended beyond the chaos of the airlift, Peter Lucier writes. But since taking office, the Trump administration that Mullin is now a part of has steadily narrowed the protections Afghan allies depended on. wapo.st/4tCg8cp
Incredible story of Afghan-American Metra Mehran who attended Texas A&M University as a Fulbright Scholar and after immigrating from Afghanistan and the evacuation, she continues to fight for equality and freedom. Watch her remarkable story of survival and standing up for those who cannot.