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What Freedom Felt Like

The water was freezing cold, yet I didn’t want to leave because, for the first time in a very long time, I felt something I had almost forgotten existed: freedom.

I Had No Rights at All

I came to the United States to complete my high school education because I was denied my right to education under the Taliban regime. After three years of studying in secret in Afghanistan…

Unstoppable Dreams

As I lay in my bed one night trying to sleep, I heard a whisper of crying. My mother spoke on the phone with my uncle’s wife and wept softly, “I know that the Taliban are heartless and cruel…”