Afghanistan
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Tutors are restoring school for Afghan girls
“One of the things she misses from her days in school was that sense of belonging, and I think that we have been able to build that in…
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Afghan Middlebury College student helping girls pursue education despite Taliban
Middlebury College senior Taniya Noori launched the Afghan Tutoring Network to support Afghan girls and young women pursuing education.
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Hector Vila: Reading Edward Said in Rwanda
I’ve never sidestepped the realities of students’ lives, no teacher can, and shouldn’t — I could, however, work alongside students to locate their lived experiences in an academic…
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Hector Vila: In exile: The essential sadness of home?
Samimah tells us that “I have finally developed the ability to embrace whatever changes life throws my way. I have learned not to tie my happiness to one…
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Hector Vila: Witnessing a journey into exile
As I write this, I’m on my way to Kigali, Rwanda, where I will be among young, exiled Afghans attending the SOLA School (School of Leadership, Afghanistan) for…
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Eight Afghan women flee Taliban to make a better life in Middlebury
The journey taken by these young women, ages 19-24, is one that some might say personifies grit, determination and courage.
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Learn about Afghan folk song, resistance
Tabasum Wolayat Niroo, a 2012 Women’s and Gender Studies major at Middlebury College, will be giving a virtual lecture, “Afghan Women’s Song: Lament and Resistance” on Tuesday, Nov.…
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Afghan student fears for family back home
When Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, fell to the Taliban on Aug. 15, Jamila stayed up all night in Bridport, watching the news and talking to her family.
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Eric Davis: How the refugee program works
Last week, Gov. Phil Scott announced that up to 100 Afghan refugees would be resettled in Vermont over the next few months, as part of a cooperative program…
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Midd grad and her female students flee Afghanistan
MIDDLEBURY — On Aug. 20, as thousands of Afghans desperate to leave the country converged on the airport in Kabul — and Taliban fighters, who had taken over…
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Eric Davis: How the refugee program works
Last week, Gov. Phil Scott announced that up to 100 Afghan refugees would be resettled in Vermont over the next few months, as part of a cooperative program…
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Somewhere in Afghanistan, my friend is hiding
I’ve been emailing with a friend I once worked with, a musician who’s in hiding in Afghanistan. He helped me a lot, years ago when we worked together…
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Editorial: Biden’s speech on Afghanistan
Here is the full transcript of President Joe Biden’s speech Tuesday night on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war.“Last night in Kabul, the United…
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Letter to the editor: Afghan families need our help
Over the Fourth of July weekend I had the opportunity to meet two college students from Afghanistan at a neighborhood gathering. Both were articulate, personable young people, both…
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Letter to the editor: Biden right to withdraw troops
When President Biden announced the end to the Forever War in Afghanistan was near, I was elated. Over the past 20 years, we have seen countless troops serve…