The Biden administration has yet to say how many Special Immigrant Visa applicants and at-risk Afghan it plans to resettle in the U.S. It has also been in negotiations with third countries like Canada, Albania and Colombia that have expressed interest in offering refuge to evacuated Afghans. ...
Many Afghan citizens are fearful for their lives and of what the Taliban takeover could mean for their country. Refugees from Afghanistan have left everything behind and are in need of a safe place to live, as well as essentials such as food and water. Multiple organizations are accepting do...
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As NBC News explains, the fear is that the Taliban will impose a stricter interpretation of Islam that limits the rights of women and others. “Sultani is one of many Afghan women in leadership roles who say they fear a return to Taliban rule will also spell a return to its austere and...
Kennedy also praised then-Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi’s description of Trump supporters on the show, reading from an article of his: “We may not have that many outright Nazis in America but we have plenty of cowards and bootlickers.” (Taibbi, who now writes for his own Substack...
In an effort to be culturally responsive, some schools bring in texts that theythinkare reflective of Arab students’ culture, but that ultimately miss the mark. This happens frequently with Khaled Hosseini’s book,The Kite Runner. “Hosseini is Afghan,” Jaber explains. “So it’s not even...
African and Middle Eastern opinion also points to the harsh treatment of refugees from these regions in Eastern Europe, including on the Ukrainian border. Then there is the issue of the West’s own record of military intervention. As Gilles Yabi, the founder of WATHI, a “citizen Think Tank...
When we interviewed him in 1997, he said a number of things to us, which I think represent kind of an alternative vision of the Middle East that most Muslims have projected. And this vision you know during the course of this interview, which was difficul
1 Rather than review that situation, I will focus on how Afghan women—despite the current turmoil—are educat- ing Afghan girls and women. In response to the rapidly diminishing pres- ence of foreign assistance to both Afghan citizens and Afghan refugees in Pakistan that began in 1995, ...
In Europe and the Middle East, refugees are often living in crowded camps in unhealthy conditions, with 12m scattered across Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey and Syria — and a further 1m (mainly Afghans) in Iran. The situation of the Syrians fleeing the currentmilitary assault on Idlib— many of who...