Afghan sisters Sadaf and Zolheja dream of becoming businesswomen. But for now, only Sadaf appears poised to fulfill that ambition, while Zolheja has been thwarted by the Taliban’s ban on women attending universities.
At the time, education became available for women across the country, but, Sadaf said, she could not obtain documents proving that she had already completed the majority of her studies and did not want to start over again.
Their father also supported their educational endeavors, she said, adding that he didn’t want them to be “women who are just inside the house, cooking and cleaning.”That support didn’t waver after the Taliban took over, and after some emotional conversations as a family, they all decided it was best for Sadaf to leave the country with the help of her NGO.
Through tears, her mother told her to “stay safe,” Sadaf said, weeping as she recalled their parting.After touching down in Qatar, she flew to Ramstein Air Base in southwestern Germany before making her way to Washington, D.C. From there, she went to Texas and then to a camp in New Mexico, where she stayed for nearly two months. Finally, she said, she headed to her new home in Tulsa, where she knew people affiliated with the NGO she worked with in Afghanistan.
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