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    to survive, support others and became entrepreneur. Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, in The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, tells the story of some women and men in their lives who decided to escape utterly miserable, started their secret business, schools in Afghanistan while the Taliban was in power. These characters show what Carol S.…

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    Malala is a teen activist for girls and women's right for education. The equal rights for her in her country. She believed that everyone needed education. She survived a gun wound to the head. The taliban had taken away the privileges from every girl and women for an example: they banned dancing, watching television, and listening to music. Eventually they wouldn’t just shut down the school, they would either burn it down or destroy it completely. All the women were not allowed to have jobs…

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    religion. In Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner,” the author's demonstration of the weak and powerful in the novel is spoken to through ethnic status and religious contrasts, in which society and political powers uphold dread upon the greater part of Afghanistan. In the 21st century, everybody today recognizes education is power; the more one knows, the more one will be able to control events - Francis Bacon. For a few centuries, the Pashtun dominant sect had regarded the Hazara population as…

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    Mansour is targeted on 21 May 2016 by the US drones in Pakistan. Since 9/11 attacks, this is the first time that the US has succeeded to target the highest ranking Taliban. It came as a surprise during the peak of peace talks and fighting season in Afghanistan. What are the consequences of the death of this very key and controversial Taliban leader? Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour, known as Mullah Mansour was one of the strongest and cruel leaders of the Taliban. He was a drug and a warlord with…

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    In the book, she states that “first the taliban took our music, then our buddhas, then our history (Yousafzai 123).” At the time she was growing up and going to school the Taliban were taking over her country, forcing people to give up on their beliefs and any hope or joy Pakistanis had in life. Although some Pakistanis believed that the 9/11 attacks…

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    Security Concerns For Granting Special Immigrant Visas to enter the U.S. Alonzo Tothsonie Professor Subject Date Introduction The Department of State’s authority to issue Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) to Afghan nationals under section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009, as amended, has been extended (Bureau of Consular Affairs). In relation to this, there are security concerns for granting Special Immigrant Visas to enter the U.S Accordingly, the National Defense…

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    Kite Runner Adversity

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    this is a heartbreaking story about facing adversity, there are underlying parallels betwixt characters and scenes displayed in the novel and current events happening in Afghanistan. The scene in chapter 16 when Sanabaur comes back to Hassan, beaten and scarred deliniates what the Taliban took away from the women of Afghanistan during that time period. Because Sanabaur came back to Hassan with scars and cuts littering her face, it takes away all of the power she previously had. She had many…

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    I have chosen Malala Yousafzai to do my autobiography project on for many reasons such as I love what she believes in, her story is inspiring, and how strong of a woman she is. The first reason why I chose to do my project on her is because she believes in girls having a right to an education. That is also very important to me as well, because it isn’t fair that women in her country have to get married off at a young age and stay home and do all the cooking and the cleaning. The next reason why…

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    changed several countries traditions, but one has changed drastically since its gained its independence, Afghanistan. Its culture and people has changed in traditions, morals, societal standards, and image, which all begin after 1919. 1919 marks the date Afghanistan declared its independence from Britain. Emir Amanullah was declared Kabul and regarded as a national hero for giving Afghanistan its independence. Afghanland publish his timeline which demonstrate his efforts; he modernized their…

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    My topic is on Bhaca society and they are a compact ethnic group located in South Africa. Specifically, they are part of the Nguni origin and are located in a country called East Griqualand brimming with mountains. Bhaca life exists in a district referred as Mount Frere. The district of Mount Frere is where the Bhaca found a permanent home. Mount Frere is located in the country of East Griqualand, it is between 3,000 and 6,000 feet above sea level, and around forty five miles from the coast. The…

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