hazara
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Phone call
…My phone rang… It was two of my dad side aunts behind the phone, people I hadn’t seen in five years now. It felt like they were placed in my subconscious. I could tell I knew them, but a feeling kept me from truly knowing them. I couldn’t hardly understand their accent. Their deep accent Continue reading
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My recommendation…
As someone who lived outside Afghanistan for more than 5 years, I don’t remember much of there, and even if I do, I want something from there to myself, since my country itself isn’t in a great situation. The only thing that gives a sense of belonging is my culture, Hazara culture. Yet I don’t Continue reading
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“…I’ve been away from home for 5 years now…”
“Liar-“ I learned about calling your country home in history class when many cartoons showed the US worrying more about civilizing other countries than “home”. Now it appears to me that I’ve never called my country home before this, but I missed our house where we lived in Afghanistan. Would that make me a patriot? Continue reading
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Just a feeling
…I want to be a lawyer someday… “But what if I couldn’t and left behind the words that now sound like a bluff? Could I then be ever respected?”I think so… In fact may have everyone has had a dream they left behind, whether being a princess or a doctor? Probably yes“But wouldn’t it be Continue reading
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Borderlines
“And that’s what happened during the Vietnam War. Setaish anything about Afghanistan you want to add?” Yes… Then maybe I can repeat what I’ve memorized from the news just before coming to class. To be able to answer it as if my life depends on it, because most of the information known by others around Continue reading
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What An Anthem
Growing up, I wasn’t much aware of the existence of different ethnicities in Afghanistan. Of course, they would make us sing the national anthem with our lungs, but that national anthem wasn’t in my language. I would sing it along with others because we had it on the first page of our school books, and Continue reading
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Alien
“Deport Afghani!” Almost under half of the Afghan Hazara content creators were people from Iran who wanted Afghans back in their country, after the Iran and Israel situation now it feels less like an insult and more like genuine advice. I wish I could say yes Auntie I will just get back there like I Continue reading
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Unwanted in any land
Why is it so difficult for us humans to live on the planet we were born in? Why are we hating each other this much if we are the same kind? Why do we hate each other? Just the kind of questions that a kid asks. At least I’m asking this now, when I’m older Continue reading
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