**Warning: This episode contains frank discussion on adult subjects like world events, and historical atrocities, as well as open political discussion. Listener discretion is advised.**
Today we rope in two amazing friends of the show, Fareha and Setara, to discuss their experiences as refugees from the now former Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. First the discussion is slow and deliberate with more anthropologically themed probes into their life and culture, but our wonderful guests help transition the conversation into their thoughts and observations on the recent events regarding their native country. Also, capybaras!
Also, the book mentioned by Fareha is "A Thousand Splendid Suns," by Khaled Hosseini, an Afghan novelist who similarly tells his experience as a refugee. Pick it up at your local library or, for university students, contact your local Middle Eastern or Afghan Student Union and organize with them to help elevate the voices of the diaspora.
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