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Sayed Matin Hussainy

Sayed Matin Hussainy · Afghanistan

A Forced Journey - Alone

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Sayed Matin Hussainy · Afghanistan

Pushing Forward and Seeking Virtue When Life Takes a Turn

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Fahreed Poya · Afghanistan

A Little Help Goes a Long Way for Refugee Families

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Abdu Wali Kakaie · Afghanistan

There is Freedom Here, but I Miss My Wife

Catholic Community Services Works to Reunite a Family Separated by War

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Jahan Ara Rafi · Afghanistan

When Raising Her Voice Didn’t Work, Refugee Woman Turns to Art

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Mahsa Ahmadi · Afghanistan

An Afghan Refugee with the Courage and Wisdom to be Herself and Follow Her Dreams

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Yalda Royan · Afghanistan

Women’s Rights Activist Must Choose to Stay and Die or Leave and Live

Afghan Women Who Stand for Civil Liberties Face Becoming Refugees

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Safi · Afghanistan

Hope is Very Big

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Mahsa Ahmadi · Afghanistan

You are Human, You Have to Feel Things

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Hazrat · Afghanistan

Always Be Proud That You Are Working

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Marzia and Razia · Afghanistan

Two Sisters Show That Women Can Do Anything

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Vulnerability of Women

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Aarash · Afghanistan

Fleeing the Taliban

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Norina · Afghanistan

Discouraged and Alone: How One Afghan Refugee Is Struggling to Make a Home in Germany

Noor · Afghanistan

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Diary of An Afghan Woman

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Hasti · Afghanistan

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Diary of An Afghan Woman

Baran · Afghanistan

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Diary of An Afghan Woman

Zoya · Afghanistan

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Diary of An Afghan Woman

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Five Years. Five Children. 4,300 Miles.

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Mehrullah · Afghanistan

The Journey: We Were So Afraid

Our three-year-old boy was lost on the other side.

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What would you do if you had to leave everything behind?

By the end of 2025, more than 117.8 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced by war, persecution, or human rights abuses — and 45 million of them are children.

They arrive in refugee camps and countries seeking safety and carrying little: legal papers, if they're lucky. A backpack. A child's hand in theirs.

What they carry that we can't see is heavier: fractured families, homes they'll never return to, professions they loved, friends and relatives they may never see again.

In a climate where immigrant stories are often ignored or twisted, we believe stories are a form of justice. When someone shares what they survived, they reclaim their voice. When we amplify it through film, photography, and advocacy, the world listens. Hearts soften. Policy begins to shift.

Because when a lawmaker sees a person instead of a statistic, and a neighbor understands instead of fears, rebuilding becomes possible.

Your support helps us share these stories where they matter most.

— Kristen Smith Dayley, Executive Director, Their Story is Our Story

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