Scholarships aid displaced Afghan students

(23 Jul 2023) ASSOCIATED PRESS Tempe, Arizona – 21 April 2023 1. Arizona State University charter ASSOCIATED PRESS Tempe, Arizona – 20 April 2023 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Pam DeLargy, Executive Director for education of humanity: “ASU has hosted about 70 young Afghan woman students after their evacuation from Kabul in the summer of 2021.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Tempe, Arizona – 21 April 2023 3. Afghanistan students walking at campus ASSOCIATED PRESS Tempe, Arizona – 20 April 2023 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Pam DeLargy, Executive Director for education of humanity: “I think they're doing remarkably well, given that they were uprooted from their homes and from their families in a very difficult situation. The evacuation itself was pretty frightening for all of them." ASSOCIATED PRESS Tempe, Arizona – 21 April 2023 5. Afghanistan students talking ASSOCIATED PRESS Tempe, Arizona – 20 April 2023 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Pam DeLargy, Executive Director for education of humanity: “They have one shared experience, and that was that evacuation experience. But other than that, they're from different parts of Afghanistan. They're different religions, they're from different ethnic groups. They have different career aspirations.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Tempe, Arizona – 21 April 2023 7. Afghanistan students talking ASSOCIATED PRESS Tempe, Arizona – 20 April 2023 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Erin Tamayo, Program Coordinator Afghan AUW Student Program: “I think they've broken down a lot of stereotypes. I really do. You know, the world might see Afghan women as as voiceless or helpless. Well, I can tell you for sure that these women are not voiceless or helpless as a whole. They're very resourceful. They're very brilliant and even tenacious at times.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Tempe, Arizona – 21 April 2023 9. ASU logo 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Fahima Sultani, student: “I wanted to get out of Afghanistan to be able to continue my education, but also one of the hardest because I left back, I left my relatives, my siblings, my parents all behind, everything that I had there.” 11. ASU campus wide 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Fahima Sultani, student: “One night that we were trying to get into the airport, they stopped our bus. They put the rifles towards us and say that if you go if you don't turn back and go home, we will just fire you and kill all of you.” 13. Fahima Sultani in class 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Fahima Sultani, student: “Two to three members of the Taliban, even inside the bus with the big guns in their hands said 'No Bangladesh, no education. Go back home. Go back home.'” 15. Fahima Sultani's laptop 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Fahima Sultani, student: “I didn't go home. I went to one of my friends home that was near to the airport because I just thought if I go back home, my family will never leave me. After hearing all this story, they will not leave me to again head back to the airport.” 17. Fahima Sultani sitting at a desk 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Fahima Sultani, student: “I went back on the bus. And that night we spent the whole night just circling around the airport. And finally around four or 5 a.m. in the morning, we could finally get into there.” 19. Fahima Sultani taking a test. 20. SOUNDBITE (English) Fahima Sultani, student: “Most of the time when I feel down and when I'm sad, I just call one of my friends, my Afghan friends, and we gather, make tea, make something, and we just sit down and talk. And that gives me so much relief and I'm so refreshed after that.” 21. Fahima Sultani taking test wide 22. SOUNDBITE (English) Fahima Sultani, student: STORYLINE: Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/b6557cba3a6c417393970b9a9cfd8ff4

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