In Afghanistan, the chaderi is the veil that some women wear to cover their entire bodies and faces. During the Taliban era, all women were made to wear this tent-like garment. However, in the liberal 1970s, women in the capital city of Kabul typically wore Western-style clothing. After war breaks out and her country is overcome with bombs and death, 22-year-old Anisa must don the veil for the first time and flee her country as a refugee. The journey is long and dangerous, over a treacherous mountain pass. She leaves most of her family and friends behind in order to find peace in a land where...
In Afghanistan, the chaderi is the veil that some women wear to cover their entire bodies and faces. During the Taliban era, all women were made to we...
A Story of Survival and Courage Phu Truong is only 12 years old and must flee Vietnam alone and destitute aboard a small fishing boat overloaded with 260 passengers. He survives Thai pirate attacks and near starvation and spends months in a Malaysian refugee camp before landing in San Francisco in 1979, where he is miraculously reunited with loved ones. From his first SamTrans bus ride from the San Francisco International airport, Phu dreams of becoming a bus driver and helping people like his father, a respected healer in Truong's hometown. Now a veteran San Francisco Muni bus Operator of...
A Story of Survival and Courage Phu Truong is only 12 years old and must flee Vietnam alone and destitute aboard a small fishing boat overloaded with ...
