Farah Ahmedi.(Biography)

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BACKGROUND MATERIAL

From 1979 to 2001, Afghanistan was a war-ravaged nation. During the 22 years of armed conflict, many thousands of children were crippled and maimed by land mines.

Farah Ahmedi is one of those children. She is also a brave survivor who arrived in the United States in 2001 and has triumphed over her physical and emotional trauma to share her ...

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