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-Thank you so much.
-Oh, yeah. We are--

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About three weeks that we are here.

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When we first arrived in Arkansas,

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there were pumpkins at every door.

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My mother kept asking,

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"Why would they keep
the pumpkins there, Basira?"

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On one of those days,

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there were kids
wearing different costumes.

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That's when we realized it's part
of the culture and tradition.

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So maybe next year.

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Conditions in Afghanistan

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during this 20 years was not perfect,

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but people were happy because

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people had their basic rights,

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like women going to a school,
going to university,

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be an active part of the society.

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I finished in Kabul University

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in law.

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Law and political science.

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I was in university.

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Well when I was studying in Kabul,

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I always said that I wanted
to be a doctor.

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That time the regime changed
and the Taliban came,

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I can say such disaster

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happened for Afghanistan.

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Thousands of people rushed
to the gates of airport,

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and some people died
because it was crowded.

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Some of our family members
didn't want to go to the airport.

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But at 2:00 a.m.

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we left our home.

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The only thing
that we could bring was a backpack.

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Afghanistan's airport
has many gates.

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We got to Abbey Gate.

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Two days after us,

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a suicide bomb attack happened
on that gate.

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It was dangerous and risky,

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but we got through that gate.

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We really didn't want
to come as a refugee,

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but we had to make that decision.

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The first days, it was difficult,

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because a feeling of being homeless

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is difficult even for a baby.

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So when he understood that he had--
he has a house.

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So, he became so happy.

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He knows that we have a home,

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a calm city, and I can play safely.

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And now he's making new friends.

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Yes, he's making new friends

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with some of my neighbors
and co-sponsor families.

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And now he's okay with Arkansas.

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Yeah, thank you.

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I can have it.