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Usman Sharifi
Verified
Contributor, Freelance
London
Beats
Local events
Politics, economics, nature.
Content
By Usman Sharifi| Hyphenonline Verified It’s been almost three years to the day — 17 August — since I boarded a Qatari military plane to leave my home of Kabul, my heart heavy with mixed emotions. I was departing a city I loved, a place where every street held memories of my life and heritage. But the rising tide of Taliban extremists — an intolerant mixture of religious fanaticism, bigotry and prejudice that had swept through Kabul just two days earlier — forced me to flee a homeland I could no longer recognise.
By Joris Fioriti Verified, Usman Sharifi| Yahoo Singapore Verified Two days after the Taliban seized Kabul last month, 26-year-old artist Sara took the terracotta plates she'd painted with images praising inspirational Afghan women -- and hurled them to the ground. "Art, for me, was to be able to express everything I couldn't say with words," she said from the capital.
By Usman Sharifi| Hyphenonline Verified It’s been almost three years to the day — 17 August — since I boarded a Qatari military plane to leave my home of Kabul, my heart heavy with mixed emotions. I was departing a city I loved, a place where every street held memories of my life and heritage. But the rising tide of Taliban extremists — an intolerant mixture of religious fanaticism, bigotry and prejudice that had swept through Kabul just two days earlier — forced me to flee a homeland I could no longer recognise.
Company Info
Freelance
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