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Preserving ‘Academic Mobility’ for Afghan Students and Refugees

They’ve gone dark: Afghans who helped the U.S. military, trained as American-style journalists and rode the wave of women heading to higher education are destroying the diplomas, transcripts and résumés that prove how they built civil society in the country that the U.S. has left behind.
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Art of war: Amid Syria’s heartbreak, an artist creates works that heal

The brush glides over the canvas as she starts to fill in the flowers of her painting. Her hands are a bright mess and colors are splattered across her white sweater. Classical Arabic music coming from the radio gives her the notes she needs to translate the heartbreak of Syria into art that heals. It’s just another day for artist Batoul Makki.
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