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Newswise: Keeping the dream alive
Released: 19-Aug-2022 4:00 PM EDT
Keeping the dream alive
Missouri University of Science and Technology

A year ago, Somaya Faruqi huddled in desperation with thousands of other Afghans inside Hamid Karzai airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, frantically trying to get a flight out of the country after the Taliban returned to power. Today, Faruqi is a first-year student at Missouri S&T, where she plans to major in mechanical engineering.

Newswise: Student strives to be a voice for Afghan women
Released: 7-Mar-2022 4:05 PM EST
Student strives to be a voice for Afghan women
University of Miami

Afghan émigré Zakera Azizi, who was granted a scholarship to earn a master’s degree at the Miami Herbert Business School, recounts her journey to Miami and pledges to use her degree and skills to represent women, especially those in her native country.

Released: 1-Oct-2021 2:45 PM EDT
New Research: Face-to-Face Propaganda Is Most Effective to Influence Public Sympathy to ISIS
American University

A new study shows that face-to-face connections are far more likely to gain new followers for the ISIS Islamic terrorist organization than messaging in traditional or online media.

Newswise: CSU Provides Support for Afghan Refugees in California
Released: 30-Sep-2021 5:55 PM EDT
CSU Provides Support for Afghan Refugees in California
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

The CSU has a long history of showing compassion to those in need, and when California Governor Gavin Newsom announced in early September that the state would take action to support Afghan refugee arrivals, CSU campuses quickly identified ways in which they could help those suffering from the crisis in Afghanistan.

Newswise: It is not just Sharia law: The Taliban, Pastunwali and Afghan Women
Released: 15-Sep-2021 11:20 AM EDT
It is not just Sharia law: The Taliban, Pastunwali and Afghan Women
University of Florida

While the Taliban has roots in an extreme form of Islam, its beliefs and practices are also grounded in the less widely recognized traditional tribal conventions of the Pashtun and it is this customary tribal law that provides the clearest insight into Taliban behavior and ideology regarding gender roles and the position of women.

Released: 1-Sep-2021 1:35 PM EDT
FSU experts available to comment on 20-year anniversary of 9/11 attacks
Florida State University

By: Bill Wellock | Published: September 1, 2021 | 1:15 pm | SHARE: Twenty years ago, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks shocked the world. The attacks led to profound changes in American society, two decades of war in Afghanistan and ramifications that continue to be felt today.Florida State University’s nationally regarded experts in emergency management, homeland security, grief, trauma and religion are available to speak to media about the lingering consequences of 9/11: Audrey Casserleigh, professor, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Program and Senior Fellow at the Center for Disaster Risk Policy aheffron@fsu.

Released: 26-Aug-2021 2:25 AM EDT
News, images from Afghanistan can trigger PTSD in military veterans
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

The troubling news and images emerging from Afghanistan as American troops withdraw from the region after 20 years is causing a spike in post-traumatic stress among veterans at home, says UCLA Health psychiatrist Bruce Kagan, MD, PhD.

Released: 16-Aug-2021 5:10 PM EDT
Afghanistan crisis: The Taliban has been preparing for years. Here’s why the US, international community won’t stop them.
Washington University in St. Louis

Over the past few weeks, the Taliban has quickly taken control of major cities throughout Afghanistan, unraveling 20 years of efforts under United States occupation. Fear and uncertainty only intensified after the Taliban installed themselves in the presidential palace in Kabul on Aug. 15.William Nomikos, assistant professor of political science in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St.



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