Module 1: Articles on Afghani Refugees

This list covers:
"Refugee Writing on The Journey"
"I Escaped the Taliban"
"Town Mouse and Country Mouse"
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  1. interrogate
    pose a series of questions to
    Dear mum, these guys have the same rough attitude as the people who were interrogating me at the beginning of my imprisonment.
  2. harrowing
    causing extreme distress
    I was 25 and had survived harrowing moments; I knew uncertainty.
  3. prosecute
    conduct legal proceedings against a defendant
    ‘Are they going to prosecute us and send us to jail or will they send us back home?’
  4. ration
    a fixed portion that is allotted
    ‘They give rations to refugees all over the world,’ I said.
  5. besiege
    surround so as to force to give up
    In a diary she calls ‘Mimmy’ schoolgirl Zlata Filipovic records her departure from besieged and war-torn Sarajevo and her arrival in Paris.
  6. oppression
    the state of being kept down by unjust use of authority
    World Refugee Day draws attention to the more than 17 million refugees worldwide who, like Nargis, have been forced to leave their homes to escape war and oppression.
  7. bazaar
    a street of small shops, especially in the Middle East
    The best part of school is passing through the bazaar on the way home.
  8. chador
    a cloth used as a head and body covering by Muslim women
    For Gulafruz, it is a black tunic and pants and a white headscarf, or chador.
  9. famished
    extremely hungry
    Six days a week, they leave for school at 7 and return at 9:30 A.M., finished with school and famished.
  10. calligraphy
    beautiful handwriting
    Her favorite school subjects are math and calligraphy.
  11. calisthenics
    light exercises designed to promote general fitness
    Team sports aren't available for all girls in Afghanistan, but "Gupsik" really likes calisthenics, the physical exercises that the teacher leads in the classroom.
  12. philosophical
    meeting trouble with level-headed detachment
    Qazi is philosophical about her future.
Created on Wed Aug 05 14:05:03 EDT 2020 (updated Wed Aug 26 14:47:32 EDT 2020)

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