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An Afghan Woman at Ewha University
Zahra Rasouli
Zahra Rasouli is a senior at Ewha Woman’s University who came to Korea four years ago from war-torn Afghanistan. "When I say I came from Afghanistan, people’s first reaction is either silence or they say terrorist," says the 26-year old.
Rasouli was selected for the Ewha Global Partnership Program and entered the university in 2006. Currently a senior majoring in Politics and Diplomacy, she hopes to work for the betterment of women’s and children’s rights in her home country once she finishes her studies.
"All TV programs on Afghanistan seem to start and end with the sound of gunfire. I often doubt that is the place where I used to live," she says. The portrait of her country in the media is one-sided and distorts reality, she says. "After I learned Korean, I typed ‘Afghanistan’ in Korean script into an Internet search engine, and I was so shocked. The page was filled with negative terms such as ‘conflict,’ ‘attack’ and ‘terror,’" she says, "In fact, most of the suicide bombers are not Afghans."
In Afghanistan, Rasouli was a civil servant in the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, and worked as an interpreter or translator. "I want to do something that is valuable. I want to make Afghanistan a better place. That’s why I’m studying politics and diplomacy now, and I will continue to search for and do meaningful things," she says.
Is it difficult to live as an Afghan in Korea? "I have many more good memories," she says, and it is mostly warm, everyday memories she will cherish from Korea.
The Chosunilbo Daily Staff writer: Roh Sukjo(stonebirdcommunication@gmail.com)
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