From 2012: Many times during the five months it took to bring her here, the mission seemed impossible. But, like her father, Roya never surrendered. And now she is free, eager to get to work so that she can honour her hero.https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2012/01/18/afghan_girl_arrives_in_canada_to_attend_school.html …
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From 2010: Star reporter Paul Watson met the teen in 2010 when he wrote about the Afghan schoolgirl defying authorities and most of society to go to a school funded in part by Star readers, a right denied to women in Afghanistan at that time.https://www.thestar.com/life/2010/11/13/in_afghanistan_a_16yearold_girl_dares_to_learn.html …
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Congrats to you and your family. Canada is one of the best countries in the world if you’re ambitious and interested in an education . But securing a job after graduating is a herculean task. Good luck!
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Yet the Star champions unvetted immigrants with beliefs of the Taliban.
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