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Finding Hope as a Teenage Refugee – Shabnam’s Story
After experiencing the culture shock of moving countries, Shabnam now trains local Australians to sponsor refugee families moving here.
When Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last year, Shabnam Safa watched on with more trepidation than most.
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Shabnam grew up in Pakistan as an Afghan refugee, before her family emigrated to Australia when she was a teenager. Life wasn’t easy for Shabnam but, as her story will prove, she is more than her hardships.
A new Australian
Shabnam grew up in a place called Hazara Town, close to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
Her parents were…