Philadelphia College Student Hopes To Pave The Way For More Afghan Women To Join The Medical Field

By Marcella Baietto, CBS Philadelphia

March 26, 2024

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- When Alaha Abdul Faruq isn't at the library or at a lecture, she's finding time to help Afghan women and their children adapt to life in Philadelphia.

"Women will come over and tell you, 'Thank you so much for having this. We are all alone in Philadelphia. Most of our family is in Afghanistan, but coming here we weren't able to feel that separation and that loneliness.' And that just makes everything worth it," Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine student Abdul Faruq said.

She and others started the group Afghans of Philadelphia x Sola in 2021 to help families who were fleeing from the Taliban.

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