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Mohadatha

Since the first day of school, I have experienced discriminatory and emotional harassment from my classmates. I became sick (neurotic), always searching for a friend among them but never finding one. This situation continues, and now I prefer my loneliness. I left school a few weeks ago due to problems but went back because the director insisted. It seems like we don't belong here. At first glance, people think we are Chinese or Japanese, but when they find out we are Afghan, their behavior changes, and they don't act kindly. Our faces are different from others in our hometown; we look like East Asian people. I feel like our origin is from there and we were cut from that part of the world and pasted here in Central Afghanistan wrongly! I wish I could be born again in China or Korea and become a singer. I carry the spirit of East Asia.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2021
Date Uploaded: 09.2023
Photo Location: Tehran, Iran
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Copyright: © aran ra'dparsa