The Woman in Exile Returns, The Sima Wali Story

The Story: As the first Afghan refugee to come to the US in 1978, Sima Wali transformed herself from victim to advocate.

In October of 2002 Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald, the first American journalists to get behind Soviet lines in 1981, filmed Wali's first return to Kabul since her exile.- Read More

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Sima Wali, Champion of Afghan Women's Rights, Is Dead at 66 - New York Times

Sima Wali, exiled champion of Afghan women, dies at 66 - more