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PhD student Fawzia Ehsani on BBC news

Posted on 4 July 2024

PhD student Fawzia talks about her experiences as a refugee

PhD student Fawzia Ehsani is the subject of an article by BBC Look North publsihed recently. The article "Afghan refugee builds new life at university"  talks about Fawzia's experiences of becoming a refugee after the Taliban regained power and the diffcult choice she had to make to take up a scholarship in the UK and having to leave behind her mother.  

Fawzia says her aim is now to use her experience to help countries recover from conflict.

Fawzia's PhD is on Exploring perplexities of Capacity Development Initiatives in Post-Conflict Countries: Examining Afghanistan’s civil aviation sector.