Meet Ghulam Danish, an Afghan Refugee Seeking a ‘Normal Life’ in Philly

Ghulam Danish dreams of a normal life.

“It’s not a normal life that I’m living now. It’s not just me. It’s many of us,” said Danish, an Afghan refugee who came to Philadelphia in 2021. “A normal life would be having family time, having friends time, having a fun time. When you don’t have your Sundays off … Saturdays off, it means it’s not a normal life for me.”

Danish, his pregnant wife, and their young daughter were some of the more than 25,000 Afghan refugees who came to Philadelphia after the US withdrew its military forces from Afghanistan and the Taliban invaded Kabul.

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