Masuda Sultan, Advocate and Entrepreneur
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From Wikipedia: Masuda Sultan is an Afghan American entrepreneur and international human rights advocate. She is the author of My War at Home, a memoir reflecting on her life as an Afghan American, in which she speaks of conflicts arising from her need for independence in the scheme of Afghan traditional culture, for example, her arranged marriage with an Afghan man. She is one of the founders of Women for Afghan Women. Masuda returned to Afghanistan in December 2001 and learned that 19 members of her family were killed in an October 2001 US air raid. Working with the families of 9/11 victims including Rita Lasar, the sister of Abe Zelmanowitz, Masuda lobbied the U.S government to appropriate aid for civilian victims of bombings in Afghanistan. In 2002, Senator Leahy championed the "Afghan Civilian Assistance Program", a USAID program to assist families and communities mistakenly bombed during US military operations in Afghanistan. The program set a historical precedent for civilian casualties inflicted due to errors in war. (from SALT): Masuda Sultan is founder and CEO of Symbio Services. Her business ventures include projects in education, media, defense, manufacturing, and telecommunications in Afghanistan and real estate in the United Arab Emirates.
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Afghan-American. Entrepreneur. Women. War, Advocacy.
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Shaesta Waiz, First Female Certified Civilian Pilot from Afghanistan
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From Wikipedia: Shaesta Waiz, an Afghan-American pilot, is the first female certified civilian pilot from Afghanistan, and the youngest woman to fly solo around the world in a single-engine aircraft. Waiz was born in Afghanistan. Her family traveled to the United States in 1987 to escape the SovietAfghan War. She went on to study at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, where she started the Women's Ambassador Program to mentor and support young women pursuing an education in aviation and engineering. She founded the non-profit organization Dreams Soar, Inc and planned a solo flight around the world, originally scheduled to launch in 2016. On October 4, 2017, Waiz became the youngest woman to fly around the world solo in a single engine aircraft
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<a href="http://dreamssoar.org/shaestas-story/">Dreams Soar</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaesta_Waiz">Wikipedia</a><br /><br /><a href="http://dreamssoar.org/">Dreams Soar</a>
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Afghan-American. Afghanistan. Women. Ambassador. Nonprofit. Aviation.
United States