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00:00My school was called Sultan Razia Girls High School.
00:17From the primary school until we graduated from school, all were girls.
00:22It was extremely important for my mom and dad.
00:26I can say that they do their best for all of their children to be educated and go for
00:34their dreams.
00:35What was the moment when you first realised that Taliban were in charge?
00:41In our city, the first time it was at night, we were just doing like usual, our family
00:48were around and we were just talking.
00:51There was the sounds of bullets.
00:54The people were shouting.
00:56I could hear that.
00:58I got scared at that time.
01:00I really got scared.
01:01We were all of our family just was in one room and it was really, it was like a nightmare
01:08to be honest.
01:09How did life change?
01:13It completely changed, completely changed our lives.
01:20We were visiting our family, we were going to university.
01:24My small sister used to go to school.
01:28My father used to go to work, my mom as well.
01:32But after that, everything banned it.
01:35It was like during the coronavirus, like the current quarantine came back.
01:41We were just at home without any hope.
01:45On the night that the Taliban attacked our city, I decided to leave Afghanistan.
01:52I had to go to a second country to start my visa application because in Afghanistan, there
01:59wasn't a chance to start an application to come to the UK.
02:04Therefore I chose Iran.
02:05What was your last night in Iran like?
02:09It was really emotional, yeah.
02:14And that's the last time you've seen your family, seriously?
02:22Sorry.
02:23You did very well.
02:29Yeah, it was really emotional.
02:30My family was in Afghanistan and there was just me to leave Afghanistan.
02:37It wasn't easy.
02:42It wasn't easy because I have a family in there.
02:48I have never, ever been apart from my family.
02:52It wasn't easy for me to get out of Afghanistan and to go for my dreams.
02:58At the same time, I really felt guilty because I had a chance.
03:02I was the only one that I had a chance to get out of Afghanistan, but my family was
03:08in Afghanistan.
03:09Especially my small sister, she's still in Afghanistan and she does not have a future
03:16in her life.
03:17When I applied for the visa, I applied for the visa.
03:22About seven or eight months, I had to wait for my visa.
03:27From the day that I went or from the day when I left to Iran, if I count all, it was 10
03:32months.
03:33It was 10 months.
03:34My visa was like my future.
03:35I was waiting for that, yeah.
03:37How is life different in Moray?
03:40I'm allowed to do whatever I want to do, especially in education.
03:46So when I came to Moray, I just saw that people are very friendly, they are very kind, and
03:53they want to help you.
03:54So the teachers, the teachers all were very supportive, all that just help you to push
04:00you for your dreams.
04:02Extremely happy time when I realized that I got the student of the year.
04:06Again, I said, I called to my mom and dad, I said, I got this award, and they got really
04:11happy about this.
04:13What do you miss about your life in Afghanistan?
04:20If I say this in one word, I would say I miss my freedom.
04:25Freedom of education, freedom of go out travel, freedom of being with family.
04:33I miss this.
04:36I miss my freedom.
04:37I miss my freedom.