Afghan refugee’s story of loss and longing

As Abdullah talked about the road to his new life in Westchester, his 1-year-old son fidgeted in his arms. Photo by Robert Brum

Almost exactly two years ago, Abdullah anxiously waited in Kabul for his pregnant wife to arrive so they could flee the Taliban on a jampacked military flight.

Abdullah told me the story recently at Congregation Sons of Israel in Briarcliff Manor, whose volunteers helped his family settle in Westchester.

Click below to read my interview:

Published by Robert Brum

Writer/editor/storyteller, bicyclist and hiker roaming the Hudson Valley on two feet and two wheels. Brum as in drum; not Blum or Broom.

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