Sabiha Çimen's (@sabakhayr) photographs illustrate an @nytmag story about women who escaped the Taliban – and their struggle to adjust in their first year at U.S. universities. ⁠ ⁠ "On Aug. 15, 2021, Suhaila Hashimi was sitting on her bed in her family’s small apartment in Kabul, too afraid to go outside, instead scrolling through Facebook and watching videos of the Taliban’s advances, when her mother entered her room to confirm her worst fears: The city had just fallen. At the time, she had two semesters left to complete her undergraduate degree. Instead, she would soon be smuggled out of the country with 147 other young Afghan women," writes Maddy Crowell. ⁠ ⁠ For more, visit the link in bio. ⁠ ⁠ Photos left to right: ⁠ ⁠ (1) Frough at the balcony of her dorm. Her favourite mountain, which she hikes, is in the background. Arizona. USA. July 2022. ⁠ ⁠ (2) Fariba at her dorm studying under her bed. USA. Boston, Massachusetts. USA. July 2022. ⁠ ⁠ (3) Suhaila at the Rockefeller Library at Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island. USA. July 2022. ⁠ ⁠ © Sabiha Çimen (@sabakhayr) / Magnum Photos, for @nytimes