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AvatarFiona Shukri

Fiona Shukri is an American living in Brooklyn, N.Y. She lived in Kabul, Afghanistan, from 2008 to 2018, where she worked as an adviser and analyst for the government. Previously, she was a senior program manager for the National Democratic Institute in Washington, D.C., and a communications strategist at Unesco in Paris and at UNA-USA in New York. http://www.fiona-shukri.com
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My Beautiful Christmas in Kabul

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A street scene in Kabul, Afghanistan

The Christmas spirit finally found me drinking whisky on a rooftop in Kabul. Given my multinational background — I’m from Boston but my father came from Iraq and my mother from London — it’s not surprising that I chose a career in foreign affairs. When people learn I spent nearly a decade in Afghanistan, they … Read more

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