Each Refugee Experience is Unique: Sanga Zamaraikamal Pori

Episode 57 December 10, 2025 00:43:24
Each Refugee Experience is Unique: Sanga Zamaraikamal Pori
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Each Refugee Experience is Unique: Sanga Zamaraikamal Pori

Dec 10 2025 | 00:43:24

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Show Notes

Within the term “refugee” is a wide range of diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and experiences - including ‎among refugees from the same country.Sanga Zamaraikamal Pori, a senior at Boise State University and fellow with Neighbors United, is a former refugee from Afghanistan. Her story is unique to her own set of experiences and perspectives.Sanga and her family resettled in Boise, Idaho, when she was 4 years old, when the Afghan community was smaller. She remembers being the only student in her class wearing a hijab.Sanga is proud of her heritage, including being a Pashtun. She passionate about building a future career that supports other refugees in some way. In her free time, she loves getting creative with thrift store finds to make beautiful and traditional outfits.

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