Abbas Haidari
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Abbas has been on the run since he was six months old. He was born in the Jaghori district, Ghazni province in Afghanistan, but he has lived most of his life in exile in Pakistan and Iran. His family fled to Pakistan when he was six months old. Since they were living there illegally, however, they were deported back to Afghanistan in 2009. Abbas has never forgotten the bus ride back: they were detained by the Taliban, who arrests families from his Hazara ethnic group. While in Taliban captivity they were abused and separated. Abbas and his mother were separated from his father and brother. This was the last time Abbas would see his father, and he still doesn’t know where he is or if he is still alive to this day. He reunited with his brother in Norway where they have been living for the last eight years. Having picked up many languages on his journey, Abbas often works as a translator, and helps young refugees integrate in Norway.
Abbas Jaffery
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Abbas is from Kabul, Afghanistan and is now living in Norway. he traveled to Greece as an unaccompanied minor and learned to speak seven languages without any formal education. His father was murdered while Abbas was making the journey. Abbas wants to figure out a way to bring hot water into camps. After witnessing mothers who had to bathe their children in ice-cold water during winter on the islands, he MacGyvered a solution to heat water using electrical wires. He believes there could be a solar-powered solution to heating the readily available water on the islands that house refugees.