On a recent video call, Bahara’s face flickered in and out — her sharp cheekbones barely visible in the dark. The power was out again in Kabul. The 19-year-old spoke for a few minutes with her family ...
Bahara Mohammadi’s English is as fluent as many Americans’, yet she still doesn’t understand the word no. As a girl in Afghanistan, her own mother didn’t want her to get an education. Women are ...
As Orthodox Christians, Bahara Echmail’s family fled religious persecution in Iraq, arriving to Chicago about five years ago with dreams of a better life. On Saturday, the family was instead grieving ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS) CHICAGO — On a recent video call, Bahara’s face flickered in and out — her sharp ...