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Fatima Bahir was born in Afghanistan in a city called Kabul in the year 1977. She is a young woman who went to a school for refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan. In the year 1993 all the violence and fighting increased to a point where no place in Afghanistan was no longer safe. All her family members left her and gathered while they all left in a minivan to journey across the border so that they could all be free. Fatima said that Pakistan is described as “culture shock.” Today she is an Ottawa resident and a Canadian citizen. She is forming arrangements in the public service for a career to work as a director. Currently, she is employed at Citizenship and Immigration Canada as a Learning Consultant. Since Fatima is a refugee she does not require

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