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Jamila Jamari: A World Without Boundaries

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A world without boundaries. We can dress as we like, attend school and speak our mind. For most Australian children this happens on a day-to-day basis. But what about the children that aren’t as lucky? That can’t dress as they want or attend school just because of their race or gender? Jamila Jamari has experienced all of these things. Growing up in Afghanistan, under the growing issue of the Taliban forces, she has experienced things that us Australians can’t even Comprehend. But even though all the hardship she faced, The torture, the discrimination, she never gave up. This is why she has become a very highly ranked businesswoman with a promising future.

Jamila was born in 1978 in Kabul, Afghanistan. She came from an ethnic minority group …show more content…
She taught secret lessons in the courtyard of Jamila’s family home for over a month. Then the Taliban found her. They cut off her eyes, ears and mouth and left her to die. This was just one of many torturous events that happened, and are still happening to this day, in Afghanistan to people that were doing what is morally right. Consequently, Jamila’s father decided that it was best they move countries. She and her family hid among bags of wheat on a truck to Pakistan then hopped on a plane to Indonesia. Finally, the boarded a boat to Australia. They are just a few of the 200,000 asylum seekers that flee to Australia every year. However, when she was on the boat, her mother made a shocking discovery. There was a Taliban soldier on the boat waiting to kill them. That night she saw the man holding a knife and advancing towards them. The crew cut the lights. She closed her eyes and wished that there was a world without injustices.

When she opened her eyes, she arrived in refuge. Jamila’s world was a city of women. There was no wars, no injustices and no discrimination. She could go to school, wear what she wanted and could speak her mind. It was her perfect Australia. An Australia without boundaries. It took Jamila a long time to figure out that it wasn't the real Australia. Jamila’s time in refuge made her realise how much she wanted to be free from discrimination and go to school in Australia. The fact that on refuge,

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