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Generation Change

Falk Steinborn, Siegen, GermanyJune 23, 2015

Many of the women and children in Afghanistan lack the education to get good jobs and put enough food on the table. One German-Afghan student's plan to help is also making Germany's fashion more colorful.

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Zohra is organizing the colorful scarves Afghan women have stitched. Copyright: F. Steinborn
Image: Falk Steinborn

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