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Madina Azizi-Personal Project
“When my husband and I went into the interview room, the women looked very intimidating. She asked us one simple question, ‘why do you want to come to Canada?’ I cried and replied, ‘because I have five children and I don't want their future to go to waste. I want my children to have a better future than the one I had’. I think that really resonated with her, which is why a month later we received a letter of acceptance and eventually came to Canada. Today, I look at my children receiving an education and it fills me with immense joy. My children are fulfilling the dream that I had for myself as a kid but was never able to fulfill it.” Saira Azizi is from Kabul, Afghanistan. She has lived in Canada for about 12 years with her husband and six children. Photo by Madina Azizi.
Madina Azizi-Personal Project
“When my husband and I went into the interview room, the women looked very intimidating. She asked us one simple question, ‘why do you want to come to Canada?’ I cried and replied, ‘because I have five children and I don't want their future to go to waste. I want my children to have a better future than the one I had’. I think that really resonated with her, which is why a month later we received a letter of acceptance and eventually came to Canada. Today, I look at my children receiving an education and it fills me with immense joy. My children are fulfilling the dream that I had for myself as a kid but was never able to fulfill it.” Saira Azizi is from Kabul, Afghanistan. She has lived in Canada for about 12 years with her husband and six children. Photo by Madina Azizi.