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Article: Taking Afghanistan back.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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Byline: Kimberly Pohl kpohl@dailyherald.com
Nooria Bibi and husband Mutasim Billah Mazhabi havenAEt seen or heard from their fathers since 1972, when both men were imprisoned in Afghanistan for speaking out against the monarchy.
Now, the Hoffman Estates couple are risking their own lives to replace their native countryAEs current regime, which they call fundamentally democratic but plagued by fraud and corruption.
Bibi, 37, spent last summer organizing campaign rallies for women throughout the war-torn country on behalf of Mazhabi, who finished 10th among dozens of candidates that ran for AfghanistanAEs presidency in the August election.