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Article: LAUREL WALKER; IN MY OPINION <> Fearless, blind siblings strive to finish college
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 22, 2008
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Imagine, if you can, finding your way to a new college in a new
country, immersed in an altogether new way of life as a Muslim in
this Christian-dominant culture.
Close your eyes and imagine, while you're at it, that you're
blind.
Not so easy, right?
Hina Altaf, 24, and her brother, Imran Ahmed, 23, are not at all
intimidated.
The two, born and raised in northern Pakistan, have been blind
since birth and are among 56 international students from 26
countries at the 3,300-student Carroll University in Waukesha.
They're working on computer software engineering studies -- an
effort dependent upon them finding more financial sponsorship for
their final year and a half.
If you look at where ...