'Education cannot wait. And education — and the fate of the Afghan youth — should not be conditioned to political rivalries or political games.'
Maryam Jami, among other Afghan fulbright semifinalists hoping to study in the U.S. anxiously await an update from the State Department on Dec. 15.Maryam Jami, 23, an attorney in Herat, Afghanistan, who calls herself a"mini-human rights activist," still dreams of obtaining her Masters of Law in the United States as a Fulbright scholar next year, pinning the program as both a venue to her own dreams and a tool for a better future for Afghanistan.
"Before the fall of Kabul, I used to check those papers and check those questions, get prepared for them every day," she said."I just feel that a long time has passed since that time, which I was preparing for this program, and I feel so old. I feel that my dreams are shattered and buried and I cannot continue working for them."Handwritten notes on the Fulbright Foreign Student Program written by Maryam Jami, 23, a semi-finalist, photographed in Dec. 2021.
"The United States has a longstanding commitment to the Fulbright Program in Afghanistan, which has supported more than 950 Afghan Fulbright students since 2003, including 109 who began their studies in the United States this academic year," the spokesperson added in response to specific concerns Jami posed to ABC News.
"I think they felt that the kind of embarrassment when somebody is pointing at you in front of other people," Jami said."I think they wanted to make us silent for a while, but maybe we will receive good news on the 15th of December. Most of the people in the group think, though, maybe it is something just to keep us silent for a while."
"We are committed to remaining in communication with the semifinalist group about the status of the program while we review the significant safety, logistical, and programmatic constraints which must be overcome to successfully implement the 2022-23 Fulbright Program," a spokesperson told ABC News.
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