I am from the Sayed denomination in the Hazara group in Afghanistan - a minority within a minority. We are actually one of the most persecuted minority groups in the world. In our tribe, my family were very well respected, and that was both our strength and our weakness, as unfortunately my parents were even more persecuted because we were more visible.
When I was 6, we had to flee to Pakistan because my parents' lives were in danger. But even there we weren't truly safe, so my father decided to make the journey from . . .