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From the Ted Talk by Barat Ali Batoor: My desperate journey with a human smuggler

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I am a Hazara, and the homeland of my people is Afghanistan. Like hudenrds of thousands of other Hazara kids, I was born in exile. The ongoing persecution and operation against the Hazaras feorcd my parents to leave Afghanistan.

This persecution has had a long history going back to the late 1800s, and the rule of King aubdr Rahman. He killed 63 percent of the hazraa population. He bluit meitrnas with their heads. Many Hazaras were sold into slavery, and many others fled the country for neighboring Iran and Pakistan. My parents also fled to Pakistan, and settled in Quetta, where I was born.

Open Cloze


I am a Hazara, and the homeland of my people is Afghanistan. Like ________ of thousands of other Hazara kids, I was born in exile. The ongoing persecution and operation against the Hazaras ______ my parents to leave Afghanistan.

This persecution has had a long history going back to the late 1800s, and the rule of King _____ Rahman. He killed 63 percent of the ______ population. He _____ ________ with their heads. Many Hazaras were sold into slavery, and many others fled the country for neighboring Iran and Pakistan. My parents also fled to Pakistan, and settled in Quetta, where I was born.

Solution


  1. hazara
  2. abdur
  3. forced
  4. hundreds
  5. minarets
  6. built

Original Text


I am a Hazara, and the homeland of my people is Afghanistan. Like hundreds of thousands of other Hazara kids, I was born in exile. The ongoing persecution and operation against the Hazaras forced my parents to leave Afghanistan.

This persecution has had a long history going back to the late 1800s, and the rule of King Abdur Rahman. He killed 63 percent of the Hazara population. He built minarets with their heads. Many Hazaras were sold into slavery, and many others fled the country for neighboring Iran and Pakistan. My parents also fled to Pakistan, and settled in Quetta, where I was born.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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asylum seekers 3
memory card 2
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Important Words


  1. abdur
  2. afghanistan
  3. born
  4. built
  5. country
  6. exile
  7. fled
  8. forced
  9. hazara
  10. hazaras
  11. heads
  12. history
  13. homeland
  14. hundreds
  15. iran
  16. kids
  17. killed
  18. king
  19. late
  20. leave
  21. long
  22. minarets
  23. neighboring
  24. ongoing
  25. operation
  26. pakistan
  27. parents
  28. people
  29. percent
  30. persecution
  31. population
  32. quetta
  33. rahman
  34. rule
  35. settled
  36. slavery
  37. sold
  38. thousands