There was nice coverage yesterday, from local, national and even international media of a global story with a local face. Julie Aftab, now a newly naturalized American, tells her story of experiencing persecution for her faith in her homeland of Pakistan, and of the new family and hopes she’s found in Houston.
(Video: KRIV 26 Video)
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And as VOA’s coverage of the event showed, many of her fellow former Pakistani citizens were so overcome by her story they expressed their own concern for her hardships and the violence back home that caused them.
(Video: Voice of America)
ADDITIONAL COVERAGE:
- 10 Years After Acid Attack, She’s an American Citizen (Houston Chronicle)
- Pakistani Woman Survives Acid Attack, Becomes American Inspiration (KHOU 11 News)
- Acid Attack Victim Becomes US Citizen (KTRK 13 News)
- Pakistani Acid-Attack Victim Starts Life Over in Houston (New York Daily News)
- Pakistani Acid-Attack Victim Enjoys New Life in Texas (Voice of America)
- ‘All because of God’: Tears of Pakistani Woman Who Earned U.S. Citizenship After Being Burned in Religious Acid Attack (Daily Mail – UK)
- Attacked for her Faith, Christian Acid Victim Rebuilds Life in US (Pakistan Today)