American University of Afghanistan's students are scattered all over the world, but their education continues

After Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, Halima received an email from the American University of Afghanistan that she would be on a flight out the next day. She took a small backpack with two sets of clothes, and left behind her family and the first 19 years of her life. The next day, she arrived at the American University of Iraq–Solemani. 

She was at first worried about her safety in what she regarded as another war-torn country, but she eventually settled in and felt secure at her new campus. 

Her course schedule is a mix of in-person classes with fellow students from the university in Iraq and online courses with Afghan students from around the world.