Tokyo 2020: Nigara Shaheen on her journey to Refugee Olympic Team

Shaheen, who was born in Afghanistan but grew up in Pakistan, will be part of the Refugee Olympic Team at Tokyo 2020.

Nigara Shaheen was born in Afghanistan but moved to Pakistan when she was just six months old. Her family, based in Jalalabad, fled the war in Afghanistan, walking for two days and two nights in 1993 to cross the border into Pakistan. Eighteen years later, Shaheen decided to study at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul and set foot in the country for the first time since then.