Several bystanders pass by a distressed person who has been mugged, who beaten up, robbed and left for dead. They say, I'm not allowed to help them. I shouldn't help them. Someone else will help them. So they walk past.
The Rev Marcella Gillis accepts a plate of food from the Faqirzada family at Christ the King Episcopal church in December. The church does not charge the fledgling catering company overseen by Saida Faqirzada, a refugee from Kabul, for use of its gleaming commercial kitchen.
A few years ago, Faqirzada faced threats from the Taliban. She had served as director of the Women's Business Resource Center, an Afghan NGO funded by the United States government that promoted female entrepreneurship.
In a church hall, she sits next to her hijab-wearing mother, who requested anonymity because she also held a controversial job, working in the Afghan government promoting women's rights.
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