A young Rohingya woman’s journey to the impossible
From Terror to Triumph
A HAPPY MOMENT: Formin Akter, a young Rohingya woman, prepares to leave her refugee camp in Bangladesh for the city of Chittagong to attend school at the Asian University for Women. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Formin Akter overcame resistance in her community and deadly violence and repression in Myanmar to achieve her dream of going to college. But her joy is bittersweet as her sister, who had the same dream, is left behind.
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh – On the first day of the school year at the Asian University for Women in southern Bangladesh, groups of teenage girls in skinny jeans, sleeveless tops and T-shirts chattered, their laughter carrying through the sticky air.
Formin Akter, 19, stood in a corner by a row of suitcases, facing away from the students who seemed so modern and full of confidence. Wearing a tunic and pants that hung loosely on her, she nervously adjusted a brown georgette scarf that kept slipping from her head.
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