The cashew harvest began in February as it always does, but it soon became apparent that everything would be different this time.
When, in January 2011, the Tunisian dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia, a breeze of freedom swept through not only North Africa but the whole Arab world. For the first time in many decades, people throughout the Arab world had the feeling of possessing the power to change their own circumstances. Tunisians, Egyptians and other people throughout the different countries let an “Arab Spring” begin.
So auch der 51-jährige Haji Hamidullah, der mit seiner Frau und seinen vier Töchtern in der Hauptstadt Kabul Unterschlupf fand. Wie viele der Geflüchteten kehrte die Familie 2004 zurück und begann erneut, Trauben zu pflanzen.
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