Suhaila Hashimi, a current TA for Persian language and a CMES community member, is speaking at the Midyear Commencement Celebration tomorrow 4 p.m. Saturday, December 6, 2025. You can tune in online at livestream.brown.edu.

“Hashimi is one of 15 young students — most of whom had studied together at the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh — who were admitted to Brown University in 2021, when the Taliban regained control of Kabul.”

“At Saturday’s Midyear Completion Celebration, the senior will share the story of continuing her education amid displacement, uncertainty and grief in remarks urging her peers to persevere.”

Hashimi reflects more on her experience here.