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Lucy Ferriss
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President, AFSO
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Join date: Nov 24, 2025
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Lucy Ferriss
President of the Board & Scholarships Committee
Lucy Ferriss, President of the Board, is a novelist, Writer in Residence emerita from Trinity College, and co-founder of Afghan Female Student Outreach. The author of a dozen books of fiction and nonfiction, she did research for her work among the Pashtun area of northwest Pakistan. She has been active with a number of charitable organizations, including the Authors Guild, Jewish Family Services, Planned Parenthood, the Brigid Foundation, and Women for Women International. She holds a Ph.D. from Tufts University. In addition to her work with AFSO, she teaches Afghan refugees in the United States.
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Jun 30, 2026 ∙ 2 min
AFSO Student Noor*
Noor was almost a doctor. She had finished two years of a medical studies program at Balkh University in the northern province of Afghanistan when it became against the law to continue. Once a prominent place during the Golden Age of Sufism (and the birthplace of the poet Rumi), a center of Buddhism during the years of the Silk Road, and the home of the first sacred temple of the Zoroastrian Heart, in 2022 women were barred in Balkh province from studying medicine. Never Giving Up Noor's...
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Jun 26, 2026 ∙ 1 min
AFSO Student Amina*
Nadia (not her real name) persevered to keep learning despite incredible and untold challenges. AFSO helped her not to give up and guided her in the complex process of continuing her education.
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