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Female Afghan student embraces the power of journalism

Joye Brown

Newsday columnist Joye Brown

Joye Brown has been a columnist for Newsday since 2006.

Two young women sat together laughing in a college student lounge Monday night. Both are studying journalism. Both are just 21 years old.

The American, Erin Furman, writes for the student newspaper. The Afghan, Seeta, is the rare woman brave enough to write for her hometown newspaper.

Seeta - whose last name and full image are being withheld because she says her work already has put...

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