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Vanity Fair dedicates the cover to Afghan women who fled the Taliban and launches #noisiamoaccoglienza for them

A young cook from Kabul photographed in the Army logistics base in Riva del Garda, her hands on her face hiding her true identity. She is the protagonist of the cover of the new issue of Vanity Fair, on newsstands from 8 September: one of the many Afghan women forced to flee from a cruel regime, arrived in our country, and who through the pages of the weekly launch their appeal: do not leave us alone, do not forget us, “Here and now, but above all in the coming months, when the media limelight will go out and these events will risk being forgotten”, underlines the director Simone Marchetti in his editorial.

The painful question of the Taliban’s return to Afghanistan is addressed in two ways. Thanks to the Army and the Italian Red Cross, Vanity Fair entered the Logistics Center of Riva del Garda (Trento) where a tent city has been set up where Afghan families are waiting to be relocated. Under a false name (no one wants to reveal their identity for fear of retaliation at home) Amina, Samira, Omulbanin told us their stories of fear and hope. Fear for what they have left, hope for what will come. Veronesi Foundation also introduced us to Nilofar, a gynecologist who worked at their breast cancer prevention and treatment center in Herat. Who managed to escape with her mother and sister. Who doesn’t stop shaking at the thought that, if she stayed there, she would be forced into an arranged marriage with a mullah. And now, feeling safe, she has returned to dreaming: the greatest desire would be to resume as soon as possible to be a doctor here in Italy or in another European country.

There are many institutions, universities, non-profit organizations, companies and even private citizens who are moving in these days to offer help to Nilofar and all the other refugees. There are families ready to make room, within their homes, for another Afghan family. There are those who offer Italian lessons. Who pays what he can to the associations on the front line.

And it is from here that the second way starts to tell the tragedy of refugees in recent weeks, to make a change of perspective and to highlight the incredible solidarity movement that is taking place in our country. “On our digital channels, website and social networks, we will tell with the hashtag #NOISIAMOACCOGLIENZA all the initiatives, associations and projects that are involved and will take care of lending a hand”, continues Simone Marchetti in his editorial. “More: we will collect the stories of those who are already bringing concrete support. And it does not matter whether they are large or small sums, or large or negligible actions: what matters is to take a step. Because soon, we know, the usual ones will come to say that Italians come first, that there is still the pandemic, that people lose their jobs, that there are the poor here too. It’s all true, it’s all understandable. But it is even more true and even more understandable that there is a face of Italy that looking at the face we put on the cover can only ask: what can I do? How can I contribute? It is in that face that we recognize ourselves. It is in that spirit that we can truly call ourselves Italians».

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