In a hotel room in Albania, Afghan women await new lives -- and watch their homeland collapse

The winter sky in Albania is gray and the air is damp. We're living by the sea. It's our first time ever actually seeing a sea, but it's too cold to dip our toes in. It feels expansive and full of possibility, yet devastatingly out of our reach -- just like parts of our new lives.

from https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/18/opinions/afghan-refugee-women-albania-naseri-bohn/index.html