Episode Four - Afghanistan - Mahbuba Hokaky

 Mahbuba Hokaky came to Canada from Afghanistan in 1994 after escaping with her husband and two young daughters from a violent faction for whom educated women, and especially female doctors like Mahbuba were anathema. She arrived with no English, little money and facing a future a world apart from the one she imagined for her family. Now, years later she wants to study at Mohawk College in the cultural interpreter program to help the Alzheimer Society of Hamilton and Halton bring an understanding of dementia to her people. She joined in me the Society’s offices in the west of Hamilton and discusses the gap between healthcare in the country she left behind in Canada and the shame dementia brings on an Afghani family.

Running time: 23 min. / 24 Mb
Host: Wayne MacPhail