Walwala Jalalzay made it out of Afghanistan. Now she’s serving fellow refugees quintessential dishes from the home they left behind.
There are no signs or boards to help find the Kabul-Shengjin Cafe. The small Afghan restaurant is tucked away at the south end of a five-kilometer stretch of the Shengjin Beach, in a quiet little coastal town by the Adriatic Sea in Albania. Anyone looking need only follow the aroma of fried dough and spices, and listen for the Bollywood music. This winter, when many of its neighbors were closed, the brightly lit cafe bustled with energy and life.
With the help of her employers, Jalalzay was put on an early evacuation flight leaving Kabul, but as a single young woman, she was not allowed to bring any dependents. “They only counted spouses and children as dependents, not parents and siblings. I cried so much when I realized I had to leave my family,” she said. Jalalzay was brought to Albania, which is hosting nearly 3,000 Afghan refugees, of which about 1,200 are staying in Shengjin. “I still cry when I think about all that happened.
Jalalzay purposefully kept the menu choices slim. “We wanted to keep items that are easiest to make and also affordable in terms of our investment and for customers, since we are all refugees and have very little spending power,” the young entrepreneur explained. The Kabul-Shengjin Cafe also serves another purpose: It fulfills Jalalzay’s commitment to serving her people, even in exile. “In my country, girls are being undermined, they are prevented from going to school, or to work. I want to show what Afghan girls are capable of.”
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