Wasi and his brother pray for their family’s safety as the holy month of Ramadan ends and the Taliban continues to rule Afghanistan.
Abdul Wasi Safi speaks from Houston with his father in Afghanistan on Friday, April 21, 2023. Friday was Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that marks the end of Ramadan.
Yet Wasi continues to feel on edge. He lives with the constant fear of deportation. His physical recovery is slow, and he likely will live the rest of his life with disabilities. Not a day passes that Wasi doesn’t think about the rest of his family in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.Abdul Wasi Safi stands in the foreground of Afghan military vehicles surrounded by HESCO barriers and concrete bunkers.
At the gym where he tries to regain his former strength and speed, Wasi scans his brother’s membership card; the staff wouldn’t give him a membership without a valid ID. At peak performance, he said, he could run more than 3 miles in 15 minutes. His first day at the gym he had pain from simply walking on the treadmill.Days before his “credible fear” interview, while Wasi pedaled to the gym on the new black Schwinn his brother bought for him, a motorist collided with him at an intersection.
Abdul Wasi Safi took a photo of his injured leg after he said Panamanian police beat him and poured insect-repellant powder on his open wounds. Credit: Photo provided courtesy of Sami-ullah Safi.He can no longer hear in his left ear. Hearing in his right ear is also a challenge. It’s more difficult to distinguish specific sounds, Wasi said. An audiologist and surgical team found his left eardrum completely ruptured. It will never heal, they said.
The quality of care provided to Wasi seemed to consist primarily of a limited oral evaluation and no pain relief while in Eden Detention Center. Records show that Wasi complained of loose crowns on his teeth. The dentist who saw Wasi primarily noted after more than a month of recorded complaints that the facility didn’t have the cement on hand or in stock to fix Wasi’s loose crowns.
“The EDC health services team follows both CoreCivic’s standards for medical care and the standards set forth by our government partners,” said Brian Todd, the company’s manager of public affairs.. “Licensed medical staff are onsite and available 24/7 to provide high-quality care for anyone who needs it.”Permanent hearing loss is just one of many seemingly insurmountable obstacles Wasi faces daily.
To date, Sami said he has contacted various extraction organizations meant to help in situations like the Safis’, but no entity has been able to deliver their assistance without a cost. Eid prayers at Al-Noor Masjid in Houston on Friday, April 21, 2023. Credit: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune
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