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‘Khuraki’ performance art show tells Afghan immigrants’ stories

“Khūrākī,” created by artist Molly Rice, is part of an immersive theater experience that came to Pitt’s Stephen Foster Memorial Wednesday, thanks to Pitt’s Open Door Project. Several actors told the stories of Afghan women from a script Rice wrote. Each story is 15 minutes long, and the women’s favorite homemade dishes are typically served throughout most performances, though were absent from this one because of a lack of a kitchen in the building.

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